Hey
folks! I hope everybody had a great week! This week flew. Seriously, the weeks
just fly and fly. For example, last Wednesday was the one year anniversary of
two things: the day my sister got home from her mission, and the day I arrived
in Uruguay. WHAT THE HECK. I feel like I blink and it`s Monday again. Next week
is already changes again! i can`t believe it.
So
this was a good week! They`re all good weeks, let`s be honest. With super
bipolar Uruguayan spring weather, but it`s alright. So on Tuesday, the uncle of
the bishop got baptized, who the elders were teaching. It was SUCH a beautiful
baptism! I love love love baptisms because I love seeing the change in
countenances. The bishop`s uncle, for example, was atheist before. And now he`s
completely changed. He was so excited and happy. Now a year from now he and his
wife, who was inactive for a long time, will be able to become an eternal
family. And you know how it started? A couple of months ago, the bishop`s
father died. He talked to the two of them about a plan that God has for us. And
then? He just invited them to church. THAT`S IT. They went to church that first
time, cried when we sang "families can be together forever" and never
missed a Sunday after. All because he invited them, that`s all it took to
change their life. So, invite everybody to church! Or think of one of those
talks in conference that made you think of a friend or loved one, and invite
him over to watch it. You won`t be sorry and neither will they!
Remember
Annie? She moved last week to Montevideo :( But we just happened to be home
when she was about to live, so we wrote our testimonies in a Book of Mormon and
gave it to her, promising her that it will bring peace to her life. She thanked
us and hugged us and said she would look for the church in Montevideo.
Obviously it`s said that as missionaries we "plant" a lot of seeds,
but Annie is one that I just really FELT, and I am grateful that the Lord put
her in our path, even though it was for such a short time.
Now to
explain the subject line:
Slumber
parties:
We are
getting new furniture in our apartment (holla!) and when the family that took
our old furniture came to take it on saturday, our landlady decided to take
advantage of there being no furniture, and had her son repaint. So we slept on
our mattresses with ALL of our other stuff in the other room two nights in a
row. So we ate popcorn and probably drank too much Coke. But it was fun. Pics
to come!
Family
history:
President
Smith is making a HUGE new focus on family history. In fact, in a couple of months
we are all going to go to the temple in Montevideo to do all of the temple work
for one of our ancestors! It is going to be awesome. We also had an activity
for family history in our ward on Saturday, which was our ward mission leader`s
idea. To help everyone gather names before the next temple trip in December. I
wish I had gotten more into family history before! But I am definitely going to
take advantage of getting more into it these last 6 months before going home.
It`s a big promise in my patriarchal blessing that I`ll experience the Spirit
of Elijah in my life. It`s a pretty rockin`blessing that i should definitely
take more advantage of.
Tender
mercies!
Two
things:
Brian
and Angela are going to the temple for the very first time this month and they
are going to do baptisms for Brian`s grandparents! Gahhh. Please keep them in
your prayers to be able to get sealed in March! They`re amazing.
Anybody
remember Andres? I wrote about him last change. He was a guy who a member had
called us saying "I want you to come teach somebody right now in my
house." And we went and taught one of the most powerful lessons on the
Restoration I`ve ever experienced. But then....he went back to Brazil, where he
lived. But he had said that he wanted to move back here. Well I`ve been
thinking about him lately, so just yesterday i asked Daniel "hey, do you
know how Andres is doing?" And he said "he`s moving back today or
tomorrow!" And five minutes later, Andres showed up! And we`ll see him today
to mark a day to visit him. Just when we`ve really been in need of
investigators. Keep Andres in your prayers. He has a big desire to change, and
with the Lord he totally can!
The
Lord is always full of such great tender mercies. They`re in every single day,
we just have to keep our eyes open and look for them.
Yo sè
que esta es la iglesia verdadera. Sè que Jesucristo vive. Èl es mi Salvador y
mi Redentor. Sè que las familias pueden ser eternas. ¡Que bendecida que soy por
tener a la mia para siempre! Sè que el Libro de Mormòn ES la palabra y el poder
de Dios. Es un libro que realmente cambia vidas tal como ha cambiado la mia. Mi
misiòn me ha cambiado de adentro por afuera. No puedo creer la person que yo
era, pero màs estoy tan agradacida por la gracia del Señor y por la person que
ahora yo SOY. Amo este Evangelio, amo esta obra, amo a mi Salvador. Sè sin
ninguna duda que Èl vive y nos ama. En el nombre de Jesucristo, si, el Hijo de
Dios, Amen.
I love
you, I love you, I love you!
Hermanita
Dolan
P.S.
Wanna hear something stinking cool? Part of the Uruguay Montevideo West Mission
is now one city in Brazil (now part of the stake in Artigas), and a part of
ARGENTINA!!! (now a part of the stake in Paysandu.) The Lord is truly hastening
His work in my favorite little part of the universe!
No comments:
Post a Comment