August 15, 2016 A Week of Miracles

August 15, 2016

Sorry last week I was kind of short, we were in a cyber (cyber-café) and it wasn’t very good. I couldn’t send photos. 

Haha, it’s always fun to hear about the funny things too that happen in the week! Oh, Otto! (We wrote to him about Otto trying to eat wood chips because they fell off the kitchen table)

This week was a week of miracles! 

We have been working with Gaston and Rita and they needed to get married so that Rita could be baptized. The last week they said that they weren’t going to get married, and we talked with them and told them that we really can’t do anything if they aren’t going to progress.  We expressed to them that we see the potential that they have as a family and we had fasted for them the last week. After we wrote our families last week, Gaston called us and told us that they were preparing their papers to get married. We were so excited and honestly, I was so happy that they made this decision on their own – that they prayed and felt this answer. We were really so excited for them and we helped with what we could to prepare for their marriage.

Also we have been working with a joven (youth) named Ulises and his animo (excitement) is better than his sister, who is our investigator, and they are starting to progress. We got them more involved with the stories of the Book of Mormon with the cartoons.

We have also been working with an investigator named Manuel. He is really awesome but is passing through some problems. He is progressing and is doing good!

As for me, I am doing good. I gained a testimony that when we are serving the Lord and when we are willing, the lord blesses us. There was a night that I was pretty hungry and I thought, “No try not to think about yourself.”  And then, that night, some members gave us some sandwiches. I knew that it was an answer to our prayers and that the Lord blesses us in many different ways. I got the opportunity to see this blessing immediately.

This is the last week of the transfer, and I am nervous, haha, otra vez (another time or again) because it’s very probable that I will stay in the area. I know this area better, and I am excited to see what happens but I also feel the need to step up as a leader.

(We wrote to Jacob about a funeral we attended) It’s always sad and scary to hear about these things, but there is a certain hope, and joy that the gospel brings. We each have a part of the plan that God has for us, and it’s an assurance that we have as members. This doesn’t mean that these things aren’t difficult but it means that our Heavenly Father loves us so much that he made it possible for us to overcome these things that make us sad.

That’s about it for this week! I love you all!

Gaston and Rita's Wedding

Elder Wolf and Elder Ferreira