HELLO!!
Okay, BIG news today!! So we were teaching Valentina this week and she decided to get baptized on Saturday!! The lesson was on Wed but she said that we helped her realized that God has been answering her prayers all along! It was so awesome!! Then the next day we were talking to there family and right before we were about to leave she reached over and touched me on the shoulder and said, "Will you confirm me?". WHAT??!! It was almost exactly what happened with her mom when she asked me to baptize her! I was stunned once again and pointed at myself and asked "me?" Then everyone laughed at me haha. So, on Sunday I confirmed Valentina. I was freaking out that I was going to forget the prayer or say something wrong, but everything went well the first time. Shocker for me haha. The Spirit was SO strong! My heart was calm and wasn't racing but my legs were shaking throughout the confirmation. For the first time I was able to see the Spirit working through me. I am so grateful for this opportunity I have to share the Gospel with people here because I know that this gospel is true and really does change lives! It is a process that is very hard to describe because it is the Spirit working in them, and there are no words to describe the sacred and beautiful actions of the Spirit. Its an experience that I will remember for the rest of my life. Plus we got some HUGE new as missionaries this week of what the church is doing! Two big points are that there is a new video " He is the Gift" which is AMAZING and on Dec 7th the only ad on you tube will be this video!!! There are many other big announcements but I don't have time for all of them! So watch the video and share it with everyone you can! Jesus Christ is our Savior and Redeemer and it is because of his atoning sacrifice that we can be forgiven for our sins and can return to live with God and our families for eternity! I love this gospel. Share your testimony with everyone you can because the blessings of the Gospel are for everyone. I love you all! I'm so sorry that I couldn't respond to everyone today. We had to make a mormon.org profile and got to share the video on FB today so time is super short!
Elder Richmond
Okay, BIG news today!! So we were teaching Valentina this week and she decided to get baptized on Saturday!! The lesson was on Wed but she said that we helped her realized that God has been answering her prayers all along! It was so awesome!! Then the next day we were talking to there family and right before we were about to leave she reached over and touched me on the shoulder and said, "Will you confirm me?". WHAT??!! It was almost exactly what happened with her mom when she asked me to baptize her! I was stunned once again and pointed at myself and asked "me?" Then everyone laughed at me haha. So, on Sunday I confirmed Valentina. I was freaking out that I was going to forget the prayer or say something wrong, but everything went well the first time. Shocker for me haha. The Spirit was SO strong! My heart was calm and wasn't racing but my legs were shaking throughout the confirmation. For the first time I was able to see the Spirit working through me. I am so grateful for this opportunity I have to share the Gospel with people here because I know that this gospel is true and really does change lives! It is a process that is very hard to describe because it is the Spirit working in them, and there are no words to describe the sacred and beautiful actions of the Spirit. Its an experience that I will remember for the rest of my life. Plus we got some HUGE new as missionaries this week of what the church is doing! Two big points are that there is a new video " He is the Gift" which is AMAZING and on Dec 7th the only ad on you tube will be this video!!! There are many other big announcements but I don't have time for all of them! So watch the video and share it with everyone you can! Jesus Christ is our Savior and Redeemer and it is because of his atoning sacrifice that we can be forgiven for our sins and can return to live with God and our families for eternity! I love this gospel. Share your testimony with everyone you can because the blessings of the Gospel are for everyone. I love you all! I'm so sorry that I couldn't respond to everyone today. We had to make a mormon.org profile and got to share the video on FB today so time is super short!
Elder Richmond