HOLA Quieridisimos (most beloved ones)!!!
This week has been CRAZY!!! On Tuesday we got THE call from President. This call consisted of telling us that a man that has been waiting for 5 solid months to get baptized, CAN get baptized. YAY!!!!! Also in that call I was told I would be getting a new companion!! Yep Hermana Hodson arrived on Wednesday. She was the first of the visa waiters to come. Her and I will be working in Málaga 3. Hermana Nelson has been with us but we have heard whisperings that she will be leaving in this next week because 15 MORE VISAS have come through. President is working on getting people companions and areas. They will be opening lots of new areas becasue we were down to skeleton crew for the past month. IT IS SO EXCITING!!!!! We should be gettting elders in our ward this week. It will be fun to have elders in the same ward. But it sounds like I will be teaching three people names and faces. What a challenge. I am glad the Lord is here to help. ANYWAY that was the exciting news. Baptisms and visas WHOOT WHOOT!!
I would like to share a little bit about this man that is going to be getting baptized. He is from Cuba and has been waiting to be baptized because of personal stuff. But he comes to chruch every sunday, never misses a cita, and keeps all the commandments. The man has a very hard financial situation because of the economy here in Spain but he always greets us with a smile. I am so excited for him. He is always asking if we have heard from the missionary that found him. he is just such a sweet man. I am really excited to be here to see him finally be able to be baptized after so much prayer and change and his part. He has such a great testimony of the church.
As for the rest of our investigators they are doing well. Sadly we have had one tell us that she is grateful for everything we have taught her but she is not prepared to keep the commandments. So she dropped us. But her mom is a lovely woman and wants us to keep coming by. I am excited because her mom is a great woman. Another investigator had an opening. We finally taught her about the commandments. Going to church is impossible for her because of her work. She works taking care of an older couple. But we have heard that there might be an opening for her to come to chruch. We are really praying she can. I am excited for her. She loves Christ and wants to follow Him. She is still working on a testimony of the Book of Mormon. She loves reading it but she says she hasn´t felt that deep confirmation yet. But little by little we are seeing progress.
This past week as I have been studying the conference talks from General Conference again I realized something very important. There are two types of investigators. Ones that have their conversion like a little put put plane and others that are like a fight jet. But both like Elder Uchtdorf said "In both the Piper Cub and the F-18, I felt the excitement, beauty, and joy of flight. In both I could feel the call of the poet to “[slip] the surly bonds of Earth and [dance] the skies on laughter-silvered wings." These conversions are different in length but both are beautiful. Both have an assurance of the restored gospel, both have the evidence of the Atonement and both lead to Christ. I am truly grateful to see the changes in the lives of these people. Some make extraordinary differences in their DAILY lifes. This week we also had the great priviledge to stop by a less actives home. She and her husband and been less active for many years. The sisters before me stopped by and started teaching them. The week before I got here two of their four boys were baptized. We have gone over several times to teach the after baptism lessons and every week I am amazed. This family is doing their family home evening, daily family scripture study and prayer. The parents were given callings and are faithfully fulfilling them. They have such a great spirit in their home. I love seeing the Lord work in the lives of those willing to follow Him. It is a great blessing for me and I know my faith is growing through their examples. This week I hope you all too can see the hand of the Lord in your lives. Take a second and give Him thanks. I love you all and I hope that all goes well. God loves you. I do too. Stay safe and take luck.
Love,
Hermana Dayna Petru
Photo 1- our trio
photo 2- our trio with President and Hermana Deere
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