Dear dear
friends and family!!
I was humbled as
I opened my e-mail to today and had so many of you that took time to reach out
to me. It means so much, more than you
will ever know. The adjustment continues
to be hard, but guess what?
We have four
new investigators and they all came to church yesterday!!
It´s amazing!
One is a family, with a mom, daughter, and son. The son just barely got
baptized, so that was with the elders, but we began teaching the family along
with one of the son's friends, and they all came to church on Sunday! The
other is a mom that is 23 and has 3 children. Her name is Brenda, and she was a
reference from a less active member actually!! So its great because the less active member is
coming to church with our new investigator, and all is really great there!!!
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| Main mode of transportation - small carts pulled behind bicycles |
Also, on
Saturday night when we were walking back to our house, we contacted this
awesome family, and have an appt. with them on Wednesday, and I really think that
they are prepared by the Lord. Even though we talked with them for like 10
minutes, it was awesome, and totally led by the spirit. They said that they
were looking for something to bring their family closer together. (and they
have like four young children) It was really great!! So I am crossing my fingers
for them.:)
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| House in the Santa Elena neighborhood in the town of Cuautitlán where Madison is living. |
My companion
is the most humble person I have ever met. I love her so much!! She is teaching me so much and it underscores
how blessed I’ve been in my life. Thank you to all of you that have brought so
many blessing!
P days are
total self indulgent days, and its when I get time to think. It really stresses
me out sometimes the amount of time that I will be doing this. But that is only
when I am not teaching or serving. Its really different. But, one
scripture that I love from this week’s study is is D&C 38:7-
But behold,
verily, verily, I say unto you that mine eyes are upon you. I am in your midst
and ye cannot see me;
Cross reference
it with Acts 17:29-
Being then God's offspring,
we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an
image formed by the art and imagination of man.
These two scriptures have brought me so much
comfort here!! I have had a crazy increase of faith here in the mission felid,
and know that it is because I have Christ not far from me at all times!!!
Spanish continues
to be really hard. I don’t really understand a lot of things still, but I
really try my best every day. I try really hard every day to understand, and it
is super frustrating when I can’t really express the way I feel. Its hard because I really know principles of
the gospel, and love them, but its hard when I have to break it down so so
simply because I cant express it very well! I pray it will come.
I thank you
all for your continued support!
Hasta
la proximo semana!
Dearest Granddaughter, ( Sister Beardall) It sounds like you are truly getting stretched in your service. I imagine the language barrier is difficult and I know you will one day just wake up and get it perfect if you keep working. We asked your great grandmother Nunns to come and give you a little help with your Spanish.Check out 2 Kings 6:16 and surrounding verses, to know you are not alone there. I also liked D & C 11:12-14. So exciting to hear that you have investigators, not all missionaries everywhere have that much success on their first couple of weeks out of the MTC. Keep working hard and the Lord will continue to bless you and enlighten you mind. So very proud of all your efforts, love you tons and tons, Grandma and Grandpa Wolsey
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