Querida familia,
Well Mom said that this might be my last letter that they
will read in the ward and asked if I had any special stories to share or
something. Well... I really to realize that I will be finishing my
mission. I talked to President and he has offered to allow me to extend
my mission one transfer more if I feel that I should...okay, sometimes I think that if I could I would. Dont
worry Mom and Jess... I am not going to be coming home later :).
This week has been a great week.
I dont know if I have a specific story to share or no, but
my heart fills full for a love for my brothers here in Paraguay. I know
that Heavenly Father loves us so much. I know that He chooses imperfect
people to do His work because He loves us so much and wants us to repent and
help our brothers and sisters to do the same. Satan makes repentance look
impossible and undesiarable. It is not!! We just have to be
humble. I know that maybe I havent made huge mistakes in my life... I
have made PLENTY, but i am talking about sins that would be "harder"
to repent of... but I have met a lot of people who have. Those who have
just been humble and have searched for guidance and help from our loving Father
in Heaven have been able to repent and their lives are filled with light.
There is no better way to describe it. You can see it in their
eyes. I am learning to repent and as I do so it is the most humbling
experience helping others to do the same... or better said, inviting them to do
so.
We are working with Sarah and Dario. Dario has given
up smoking for a week. They are preparing to be baptized on the 23rd of
this month. They both work every day until 7 at night and so they havent
been reading a lot in their book of mormon.
Norma and Yamile... they were going to be baptized this
upcoming saturday, but Norma is a little scared to get married... Please pray
that they can read their scriptures more so that they can feel the spirit and
so that they can be baptized soon... and that we can listen to the spirit... yo
y la Hna. Espinoza. I know that if we do so, they will be able to be
baptized.
Natalia is the girlfriend (19)of a member that we have
started teaching. She is INCREDIBLE. She is getting ready to be
baptized the 30th of this month. We are trying to prepare her for the
23rd because we fill that she can be ready... we can only teach her on
saturdays because she studies and works from 6 am to 10pm every day. She
is very humble and it was SO FUNN to teach her the plan of salvation this
saturday! She was so excited as she learned everything. I lvoe her
lots.
I know that as we follow the spirit and I stay focused in
fulfilling my duty as a missionary in these last weeks in my mission, the Lord
will help us to have a lot of success. It will require miracles... which
is okay because He is a God of miracles... (2 Nefi 27... 23 somehting) :) and
we just have to show our faith.
Cristian and Cyntia are taking their geneaology tree...
pedegree chart on their vacations to fill them out and will be ready to take
them to the temple. Cristian and Cyntia said that they wanted to adopt
me... ha. ummmm I am 22 and they are 26. But everyone here thinks that I am 14
or 16 so its okay.
Well, I love you all SO STINKIN MUCCHHOOOOO. Thanks
for your prayers. I will pray for you too.
Love,
Hermana Jones
