Hola Familia!
Happy Transfer Day!!!! Im staying with
Hermana Sykes. Im just happy to not have to move again, because moving stinks.
So, we went to the temple this week.
I loved it. I love the temple!!!
We met with J and for some reason we
planned to teach her the word of wisdom since we had already taught her the
first 3 missionary lessons. We didnt think that she really needed it but the
thought kept coming back to us to teach it, so we did. It was such an awesome
lesson, you wanna know why? Because she totally needed it. She told us she has
no problems with the Word of Wisdom but her husband does and shes been really
worried about him lately and this was exactly what she needed to hear and share
with him. It was amazing. I know Ive said this several times the last few
weeks, but it´s so true, the Lord really does know us and what we need and when
we need it! We invited J last week to watch conference at home because she
couldnt go all the way to Pavones with us to watch it. Well, she said she
started to watch it and her husband told her he didnt want to hear it. So
instead, she pulled up the readable version and said, well, Im going to read it
and you can listen. So she started reading several talks to him. And they
both loved them! She told us that before that, they were really having
some problems with their relationship and then she read some talks which all
talked about marriage and family. She said it was just what they needed and
they both enjoyed it. The Lord knows us and what we need! After
that, J agreed to come see a baptism at the church and even come to church
Sunday. We´ve seen so much progress in her in the past few days. She is
amazing. This is what she needed to hear and know to understand that the Lord
is aware of her.
Speaking of conference. Alright,
several weeks back, we met a woman on a bench crying. I dont know if I told you
about her. Well, her name is I and we sat and talked to her. She told us that
she had just left on vacation that her husband kept insisting that she not go
on. When she returned back home, she found that her husband had died in his
sleep. She felt responsible and to blame because she wasn’t there to do
anything or help him. We explained a bit of the Atonement and The Plan of
Salvation and it seemed to ease her mind a bit. She told us we were exactly the
help she had needed. She gave us her number and told us to call her sometime
and also gave us her address. Well she lives out of our area, so we passed her
information, and she shares a chapel with us! So we got
the best elders we could think of to visit her, and now she´s meeting with the
missionaries! She came to conference and loved it! She had met with the
missionaries before when she was a teenager and never realized it, and when the
elders explained The Book of Mormon, she pulled out her copy. She has been so
prepared and is really progressing. I cannot wait for the day I can see her be
baptized!
Do you remember the amazing member M
who had done 7 dias de Salvación? Well, she called us this week and told us she
had a reference for us. She had literally just met a woman on the street. This
woman, A, had looked upset, so M asked her what was wrong. A told her she
needed a job and was having no luck finding one, so M told her about a job
she´d heard of. A told M she was different and very kind, and asked if she
participated in a particular religion, so M started sharing a little about the
church and invited her to come sometime. A said that would be great because
she´s been looking for a church and wants to have a better relationship with
her Heavenly Father, so she asked for the address and information for the
church. M said she would do her one better and if she gave her her address and
phone number, she could send "two angels" to her. So A did and said
we could stop over that day! And just after she got the information, M called
us. A is really nice and really has a ton of potential! She is interested in
learning and trying to make changes. We have been so unbelievably blessed,
especially from the hard work of members, like M.
We have a member who we all call
Abuelita. Well, Abuelita has problems with her kidneys and she swells up with
liquid in her abdomen. She´s constantly going to the
hospital to have the liquid drained. Shes waiting for a new kidney, and has
been for years, and it still doesnt seem likely that she´ll receive a
transplant. Well, she is in the hospital right now, longer than normal, so we
tried to pass by and visit her. I was appalled. I have literally never felt
more blessed to live in the states. The hospital is literally dirty,
everywhere! The quality of care is low. The nurses are impatient with literally
everyone, even other nurses and doctors. And you can only have 2 people visit a
patient during visiting hours and cannot switch the people. So one person was
already visiting her, and we can’t split up, so we thought we´d wait for that
person to leave, and turns out, that’s not allowed. I felt so bad, for
everything... Pray for our Abuelita,please!
Sorry to end this email on a sad
note... bad planning on my part, but that was my week!
I love you! Have a good week!
Hermana Griffin
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