Hola Everyone!
Transfer day has come, and I have been transfered to an area
called Pueblitos in the North of Hermosillo with my first ever American
companoin (what?). Her name is Hermana Lewis from St. George Utah and we're
goign to walk until our feet bleed because we're whitewashing an area that's
ridiculously big, but we're goign to find a bunch of people to teach, so
everything's all good.
This past week in Balderrama was awesome! We were able to
see several great miracles, including the baptism of Mayra. Mayra is the
daughter of member who used to go wth her mom to church when her mother was
investigating the church, but at 16 left the house a struck out on her own, and
now, six years later, was so ready to enter into a coveneat with our father. I
think in all of the baptsimal servicesx I have been in here in Mexico, this has
been one of the sweetest. It was so great because its was apparent that Mayra
was doing it from the heart adb becasue she really loved the Lord and wanted to
show her repentance. I have grown such a love for her as I have watched her
grow and progress and also as we have gone through great lengths to teach her
becasue she lives at the other end of the area than we live and works two jobs
and has open enrollment high school ad so the only tiem she can meet with us is
at 8:30 at night which gave us just enough time to sing a hymn, say the prayer,
see how she was doing, and then teach soemthign super simplified and direct,
have a closing prayer and then RUN to out house to get home at like 9:25 (we have
to be home at 9:30).
Another miracle's name is Omar. We found him when a member
wrote her friend's direction wrong when giving us a reference. WE knocked on
the door, realized it was not the right house, but began to talk to them aboutt
he Gospel and Omar was so eager to learn. He's had rough past, but has left all
of the vices behind about a year ago to be able to be a worthy and dependable
father and he is so ready to enter the baptismal waters that the first tiem we
met him, we frightened the member family accompanying us in extendign the
baptsimal invitation, but honestly he is so eager to repent I don-t think I've
seen anyone so excited about the Atonement of Jesus Christ, whic has been a
testimony and a reminder to me of jsut how important Jesus Chirst and His
Atonign Sacrafice are in my life and the life of every human being who has ever
lives and will ever live.
I solemly testify that Jesus Chirst DID in fact, atone for
our sisns. He sweat drops of bools from every pore because of the agonizing
pain and suffereing, but HE did it beacuse He loves us and becasue HE was the
only person capable to pay the price for our sins beause He lived a perfect and
sinless life, not so that we canb go about sinning, but so that we have the
possibily to be sinnless too, through Him. I love my Savior and Redeemer and I
want to serve Him with all my heart. I know I am not perfect, nor will I ever
be perfect in this life, but I know that I will be perfect one day and in that
Day I will stand befpre my Lord and my God and He will say to me, "well
doen thou good and faithful servant." and He will welcome me back home to
His presence.
I love you all and I want all men everywhere to be able to
p[artake in His redeeming love, including each and every one of you.
Con mi amor eterno,
Hermana Rawlings
Pics Mayra's Baptism
The District
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