On July 7, 2014 Hermana Vanwie wrote:
Querida Familia y amigos --
We had a wonderful week!
I hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July! How grateful I am that we live in a
country that allows us to worship freely!
The highlights of the
week were meeting the mission president and his wife and G's baptism!
On Wednesday we got to go
out on a team-up with Sister Clark (Their
new mission president’s wife.). She is such a sweetheart! She is super easy
to talk to and has such a desire to learn. We went and got to teach Gl and he
had his interview. She is learning Spanish and as she bore her simple testimony
the Spirit flooded in. It really touched the hearts of his family and all that
were there. I know that the gift of tongues is real and that when we are doing
the Lord's work He will always bless us.
Thursday we got to meet
President and Sister Clark officially. They talked about things that the
learned at the New Mission President's seminar and things they want to focus on
here in the mission. Some of those things are really working with recent converts
and less actives and focusing on the temple and family history work. I love
doing this! I am so grateful that I have been able to be here with two mission
presidents. I love President and Sister Gelwix and everything I have learned
from them. And I am grateful that I now have the opportunity to grow even more
as a missionary and learn and grow in different ways with President and Sister
Clark. President Clark talked a lot about our success as a missionary,
"The measure of our success as a missionary will be 30 years down the
road. It will be when our children and our converts' children are making and
keeping sacred covenants and are serving missions." I love focusing on the
eternal perspective! As we learned from them, I felt the Spirit testify to me
that they are the couple that are supposed to be here serving as the mission
president and his wife. They are who the Lord wants to be here following
President and Sister Gelwix.
We celebrated the 4th of
July on the 3rd with the ward and then we spent the 4th with the D/M family and
the N family. There were a ton of fireworks! It was wonderful to be able to get
to know their families better and to celebrate the freedom of our country.
G was baptized yesterday!
His whole family (his father as well) came to church and stayed the entire
time. They are all planning on coming next week as well. It was wonderful to
have them all there! The Primary was wonderful and really helped out as well.
Two primary children gave talks on Baptism and the Holy Ghost and there was a
wonderful spirit there as they plainly testified of things they know to be
true. As we waited for G to change into dry clothes all of the missionaries
sang "Joseph Smith's First Prayer" to the tune of "Come, Thou
Fount" and then we had a mini testimony meeting. How powerful the message
of the Restoration is. I am grateful for the Restoration of the Gospel and that
we have the priesthood again on the earth that allows us to make sacred
covenants with our Heavenly Father. G was so happy after his baptism and so was
his family. I love their family!
I know that it is only
through the Gospel of Jesus Christ that we can be together forever as families.
I am grateful that their family now has an eternal perspective and is focusing
on the temple and making and keeping sacred covenants.
I am so grateful for all
the tender mercies of the Lord that are in each one of our lives. I love the
Lord! I know He lives! I know He loves us!
Gracias por todo lo que
hacen para ayudar en esta obra misional. Los quiero muchisimo! (Thank you for
everything they do to assist in this missionary work. I love you so much!)
Con amor,
Hermana
VanWie
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