June 1- 8‏

Family!

Yeah my companion and I are together this transfer! I love Hermana Rivas!

Favian Yañez was baptized by his father Manuel and his Grandpa from Conception confirmed him a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints! It was such a happy reunion! Our ward is so supportive a lot of people supported this family by coming and giving talks about the baptism and the Holy Ghost, and then there were a ton of primary kids that came to sing for Favian the primary song …I like to look for Rainbows whenever there is rain….I love this song about the clean feeling that comes the Jesus when we repentance and are baptized.

The funniest part of the baptism was when the Grandpa bore his testimony about his love life that lasted about 15 minutes after he received a letter from his family to sit down and after he received a second letter from the bishopric. His grandchild even blurted out ¨Grandpa it’s Mom’s turn! ¨ I couldn’t help but laugh because I had heard the same story the night before. I love grandparents they are so funny and such a joy! I understand that it is because he wants his family to understand how happy he is with his second marriage after his former wife died but in-between a baptism where no body knew him was funny.

This was another successful baptism that brought the ward that much closer together. I have felt such a grand satisfaction in this ward because I have been able to see the difference in the enthusiasm of the members because of our efforts. They know that we are not only concerned for our investigators but for them as well. We have been trying to use them as much as we can because when we delegate responsibilities more gets done, we have more time to teach and do other things, and the members feel more useful.

Another prayer was answered that I was able to share a lesson with Dianaina and her mom. I wanted to teach the mom that is Evangelical so that I could challenge her daughter to be baptized with her knowledge because I have had too many bad experiences when we only teach one person in the family. So I took this chance and they took it well, she hasn’t accepted a date yet but we are working o it. I want to pass by with more members so that she will attend church with us.

We contacted a man named Oscar in the street and invited him to church last week and then we happened to walk by him again and he said that he attended church but that it was too full so he left. We were bummed and told him that he could attend this week; he was so excited and happy to attend. We got his number and invited him to the Baptism of Favian too. Oscur loved it and he also loved the testimony of the Grandpa and the peace he felt there in the chapel. We taught him the restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and challenged him to have the same baptism as Jesus by someone who holds that priesthood. He wants a baptism and has a lot of really great questions. Then my companion asked were he lived and we found out that he doesn’t participate in our section. Sad day! We planned to have a meeting with the elders but I got sick and the elders had other plans and Oscar didn’t show up or answer his phone. He is gold and understands everything; he knows that the Book of Mormon is true and that Joseph Smith is a Prophet of God.

I got sick and received a blessing from a member and I felt good enough to work and then the next day I felt worst because of the food I had eaten that night I must have gotten food poison and then the Zone leaders passed by to get the keys for the chapel and to give us our new phone and used this time to receive another blessing. I’m ok now don’t worry I gave my body and stomach a break and studied the scriptures all day about the Plan of Happiness.

We had two men show up to the English classes it was great because it was focused on them for their final this day.

We have a new ward mission Leader! Wahoo! Hno Fuensalida!


Love you TONS!!!
Hermana Wade