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how is everybody doing? I just wanted to let you all know that i love you and i had a great week! I hope you are all great. This week lots of great things happened. We are going to have a baptism of 4 very special people! A whole family...who love the gospel with all their hearts.


i was walking down the street and there was a boy who was behind us. he was quiet but i had the feeling to talk to him. so when he passed us by i asked him if he lived close by? he said yes and we talked a little bit about the church. i asked him if he´d like to make a visit and he said yeah, i think i will.my companion was a little sceptical about his reply but i trusted him. well on sunday there he was! Danillo. He was excited to be there even though it was a little new. we talked to him after and he said wow, i really iked church today, i think i´ll come back more times. He looked me in the eyes and said, Sister, thank you for taking the time to invite me the other day. I felt a strong impression that i had followed the spirit and been an instrument in the lords hands.

in the mission, there are many times that things like this happen. it becomes so much a part of who you are as a member or missionary, that it is easy to take it for granted. i know i will feel a difference when it is gone.

i love this work. i love serving others and giving of myself. i have seen the lords hand many times lifting me up, and lifting those i serve. I know that i do not work alone. the spirit and peace testify to me each night in those quiet moments before sleep sets in that i am where i should be. That god loves me and that i am ready for him when he needs me.

What happiness! just wanted to let you all know that i love you. i love this work.



have a great week!!!