I had a great final week in
Los Naranjos! I love seeing the happiness that this gospel brings into the
lives of the people and I am so happy to have the opportunity to participate in
this great work of eternal happiness and to help´people grow closer to their
Savior, Jesus Christ. One quote from the article "Why is Jesus Christ
important in my life" in the Liahona from January 2015 that I love and
that really helped me this week is "Jesus is important to us because
through his atonement, teachings, hope, peace, and example, He helps us change
our lives, face our trials, and move forward with faith as we journey back to
Him and His father...and with Him as our friend, we have the courage to cast
our fear and move forward with faith." I really love this because the
Savior really is our faithful friend and wants what is best for us, and with
him as our best friend we really can move forward with faith everyday because
our Savior is always there for us!
Also, This week on
Wednesday I will be changing to another part of El Salvador! I do not know what
part I will be changed to but I am really excited to find out on Wednesday! I
am going to miss it here in Los Naranjos and I am defintley going to miss my
fabulous companion Hermana Wright!
We have a couple
of investigators here that are progressing and finding more happiness through
coming unto Christ, their faithful friend! Sulma, and her 2 little kids came to
church for the first time and they were so happy and content in the church! The
little kids loved it and Sulma said that she felt the spirit really strong and
felt a lot of peace. After church she just seemed so happy! It makes me so
happy to see people become happier as they start to do little changes in their
lives! Also, we have 2 new investigators, Antonia and her daughter Ingrid, who
are both great! The missionaries visited them both before, however only Ingrid
accepted the visits of the missionaries. However, she stopped visiting the
missionaries for a while because she did not have support from her mom,
Antonia. Antonia did not want anything to do with the church, however,
she has had a change of heart and feels so bad for not accepting the
missionaries and she really wants the peace and happiness that comes from this
gospel now in her life! Her and her daughter came to church yesterday and they
are both starting to come unto Christ and it makes me so happy!
Also, Sara did
not get baptized this week, however we still have faith in her! She wants to
get baptized but she still feels guilty for some things she has done in the
past even though she has repented, and she wants to be sure that she is worthy
in the eyes of her Heavenly Father. She is going to continue praying this week
to gain that confidence that she needs to be baptized!
We had our
activity on Saturday and it went pretty well!We did not have as many people at
the activity as we had hoped, however we did have a couple of our investigators
come and they said they felt the spirit and had a good experience! A lot of the
members from our little branch came and they all said they loved it and they
said that their testimonies were strengthened! While we were watching the
different videos and listening to some of the members of the branch share their
testimonies about the different videos I felt so much peace knowing that Heavenly
Father has a plan for this area and that in His time miracles will happen for
the people here! The little branch here is strengthening and we had a lot of
people at church yesterday! A lot of some of the less active members came to
church for the first time in months and the members were all animated from the
activity the night before! They all just want to see this area change and to
see people unto Christ! I am really going to miss all of them and their strong
testimonies!
I have really
loved it here in Los Naranjos and I am going to miss it here and I am going to
miss my amazing companion, Hermana Wright! We have had some good experiences
together from running through the mountains to try and catch a crazy full bus ,
hiking to our different appointments with huge sticks in our hand to keep away
the crazy dogs, or singing hymns with a crazy man who loves to play air guitar
and make the sounds of the drums on his little picnic table while we sing, and
many more! Also, I have found great joy serving and walking side by side
Hermana Wright! As we walk and look up at the stars at the end of each
day, I feel so much peace knowing that there is no place I
would rather be than here In El Salvador spreading happiness and hope with
Hermana Wright, no matter how hard the day was. I have enjoyed experiencing the
joy that comes from seeing people start to do little changes in their lives to
come unto Christ. I have learned to much from Hermana Wright and I am so
grateful for her and the great times I have had here in Los Naranjos with
her! Todo esta bien! I am happy!
Con amor,
Hermana Evans
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