Hope
you had a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
It was so nice to be able to Skype and call family! That
is one of my favorite Christmas gifts of all Family and Friends! Thank you so
much for your love, support, and letters! They mean so much to me and I am so
sorry if I am not always able to respond.
Acting in Faith for Eternal Families
This week is kind of a short letter but I just wanted to
let you know that we had our first successful get down to business SACRIFICE
talk with one of our members. We are trying to start a Spanish group here but
we need all of our members to act in Faith and come to church! Even if that
means finding another job if it doesn't allow for them to come!
So we talked to Hermana Torres about her goals for her
family and what she needs to do to have an Eternal Family. And she told us that
she doesn't even need to work on the weekends and will ask her boss if she can
change her schedule. She said the closing prayer and even prayed to soften the
heart of her boss. It was so sweet.
And then she proceeded to show us the farm in her backyard
with 100 chickens that was hidden... I think that was a sign that we gained her
trust? I guess we will see! :)
Please keep our members in your prayers as we talk to
them. That is what we are planning to talk to all of our members this week
about!
The Book Changes Lives
We were able to have dinner with them and give a short
lesson. We did an object lesson with them about Repentance and Baptism and they
absolutely loved it! It was amazing though because Amber is SO happy! She has a
baptismal date for the 17th of January. We are so excited for her and
after our object lesson she got even more excited!
Lori's daughter Amber has been investigating the church
for a couple weeks now! In a previous blog post I wrote:
Heavenly Father definitely works in
mysterious ways... Amber got sick and couldn't stop throwing up and so she said
a prayer that if he helped her to stop throwing up that she would read the Book
of Mormon AND go to her moms baptism. And guess what? She stopped throwing
up... So she started reading the Book of Mormon and has loved it.
In the few days, her countenance has
changed tremendously and she is so much happier. I'm telling you, the Book of
Mormon changes lives! Before she didn't even believe in God. She was Pagan!
She told us that she is getting headaches from reading too
much of the Book of Mormon. She struggles from depression and says that now
whenever she feels sad she picks up the Book of Mormon and reads. It makes her
happier and is like a better medicine! She is growing so much and Lori is so
proud of her. She shares her testimony often and their house has such a great
spirit about it! :)
Please keep our area in your prayers! We need miracles to
happen here and people to act in Faith so that we can have a Spanish group here
and the Spanish work can grow dramatically which I know it can! With the Lord
all things are possible!
Con Muchisimo Amor,
Hermana Loo
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