On June 2, 2014, Hermana VanWie wrote this letter:
Querida
Familia y amigos ---
Espero que tuvieron una semana maravillosa! (I hope you had a marvelous
week!)
Story of the
week: This week we had some unexpected and unwanted visitors to our apartment--cockroaches!
Sister M and I did not want to get near it at all, but we didn't want them in
our apartment either, so I decided to kill it. It was much bigger than the ones
we saw in Ceres--it was about the size of a half dollar coin. We went a little
crazy with the cleaning supplies to try to kill it/ stun it. It seemed to work,
but then it was quite the scene--scooping it into a dust pan and running it out
to the garbage outside. Only in a sisters' apartment.... It added some
excitement into our day.
We had some amazing lessons this week! We had a great lesson with Gand
his family! It was the first time that his dad sat in on a lesson and it made
such a difference! We are going to work on reactivating the whole family now.
We realized that when the father becomes reactivated, the whole family will be
solid. G will get baptized soon, but we are going to focus on his whole
family's conversion first so then he will be solid as well.
We also had some wonderful lessons with M (we learned we had been
spelling her name wrong a few days ago) and J. We had a great lesson about
the Restoration and the importance of it and how we can apply it into our
lives. We are so proud of M! she is coming so far and progressing so much! A
few days after this lesson we had another lesson with M and her sister was
there. She had a lot of questions and we had the wonderful opportunity to teach
her in her sister's home about personal revelation and the Holy Ghost. I love
teaching about the Holy Ghost and helping others recognize it! As we taught we
were able to help her identify how she feels the Holy Ghost and explain what
the Holy Ghost's purpose is.
On Sunday M got confirmed! He was so happy! It was a wonderful way to end
the transfer with Sister M. He drew a wonderful picture for us explaining the
Holy Ghost and getting confirmed. As we teach to a person's needs and
understanding they flourish and grow and have the opportunity to gain their own
testimony. As we have been leaving M with commitments that allow him to process
the information we teach, he has grown and developed and now has the beginnings
of a strong testimony.
Saturday
night we received transfer calls!!!! Sister M will be returning home and I am
going to be companions with Hermana Parra-Ortega again!! She will returning
home at the end of this next transfer as well. I am so excited to be able to
work with her again!
I am so grateful for the scriptures! My testimony of the power of the
Book of Mormon has been strengthened this week. As we consistently read and
study the Book of Mormon, the Spirit is more abundant in our lives. This is
because everything that is written in the Book of Mormon was included for a
specific reason. The Spirit testified to me of this this morning as I was in my
personal study. I was reading in Jacob chapter 4. In verse 1 he is describing
the difficulty of writing on the plates. I know that the Book of Mormon is the
word of God. I know that as we study its pages we will find answers to our
prayers and come closer to our Heavenly Father and our Savior. We will find strength
beyond our own.
Muchas gracias por todo lo que hacen para ayudar en esta obra misional. Los
quiero muchisimo! Que tengan una semana llena de mucha felicidad!
Con amor,
Hermana
VanWie
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