September 8, 2014
Well,
as always, it’s been another FANTASTIC week. I seriously love being a
missionary and I love this ward. First off, we continue to see lots of miracles
in Paraiso. After a long time with trials and disappointments, things are
really coming together. Gustavo, a true golden referral, is getting baptized
this Saturday and is super excited about it. We love seeing him integrate
himself so well into the ward; he goes to all the activities, has lots of good
friends (including a recently rescued member and a converso reciente) and is
really excited about the church. Also, I don’t know if you remember Mariana
from a few weeks ago, she was going to get baptized but the day before her
baptism said she didn’t want to. Well, we have been working with her again for
about a week now and after getting in a disagreement with family that stopped
her from getting baptized the first time, she has been reading her Book of
Mormon, praying, going to church and going to the activities, and has decided
more firmly than ever that she wants to get baptized. So, she will be getting
baptized the week after Gustavo. And then another investigator who was
progressing slowly, Lidia, suddenly sped up her progression and is a lot more
excited about the gospel and the Book of Mormon, and has a baptism date for the
week after Mariana! AND we found a new family to work with, and the husband is
full of referrals. He already introduced us to one friend and is excited to
introduce us to lots more. This ward is truly being blessed right now, and I
have absolutely loved being here for the hard times and the blessings here.
Tomorrow night we will get our calls to let us know about transfers, so we’ll
see where I’ll be next week! If I have to leave the area, it’s definitely going
to be sad to leave a place that I love so much, but I know that whatever
happens will be the Lord’s will.
I also was extremely happy to hear about an incredible miracle. At consejo de lideres one of the hermanas gave me a picture from Hermana Hincapie of an investigator we worked with for a long time, that got baptized right before Hermana Hincapie left the area. I don’t know if any of you remember, but I wrote a long time ago about someone we contacted in the street in Braniff who lived in La Colorada, and I passed on the referral but somehow it didn’t make it to the elders there. Then I got moved to that area, being the only person who was going to be able to find Mikaela, the referral, since it had never gotten passed on. Well, when I was there we had TONS of miracles with Mikaela, including some miraculous circumstances that saved her baby’s life during a lesson with her, but she never really progressed, which saddened me a lot and left me wondering what the point was of all those miracles. Well, now she’s baptized! I was so grateful to hear that she made it in the end, and I know that Heavenly Father does everything He does for a purpose. Maybe she didn’t get baptized when I was there, but I had the privilege to participate in her conversion process in the beginning, and it was thrilling to hear that she made it in the end. The Lord works in mysterious ways, and almost never in the timing that we want, but I KNOW that He is working here in this mission.
I also was extremely happy to hear about an incredible miracle. At consejo de lideres one of the hermanas gave me a picture from Hermana Hincapie of an investigator we worked with for a long time, that got baptized right before Hermana Hincapie left the area. I don’t know if any of you remember, but I wrote a long time ago about someone we contacted in the street in Braniff who lived in La Colorada, and I passed on the referral but somehow it didn’t make it to the elders there. Then I got moved to that area, being the only person who was going to be able to find Mikaela, the referral, since it had never gotten passed on. Well, when I was there we had TONS of miracles with Mikaela, including some miraculous circumstances that saved her baby’s life during a lesson with her, but she never really progressed, which saddened me a lot and left me wondering what the point was of all those miracles. Well, now she’s baptized! I was so grateful to hear that she made it in the end, and I know that Heavenly Father does everything He does for a purpose. Maybe she didn’t get baptized when I was there, but I had the privilege to participate in her conversion process in the beginning, and it was thrilling to hear that she made it in the end. The Lord works in mysterious ways, and almost never in the timing that we want, but I KNOW that He is working here in this mission.
I
love you all!
Here is a picture of the baptism of Luis from last week.
Here is a picture of the baptism of Luis from last week.
Love
you all! Have a great week!
Love,
Hermana
Chelsie Faulk
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