this week i saw the Lords hand in my life through many many little tender mercies. I know that He knows me personally and loves me! this week has just been so so so happy. i am so HAPPY to be here. my heart is filled with peace and joy. i have been trying to always have a hymn or a scripture in my mind and it helps me stay positive and so so happy.
we started teaching a girl named Juciqlede this week and she has such a sweet spritit! she is 16 years old and she just had a little baby girl (this is very very very normal here haha). but her heart is for sure softened! it is amazing how the Lord prepares people to receive His word! she started crying during the prayer during our lesson before we even started! haha she is very receptive to the Spirit. but i love to teach her! and im so excited to help her little family!
our investigator jairo is having a really hard time keeping the commandments. we did a fast together to help him have more strength to be worthy for baptism and he lasted the whole 24 hours! his faith is growing a lot!
also our investigator rita was talking with us and a friend, who was trying to attack the church a little bit, and rita stood up for the church and bore her testimony to him about the plan of salvation!!! it was amazing to see how much her faith has grown!
this week 10 members of our ward went to the temple in receife! it was a 12 hour trip by bus. it is amazing to see the sacrifice of these people to go to the house of the Lord. they all bore their testemonies on sunday and the Spirit was so strong. one of them gave a talk and he said "if we do not go to the temple and perform sacred ordenances for our ancestors, we are not members of the church of Jesust Christ." wow how powerful! also i found a scripture today: hebrews 11:40 "God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect." our families really need our help for their salvation! and we need to help them in order for us to be perfected also!
i love the scriptures! i know this gospel is true! i know that God has a plan for our happiness and His plan is PERFECT.
With love,
Sister Jones
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