Hello everyone!!!
It has been a really crazy and incredible two weeks! I hope I can
remember all the things that I want to mention. Well, last week, I had
the chance to talk to all my family on skype for Mother´s Day. It was so
great to hear all their voices and see all their faces. I love my
family so much and receive so much strength just by talking to them.
They lifted my spirits when I was really down and I am ready and pumped
to keep going.
We found the most incredible family from the holiday called San
Yordi that I have talked about so many times. We had been playing phone
tag with them for a couple weeks before we were actually able to meet
with them. The husband, Jeime, is a member that has been in-active for
about 5 years. He is from Chile. His wife is from Spain and she is not a
member. Her name is Olga and she is seriously incredible. They have the
cutest little two-year old girl named Neus (snow). She is so adorable!
They are such an incredible family and the best part is that they are
actually married. That is such a rarity here and is often times the
hardest roadblock that we come across. So many people are so prepared
but are not married...and getting married here in Spain is an incredibly
difficult process. Anyways...keep this family in your prayers if you
would. Heavenly Father really does prepare people in families because
they are so important in the Gospel.
So...since Thursday, it has been a roller coaster of emotions. We
have still really been struggling with Moises because of his OCD. But we
had extended another baptismal invitation to him and asked him to pray
about it. We could really see that he knew that it was true but he
really wanted and was expecting from God, a sign. But we asked him to
pray to know if he should. They don´t usually receive signs like they
are wanting and expecting to...they have to learn to recognize the Holy
Ghost...but anyways...on Thursday, Hermana Reeder and I decided that we
needed to start a fast. Both for our area in order to find more
investigators, and for Moises to receive an answer. Both of us were
competely diligent in our fast and prayed our hearts out. We called
Moises on Friday, about two hours after we finished our fast. He told us
that he had received an answer and wanted to be baptized and he just
couldn´t wait. He wants to have the Holy Ghost with him always. I have
never heard him be so ecstatic. He really received a firm answer and
couldn´t deny it. Hermana Reeder and I were so blown away by how quickly
the Lord responded to our prayers and fasting. Seriously the biggest
miracle that I have seen so far on my mission.
He is scheduled to get baptized the 26th...this coming Saturday.
Pray for him if you would, that he will be protected and that we will
know how to help him keep his date and remember the answer that he has
received. When we met with him on Saturday, it was seriously incredible
the noticeable change in him. He was literally glowing! One of the other
missionaries in our district thought that he had already been baptized
because of how much he was glowing. He just really knows what the Lord
wants him to do and he is incredibly excited. When we asked him when he
wanted to get baptized, he said ¨today!¨ Seriously incredible. There is just a fire in him.
On Sunday at church we continued to see miracles. Anderson´s mom
came to church with him. (Anderson is our recent convert from the
beginning of the month) We had tried so many times to get her to come
and even gave her a skirt because she said she didn´t have one. She
still didn´t come after that. But we were able to teach Anderson this
last week when she sat in on the lesson and maybe that is what did
it...but she finally came with him. He was so happy that she was there
with him and that he had someone that he loved that he could sit with at
church!
Sunday afternoon and night though was filled with a plunge in our
spirits. A recent convert in our ward who helps us all the time with our
visits has been having a really hard time with the word of wisdom and
has been fading in his testimony. He feels like the gospel is working
for everyone but him. He is just tired of trying and he doesn´t
understand why there are some types of suffering in the world. His
cousins husband just died and they have a 3 month old baby. He is really
mad at God right now for letting that happen and is also a bit offended
by something that happened with members in the ward. He is discouraged
by people that preach the gospel but don´t live it and he feels like
there are too many people like that in our ward. Well, at church
yesterday, he said he has just had it and wasn´t coming back and wasn´t
going to read or pray anymore. This literally just broke our hearts. He
is literally like family to us. We talked to him for a long time trying
to help but nothing we said was getting to him. He had already closed
off his heart. We don´t really know what is going to happen with him at
this point, but we are doing our very best to help him how Heavenly
Father wants us to help him. Please keep him in your prayers. He really
needs to know how much Heavenly Father loves him and that he really can
find all the answers to his questions in the Book of Mormon.
The mission is really a roller coaster. It was incredible how
incredibly happy we were to see someone really receive a witness from
God that this is the right way, and then soon after see someone who
really knew and had a fiery testimony like that fade away and knowingly
reject what they know is true. The saddest feeling I have ever felt in
my life for sure. But I have faith that it will all work out how it is
supposed to.
Well...I really better go. I am out of time. This Gospel is true. I
see miracles everyday.
If you don´t know if it is true...pray to know.
He will answer you.
I love you all. Have a fantastic week.
Love,
Hermana Eyre (your favorite sister missionary)
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