hello
hello canty family!
well lets just get
started because the lord has worked MIRACLES this week!! :))))
so im sure you all
remember the email from last week with the really crazy and stressful lesson
with janeth and her husband. well we were a little nervous about going back
with them bc we werent sure how they would react..but on wednesday our
correlation meeting got canceled and we were already in mazate..and took that
as a sign that we needed to visit them. so we went and at first it was REALLY
weird...but then we sang and started teaching the IMMEDIATELY the spirit came.
we read Moroni 10:3-5 with them and asked them if they had honestly done what
it asks in those verses to know if its true. janeth told us yes..and eric told
us no. he also shared like he thought that we were trying to replace the bible
with the book of mormon and a few other doubts that we were able to clear up.
but we were able to TESTIFY that we were not trying to replace the bible but to
help him ADD to his knowledge of christ. we seriously felt the spirit in the
entire lesson. i cant tell you if he will really want to get baptized right
now, but he DID accept to read the book of mormon and pray!!! it was a really
humble moment when he agreed to do it because i saw in his eyes the light of
christ wanting to know..and i KNOW that if he reads the book and prays like it
says in moroni..he WILL know. it was such a great lesson.
which takes us to the
next miracle...JANETH IS GETTING BAPTIZED!!!!!! we went with just her on saturday
too see how it went with the book of mormon. so the first question we asked was
if she had read the book of mormon. and IMMEDIATELY she responded, "yes
hermanas i did. and i KNOW that this book if word of god. i read it and then i
kneeled and prayed and i know that it is true." I ALMOST CRIED!!!!!! you
could just SEE it in her eyes that she truly had received the answer that it is
true. her eyes BEAMED!!!! it was one of the happiest moments i´ve had. theres
really nothing better than seeing someone you love so much say YES to the
invitation to read and then when they actually do it...its a thousand times
better. we then challenged her to baptism and she agreed for the 12 of
march...THIS WEEKEND!!!! :D we also saws god´s hands in her coming to church. she
had a trip planned for sunday with a friend and wasnt sure if she was going to
come..but we prayed LOTS so that she could..(i even asked to put an obstacle in
the way so that she couldnt go..) and thats what happened..she got REALLY sick
and was put in the hospital at 2 am on
sunday morning...and so she wasnt going on her trip...but also wasnt to
thrilled about ging to church...so we turned to prayer again asking heavenly
father to give her the strength to come to church..and with his miraculous
hands he helped her come to church. i thought she would just stay the first
hour..bvut she stayed for ALL three hours. she loves the church and is so
excited to get baptized and she wants her kids to be baptized too!! i hope that
in this month we can get hte WHOLE family baptized..they just need
asistence.
i dont understand the
miracles of god. i know it requires faith..and we have faith but i also feel
like he just does them!!! i am so blessed to be apart of these miracles and to
witness god´s hand in the lives of everyone. i love hermana gunderson because
we are always trying to find ways to be better..we arent perfect but we love
the lord and we love this work. we have seen SO many miracles that it would
take years to write them all...but those are two that stuck out to me this
week. once again the power and the truthfulness of the book of mormon makes me
more sure of my testimony of this church.
good luck in all the
activities this week and GOOD LUCK AT STATE!!!!!! work hard and be sure to do
the little things!!! :)) i love you all very much!! have a great week! talk to
you next week!! :)
con mucho amor
Hermana Canty
