Novemeber 15, 2011

HOLA FAMILIA!

Oh wow! So, i am half way done with my time here at the MTC... it is CRAZY! Hermana Baird and I are SO excited to go to Des Moines, but we are also very nervous cause we still do not know that much espanol as we feel like we should. But either way, i am just going to keep soaking up the MTC.

So much has happend this week in class, at firesides and just all together so much! I have learned so much about Jesus Christ! Sunday was just a perfect day for me all around. I always have so spiritually fed on Sundays. My mission President, President Claybaugh talked in sacrament meeting and he taught so beautifully about the Plan of Salvation (which that topic alone, just gets me right in the heart and speaks volume) but he focused on the Atonement. He taught about the far reaching effects of the Atonement in our lives and how all we need to do is turn to Jesus Christ. He talked about the poem "Footprints in the Sand" which we all love and think it is so great! He says as much as he loves that poem it is false- one of my institute teachers had said that to me before, but i forgot why.... well, the reason why is that there is  always only one set of footprints in the sand, and that is the Saviors. HOW TRUE!  He is carrying us! I have no doubt that in my moments, after Dad died, how much i had to just focus on breathing, I have no doubt in my mind that Jesus Christ was holding me and whispering to me "just keep breathing, it will be alright- i got you".  We dont have to fear because Jesus is with us and He will "not leave you comfortless".

I am so excited to help the people of Des Moines, Iowa to come closer to Christ. To know that He Lives! and that He is always there for us! I am so very thankful for the Book of Mormon and i know that it is true. One of my friends told me that I am such a strong person. Well, i didnt really understand why. I know why now, it is because i know that the Book of Mormon is true and that "a man would get nearer to God by abiding to its precepts, than by any other book", as Joseph Smith said about the Book of Mormon. I would like to offer an invitation to everyone that reads this to read the Book of Mormon. I will promise you that if you read it, ponder about it, and ask Heavenly Father if it is true, He will help you to know.

I am the person I am because of the Book of Mormon! Whenever I am having a hard day and i read from the sacred pages of the Book of Mormon, I have recieved FUERZA (strength) and PAZ (peace)!

Yo se que el Libro de Mormon es verdadero! Yo se que Jesucristo es el Salvador y Redentor!

I know that the Book of Mormon is True! I know that Jesus Christ is the Savior and Redeemer!

Thank you for your prayers!

 

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

I love you, always, forever!

-Hermana Deborah Faye Wadsworth

 

ps- keep the postcards coming! I LOVE THEM! :) Thank you all for your love and support to me and my family!