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This week was a really good one full
of many blessings. The first thing that I learned this week is that it’s not
all about me, what I want or when I want it. My mission really isn’t MY
mission. Something that is very true that Matt wrote me today is that the Lord
is on my team. He wants to see the success in our lives and he wants us to find
happiness. I have been so worried about things that really aren’t the most
important. It’s not all about what I
want when I want it. It takes a lot of understanding what the Lord wants from
you, and in his time. My companion and I have been working really well together
in our time here, but a lot of times we are both stuck on what we want to
happen and when we want it to happen for our investigators. The thing is we can
do all that is possible and teach to the best of our abilities and people still
don’t want anything to do with us or this church. They have their agency. It’s hard to really accept that sometimes
because you know how this gospel really could change someone’s life and you can
see how different they could be, but it’s only up to them. We can tell them to
pray and promise that they can receive blessings, but they have to be the one
to act.
So the great things that we saw in
this week: First with the family Foster! We had 3 lessons with them this week
and the first one was so bad. We were with the mom and two of the kids and they
hardly said anything and we didn’t know what was going on because they are
always so willing to participate. We left not knowing what happened or
anything. We went back 2 days later just to talk with the mom. We found out
that she was having a really hard time with her husband (that she’s not married
to) and that they were talking about getting separated. He is a great guy and we thought he was more
interested in the church than she was. She is a Jehovah’s Witness and he
doesn’t really have a religion. Anyways
she told us that he didn’t want anything to do with our message. We have always
had a hard time with her and her big doubts about everything and always invite
her to pray about everything. And she finally did! She told us that she knows
it’s true and she wants this for her kids, but she is scared to go without her
husband. We talked with her more and convinced her that she needs to go for her
children for them to be able to learn. She agreed and said that she can’t go
this Sunday, but the next. We said we would stop by Saturday to see if her kids
could come with us. So we went back on Saturday night and she said that she IS
going to church tomorrow because she knows it’s the right thing to do. We were
still nervous she wouldn’t go but there she was waiting for us with her 3 kids.
We walked together and they loved it the whole time! She really has changed
soooo much over this week its nuts!
Okay, second blessing of the week:
So Vicente, the 75 year old that was singing in the video I sent a couple of
weeks ago: Missionaries have been with him for like 9 months off and on and
nobody has gotten him to go to church for the life of them. We always ask him
if he will go with us and he always says no. We brought a member with us the
other day and they hit it off really well. We planned on him coming to church
last week but he didn’t end up coming. So this week we were dedicated. We
brought the member on Saturday and told him he had to come and we explained
what all happened in the church and what to expect. He said that he wanted to
go. So we planned in the morning for the member to pass for him. Before church
we got there early with the family Foster and I was so nervous that he wasn’t
going to come, but low and behold! I
heard his sweet loud voice ringing in the hallways! I ran out and there he was
in his little wheelchair and walker in his hands with the member right behind
him. I was so excited to see him there I wanted to cry! We got him in there and
sat down. He has a hard time hearing so he yells a lot when he talks. During
the beginning of the sacrament they always announce the visiting people by name
to welcome him. They said his name and he just raised both hands and waved at
everyone, ha-ha, it was so great! Then during the passing of the sacrament they
were passing the water and loudly he says “is that water?” The member says “yes”
and he says “oh wait, let me get out my pill to take.” He whips out with a napkin
that had a pill in it and it falls on the ground and he’s trying to fish for it
and finally gets it after like 1 minute. Meanwhile, the boy is just standing
there in front of him holding the tray. It was just so great! Ha-ha, we
explained afterwards that the water isn’t for talking pills. Ha-ha! He wasn’t planning on staying the
whole time but he did and he loved it so much and he wants to come back!
It was quite the Sunday and it
honestly made my whole mission worthwhile. Just to see the change in Veronica
Foster and to finally, after 9 months to see Vicente in the church! I know it
was a huge blessing and it was just great! It was a blessed Sunday!
I love you all and hope you have a
great week!
Love, Hermana Velasquez
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