Week 62 (Nov 26, 2012): "Hermanas, I want to Change"

Querida familia,

One.  Mom the members love the gifts that you sent!  Hna. Formigli...a grandma that we teach told us the other day that she hadn´t opened her lotino that mom sent her because she is saving her "American lotion" for New Years!  ... "and i am not going to share it with anyone!" she stated firmly, which was funny because she is a very giving lady. 

"24th de noviembre...sábado"

"Today was just another day to see the miracles of the Lord.  We had decided we weren´t going to visit Marta and Antonio thursday during our weekly planning because they "wernt progressing".  but last night H. Santiago felt that we should visit them again. 

When we got there, we had to teach inside of their house because the music was too loud outside.  They ahve a house half the size of my bedroom with walls made from thin wood and deflated air mattresses.  The floor is made of dirt... Marta had just gotten back from the store to buy their food which consisted of a bag full of white bread and a small half-liter of milk.  She sat down on the bed next to Antonio.  He didnt put his shirt on and I could see that he had something wrong with his clavicle and the bone was protruding under the skin.  They dont have money to go to the doctor.  Marta tried to calm their kids down  one of which with his hair matted down with sand cried because he wanted her to hold him while she was tring to feed the sick baby.  ... we sange Silent Night and Anotnio started to tell us how much he wanted to change and how he gets so worred aobut giving his children food.  "sometime there just isnt enough mony because i cant find work and when i cant give food to my wife and kids, i feel like all that i can do is drink... we listened to him for a long time...and later testified of the savior and invited them to come to church again and prepare to be baptized... as he talked he had tears rolling down his faces as he said over and over again, "hermanas, I want to change... and want to change for my kids and for mi señora... "you can Antonio, Christ has prepare d the way so that you can... so that we all can".

Thinking back it makes me think of a scripture... in 1Juan 3:1-3...

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God., therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.  Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it dopes not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that, when we shall appear, we shall be like him, for we will see him as he is and every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himeself even as he is pure." 

I testify that we can all repent and change and come unto the Savior and become purified and changed.  There is hope because we are sons and daughters of God. 

love you all ...

Hermana Jones!

 

Ña Ñeca- whenever we pass her house she is always reading her giant BOM! She doesnt want to come to church but she says taht she is almost Mormon haha

Guada, Ana, Marta y Enrique right after the lesson!

 

Hna. Santiago and me after reporting numbers last night!