September 4, 2012

Hello Family!

 

Sooo... this past week was AWESOME! David and Jessie were BAPTIZED!!!! AWWWW!!!!! It was so exciting and very comical at the same time. :) David is a hoooot!! He actually reminds me a lot of Will! Hermana Penrose and David are really into computers and video games and stuff and then there is me and Jessie. Her and I get along really well! She is a sweetheart. We are teaching their daughter Alexia too and she will be getting baptized in the next couple of weeks (hopefully by her dad!!- how cool will that be?!) We are super excited for them. ANDDDD!!! Jessie, being the amazing little missionary that she is,  gave one of her friends a copy of the Book of Mormon and invited her to the bapstism AND THEN she came to church on Sunday too! Her name is Brittany and we have a lesson with her tomorrow.  Also, on Thursday Ashley is getting baptized too! I dont remember if i mentioned this in the last letter, but her mom was less-active and came back into activity all at the same time Ashley was taking the lessons. Ashley's dad is not a member as of now, but we are really praying that he will come around soon. He is an amazing dad and he actually reminds me a LOT of my dad too! And Dereca reminds me of Tracy Moore (funny, right?!) hahah! Anyways, so there are a LOT of really good things happening in Ottumwa (the O-T-T is what people call it here)

 

GUESS WHAT?!?! So, every week we get an email from our mission President and all of the upcoming baptisms. So, it has the name of the person being baptized and also their baptismal date. THERE ARE 2 IN DES MOINES!!! I am so excited for the Hermanas down there. That Branch is really ready for another baptism and I am really excited that there are some coming up.

 

This past week was really just crazy! I felt like a chicken with my head cut off. We did seen a miracle though. So, there is this family (little hispanic family, and I just LOVE them) Well, he is a member and his wife is not. I met them once when we were on exchanges here like 4ish months ago. ANYWAYS, so,I was asking Hna Penrose about them and if they had seen them much and she said no and that it is now really hard to get a hold of them. Well, we prayed and decided to go stop by. We got there and she answered the door and just let us in right away. When we went there before we shared a video about the Temple Dedication for the El Salvador Temple because that is where she is from. She LOVED it and she forgot to save it to her desktop and wasnt able to find it. So, we happily showed her where it was at  and then showed her around the website a little more. We shared some of the Bible Videos that the Church has made. Have you seen them?! They are so good! And a really good missionary tool too ;). She really liked the videos too. We asked her if there is any service that she needs done or anything that we can do to help her family. She said that she really needed help finding a bedroom. So, this weekend (hopefully), one of our members who is from Mexico, will be helping us finish the room. We are so very excited to go serve them! I LOVE SERVICE!  

 

I am so very thankful for this Gospel. I have been thinking a lot about the scripture "when ye are in the service of your fellow beings, ye are only in the service of your God". I feel Gods love for the people we serve and I know that I am doing exactly what the Lord would be doing. I know that the Book of Mormon is true! I love reading from its pages and discovering new things and just seeing how much Heavenly Father loves us. I know that Families are Eternal! I love you all!!! Have a great week!! XOXOXOXOXOXOXO

Love,

Hermana Wadsworth