February 5, 2018
That'll be fun to have more people at home to speak Spanish with! {By the way, I need to start giving the mission my information about when I go home, like which airport I will be flying into. So....whats our airport called again? and also my bishop and stake president's names, etc.}
Basically life is good! Citlali and Fernando are hopefully going to be getting married on Feb 14 (because marriages are free that day, woo hoo!) and hopefully can get baptized a couple days after that! The Lopez family is going mas o menos, they haven't been able to come to church yet, which is the biggest problem for most people. The financial situation down here is pretty rough right now, basically no one has any money. People just live day to day, which makes it hard for someone to give up working on Sundays to be able to come investigate a church. Even some of the members struggle with this.
Recently we have been hearing a TON about the Book of Mormon! From prophets and apostles, and we had a conference with our mission pres just about the BoM, Then last week we watched a missionary broadcast that talked about the same thing! Also Mexico's 'plan de area' this year (and last year) says that
"El tiempo ha llegado a que busquemos las bendiciones que nos han sido prometidos de profetas modernos y antiguos."
And basically just that it's time to find the blessings that have been promised us in the Book of Mormon and start doing what we need to do to be able to receive them. So this month we have been focusing a TON on the Book of Mormon with all the converts, less actives, active members, and investigators we have been helping them be able to read the Book of Mormon EVERY SINGLE DAY - even if all they read is one verse!
The book literally changes lives! After just a week, a member told us "Thank you so much for helping my family start reading again. I have been able to see a huge change in my daughter, she doesn't hit her kids anymore, and she's a lot happier!" And some investigators told us about a spiritual experience they were able to have when they decided for the first time to read to book together! Our mission president's wife always tells us "El Libro de Mormon puede convertir a una persona sin la ayuda de los misioneros, pero los misioneros sin el libro, no pueden."
READ THE BOOK! Read it as a family. Read it personally. Read it with your friends. Read it with strangers. Read it out loud. Listen to it while you're washing dishes. ...And then watch how it changes your life! I
t's changed mine! It's changing our branch, and if people will read it, it will change the world!
**talk with your local missionaries for a free copy to give to someone :) maybe that can be the family's goal!
Welp, this has definitely been the longest letter I have written my entire mission, so peace!
Hermana Bailey
pictures:
LANDEN, LOOK WHO I MET!!! (What a small world! She was in Landen's district in Puerto Rico, and just got home from her mission last week and is in my stake here!)
Bailey's chocolates :) (don't worry, I didn't eat them.)
Be grateful you have hot water!
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