It has been a great week. Lots of work and I have really felt like we have been guided this week... or more like we have really learned and are learning to listen to the Spirit better this week.
With a lot of our investigators that we had planned for this past week, we are working on finding them in casa. A lot of their dates fell through because they did not come to church. But we, this next week, will apply more what we learn about extending and following up with commitments in our studies with our investigators and work on having more members in lessons. That was a miracle that we saw this week. One of the members of our ward, Hermano Miguel, has been in almost every lesson with a family that we are teaching, Alquilina and Laureano. He has really taken them under his wing and tries to do everything that he can to help them. Thanks to him, Laureao came to church, and his señora would have too if she hadnt been having problems with her diabetes. So this week, we are going to be working on that. With another one of our investigators, Norma- a mother of three boys, this will really help her. She is reading and praying, but just needs to come to church to reacieve an answer!
With less-actives and conversos-recientes, we are still working with Percio Segovial to come to church again. We need to make another plan with him to drop alcohol. Vincente Francisco is preparing to go to the temple with his mom to do baptisms and we are helping make a plan for him to learn to read on his own. For this next week, we will be preparing him to pass the sacrament!
As we teach, it is so neat to see the Spirit literally change their countance. We were teaching Gilda yesterday. She has been through sooo much. As we started the lesson, she couldnt even smile. Her dad just passed away and she has a lot of family problems. As we taught and read from the Book of Mormon, her countanace changed and we could all feel the Spirit and there was the tiniest bit of light in her eyes again and she was smiling so much. The Lord guides this work. He lives and this is HIS church. I testify of that in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Te amo... mas que puedo decir!
su Hermana Natasha Jones
Typical paraguay- sunset as we were walking to our appointment with Gilda...a mother of two boys. Typcial Paraguay with beautiful sunset and a fire on the side of the street where the family is burning their trash :)
"Shadrack, Mesheck and Abendago" - I love being in a trio! First I get to keep my first companion AND I get to have one more extra! There is power in numbers for sure and we are each so different and our talents are so different that we really help eachother out a lot and, even more importantly, our investigators here in Ñemby! Hermana Arnell is from Riverton, Utah.
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