August 1, 2011 - Family Email

Liliana's baptism - July 30, 2011 (with Elder Shaver)

I got the package and it was fantastic thank you sooooo much.  I am working on getting rid of it right now.  I love you.  This week a lot happened and it was all GOOD.  

Bueno, so this last Saturday we finally dunked Liliana.  Yes she is from Argentina.  It was amazing and it´s about time we baptized her, because we have been teaching her for 12 weeks!!  So Elder Shaver did the baptizing, 3 times!  Haaha.  Liliana didn´t like the water very much she kept popping up!  But it was super special and felt so right.  The following day Sunday, I GAVE HER THE HOLY GHOST in Spanish.  I gave a blessing in Spanish.  It was amazing.  I gave a child of God His Spirit to have for eternity.  I also confirmed her a member of the only Church of Jesus Christ on the earth.  It was a good experience for me but, terrifying.  I didn´t even end up saying the things I planned on saying to her, gotta love the Spirit.

Liliana and Cody at her baptism

So Sofia and Silvia are doing wonderful.  We talked to them yesterday and Silvia (the mom) told us that she has no doubts about the church or what we teach her.  She believes everything we teach her.  She told us she doesn´t have enough courage to do it.  She say she needs more time in the church.  She has believed the Catholic church her whole life so it´s hard for her to accept that she was wrong her whole life.  Sofia is good too, she says she wants to know the Book of Mormon better.  So yeah that is it with them.  They are also from Argentina!!!  See mom, your vision came true I am kinda serving in Argentina. 

Liliana and her Mother

So Gloria had a DREAM: She heard from the TV that we are in the last days and then she looked over into her closet she saw stacks of Books of Mormon in her closet.  She said it was very special and all that.  But now she isn´t doing anything about it.  Last night we met with her alone without her kids and we taught her that she needs to act on the answer she received.  It was a good lesson and we told her that she needs to pray specifically about the Book of Mormon, this church, and Joseph Smith.  She told us she would do it!  

The ward family

The family that we are teaching Sofia and Silvia

We didn´t meet with our new investigators this week the mom Natali and her son Adrian.  They are from the Dominican Republic.  They are good, and we have talked with them a lot.  But it´s really hard to meet with them.  We are trying.  I know the boy is still reading the Book of Mormon everyday.  He is a beast.

Working hard or hardly working???  Yeah that is salt from sweat, it´s hottttttt!!