FAM!
Hey! So all of
you sound like you are doing great! Thank you for all of your b-day wishes
today. It was a good day. I honestly
forgot for most of the day that it was my b-day until the night time when my
pench put together a little get-together with some of the leaders and members
in our ward which was really sweet! I felt like I was at a Bennett party ;) They
all went around and said something they admired about me which was kind of
funny to hear the answers because I have only been in the ward for three weeks
haha. It was a really happy day for me—just to serve the lord like each day
here in the mission!
But yesterday I
got the most amazing birthday present ever—our investigators and less-actives
at church! Heavenly Father is truly blessing us with people who are truly
prepared. Maria Ester, the one I was talking about the other day came to church
for the first time and she absolutely loved it! And also our investigator Ana
also came and after church it was so sweet—she asked for a blessing for her
health from the bishop. It was such a special experience to see an investigator
getting blessed through the priesthood. But what was the most beautiful about
this day was that one of our less-actives who we are trying to rescue walked
through every class, explaining every little detail of the church to Maria
Ester. And on the other hand our most
recent convert, Totti, was doing the exact same thing with Ana. What a blessing
to see them sharing the gospel!
This week we
also went out to do divisions with the sisters who are in Ilo, which is about
an hour and a half away from Moquegua. I
was given the opportunity to go out to Ilo which is beachy—it reminds me of
California. It was so beautiful. It was really fun to get to know Hna Alciden
from Mexico. She is from Mexico but she said her parents spoke in English to
her all the time at home but here on the mission she hasn’t had the chance to
practice so I practiced with her. I love doing divisions because I get to ask
these girls who they are and what life has taught them that maybe I haven’t
learned yet. I learn so much from each of their individual gifts and
talents!
This week I
truly experienced the scripture where it says, “Mas o menos...." Many are
looking for the truth but just don’t know where to find it. The other night we
met with a family with two cute little girls and we just started out by asking
them basic questions like, “What do you think your purpose it here in this
life? Why do you think you were blessed with a family? What do you want for
your children?” And honestly each answer to these questions was, "I really
don’t know." It was unbelievable to me to see these children of God so
lost. So lost in fact, that they have no
idea why they are here or what they want in their future. At the end of the
lesson we asked the family to kneel and pray together. They all hesitantly got on their knees as if
they had never done so in their lives and after we said amen everyone was
silent. The mom and dad looked at each other
almost confused saying, "What is that feeling?" In that moment my testimony of the spirit and
the light of Christ grew tremendously. The light of Christ is in each soul and
it is just our job as members of the church to reawaken this light in others
that has been dormant for a while!
Well, this week
has been full of miracles and I have felt Heavenly Father guide my each step.
However, if we want to see miracles in our lives, we need to go and find them
and work to see them. They won’t just
come! Each day I am humbled realizing my complete reliance on my Heavenly Father.
I love each of you so much, thank you for all your prayers. I couldn’t do this
without them. Now, go out and reawaken the light of Christ in another person
who is looking for the truth—in the street, at your work, in a drive through—anywhere!
And the easiest way to spark that light of Christ is through your SMILE! love
ya. Talk to you next week!
Love, Jess
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