Parabéns for the baptism! That
family looks so happy. I love that you went to lake Winnepesaukee.. I
was actually thinking about that movie this week. A lot of people need
to untie their emotional knots. Did you strap dad to the boat? haha
The
Lord has been answering our prayers. If we have righteous desires, He
will always grant them to us, in His time and His way. We brought a
family to church, a completely crazy but totally elect family. So
C and R are a married (actually married!) couple who
look like mother and son and go to different churches to visit almost
every day. Just let me tell you about the first lesson with them.. I
finish telling the first vision and I ask them if they believe that
Joseph Smith saw God and Jesus Christ and C responds: I
believe, I saw Jesus once too... then she goes on to explain for 30
minutes (I counted) about her experience when she was completely awake
and had this crazy vision being lifted up in the clouds in an elevator
and seeing Jesus but his face was invisible and all this other stuff.
Here in Brazil, these kinds of things are pretty normal. So the story
of the first vision lost a little effect.. but hey.. she told us she
knows we´re messengers from God and she wants to be baptized.
The
miracle was in church. It was testimony meeting and we had joked about
how she was probably going to get up and tell everyone her 30-minute
overcome-by-the-holy-ghost story. Well, she got up, but it was to say
that in 41 years of being Evangelical she had never felt so good inside
any church. She said she prayed for God to show her that this was the
true church and felt immediately that it was and now knows for certain
that this is Christ´s church. Pray for this family! She, R and
three of their kids can be baptized this Sunday. She is positive she
wants to get baptize, now it´s just helping everyone else be just as
secure.
But it doesn´t stop there; the other
miracle this week was I and K, two sisters who are also
going to be baptized on Sunday! I had already gone to church for a
long time and almost was baptized, but she felt pressured and didn´t
want to anymore. A member gave the referral to us, and instead of her
we found her younger sister, who we taught and afterwards she had a
dream about being baptized. When we finally taught both of them
together, I told us she still wanted to be baptized, and she remembers
EVERYTHING the elders taught her. These girls are so cute and are
already friends with the youth in the ward. They are so solid, they
already picked out what kind of cake they want at the baptism :)
We
just need to have patience, and the Lord will bless us and answer our
prayers. I know this isn´t just an answer to mine and my companion´s
prayers, but to everyone´s prayers in this ward and everyone who prays
for the missionaries. Thanks :) The church is true.
About
A and L, they´re making things a little more complicated
than they are, but still want to get married and get baptized. Keep
praying for them to make the right decisions and just stay in their own
houses at night... sheesh... But they are still our friends and the
spirit is always there so strong when we teach them. Everything is so
much simpler when you just keep the commandments.
I love you all so much! Have the best week ever! The church is true!
Com amor e carinho,
Sister Moore
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