Hey, I love you guys, ya know it?
Oh, I got your package today. :) I wont open it til sunday though... no tenga pena. But it will kill me. Also, my companion wants to open it too. She offered to open it first.
So this week has been great! We have been finding lots of new families to teach and they are mostly positive! The only problem is getting them to act in faith and not work on sunday... OH MY GOODNESS! Ok, the familia Calel... so we taught them the Dia de Reposo... i dont know what that is in english.. sorry, but its about sunday. And we explained everything you can and cant do on sunday, we had scriptures that explained very clearly that you cant work on sunday and everything... but they own a restaraunte.. and they work on sunday. So we finally got Hugo (the father) to commit to keep this commantment... but then he said... "i will keep it in my heart. At work on sunday i will take a second every once in a while to think about God and all He has given me." Oh Hermano Hugo... His face everytime we explain a new commandment is the best. As soon as they can live these commandments, they are going to be a super awesome strong family in the church. I know it.
Also, this week in weekly planning, we were praying specifically for our recent converts and less actives... the pray was a little long, because we have a lot of them. But I finished the pray and looked up at hna Yepez.... out. Out like a light. Then she raised her head a few moments later and said, "I was sleeping......................
Also this week, we have an investigator named Carmen! She is 14 and she is awesome.. she just has a hard time focusing and also doesnt really have set parents.. Her "parents" are pretty old and arent her real parents, but her mom/grandma likes us. Thats a plus. So we are getting her ready to be baptized this week and we were talking to her parents last night. Her dad was trying to come up with excuses for why she couldnt get baptized and finally said, ill have to talk to my wife. Were a partnership ya know, I cant make this decision alone. So the mom came back and we asked her and she said "of course she can get baptized! I trust you two a lot! I know she is in good hands with you" So we will be baptizing Hermanita Carmen this weekend. :)
Another one of our investigators... Juan Miguel.. his kids went back to their moms house... and then Juan Miguel went back to drinking... :( Its horrible. Alcohol is horrible. But guys, the repentance!! Its still there!
Marco Tulio is having a hard time committing to a date, but, he knows he has to be baptized. So with him, we just need a little more time.
So far thats all. But guys, the scriptures tell us to cry repentance. So guys, please repent!! I read Abby's email and she asked her fam if they are all reading together and doing fhe, and praying and all that. So guys, i hope you are all doing that too. Its never too late to change and start doing it.
Also, I have been thinking about all the families in the world and when we all get to heaven... and how horrible it would be to look around with all your family and find someone is missing! to look around and say where's dad? or where's my cousin? and its because they couldnt humble themselves to repent fully. Heavenly Father wants us to have an eternal family... but we cant have that we we all arent doing our part. All of us. Every single one. We have to repent. all the way, if there is something keeping us from being exactly obedient, we just have to stop and repent! The feeling of being forgiven is SO AWESOME!! way better than the guilt of sinning.
But ok, thats all. I love you all so much! Be safe and happy and i love you guys! And thank you for the package that I will open on sunday!
Love, Hermana Evans
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