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| Hermana Hoggan and I while she tried on this dress from Chile. |
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I gave some of my birthday flowers to a member
and she then
put them in this,
and this was from one week to the next week...
they were still
there....Bienvenidos a México!
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This is Hermana
Estella; she is really great! So was always in plays and can sing like nobody’s
business! She is a recent convert with Hermana Thomas. (My companion in the MTC.) This
is us just singing songs from Shirley Temple, ha-ha!
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I put pants on for
the first time since the MTC and it was quite the comfy time. I didn’t want to
get out of them!
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We went out with one of our investigators and a member today
to go shopping. Everything was cheaper with them with us! Ha-ha!
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We also went shoe shopping in el Mercado!
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This week was just
another week of milagros!!!! It also went by really fast and it just seems like
every week is going by faster and faster! We found out this week that the next
transfer is only going to be for 5 weeks next to 6 weeks. Hermana Hoggan and I got a
little nervous thinking we were going to get sent home one week early too, but
no our last transfer is going to be a 7 week transfer and I am SO okay with
that! I think it will make it go by slower so that’s pretty nice! Ha-ha
So this week we had
another meeting with all the missionaries in Merida and we talked about goals,
and in every meeting they always bring up baptizing every week as a goal and I
just kind of rolled my eyes at it all at first (don’t worry I repented) so they
asked us who really is praying and asking to baptize every week? Really nobody
raised their hands. They then explained of a scripture that says if we pray for
things that are just and right with faith that we can get what we need. God
wants us to baptize every week because he wants ALL of his children to come
back to his presents. And that I know. If we are only trying to baptize for
numbers well no that isn’t something just to ask for, but if we are asking
because we are really wanting to help build gods kingdom well then why wouldn’t
it be possible to find people that are ready?
So we put all of this
into practice. We prayed and boy did we find! From Thursday we found 8 new investigators
that have accepted us and are so willing to listen. On Saturday we found this
reference we had from some other people we had contacted. So we go and were
just chattin' with him and then with other guy that was working in this house
next door came and were leaned up against the wall and I could tell he was
listening to what we were saying. Then we sat down on this rock a little bit
closer to us and then we just invited him to come listen too and we gave him a
book of Mormon too and he was all ears. So long story short I ended up teaching
the first guy we were talking to and Hermana Hoggan taught this other guy and
his son. It was all just so great! They all live in the same street as the
church so after our lessons we went to the church and showed them around and
they loved it and the one I taught is Manuel and he’s a student and is 21. He
just said that he felt at peace and he just felt good, and the others really
liked it too. Then on Sunday they all came to church and it was just so great!
It was the biggest blessing we have had here in this area. In this week we had
so many more blessings just into our path.
I know God listens to
us and that he is aware of us. He knows what we need and he knows our true
desires that we have. I know he answers our prayers and then some! I know he
wants to help us be happy and really gain our goals that we have in this life
and if we have true desires he will give it to us. Sometimes we are going to
have to push our faith a little bit harder, and we will have to overcome some
trials, but god is right behind us to help push us through, and then when we
have overcome our trials we can receive those milagros. I love this work and I
love these people so much! Yo se que dios me ama y esta pendiente de mi todo de
ustedes! Les quiero mucho! Tengan un buen día y Oran con su fe!
Con amor, Hermana
Velasquez
