Hola chamacos! First of all thank you for the packages and all of the letters! I loved them so much! We taped up the banner outside and then I ran through it like the good old football days! It was probably the most fun thing I have done all day!
But this week has been great but pretty crazy! Yesterday we had dinner with the familia Licona (who we normally eat with on Sundays) and they cooked Elder Lee and me the most amazing birthday dinner! It was so good and then after they had this huge cake for us. In the Hispanic culture you take a bite just straight out of the cake and then they hit you with it kind of so my head got shoved in the cake yesterday! Elder Lee sneaked out of it a little and then the daughter got him with a plate of whipped cream! It was so funny and we were all just laughing and enjoying! It was perfect though because after we turned it around and had a super spiritual lesson! The strength of the members here is amazing! I have so many families here!
I know the reason why I am in Chicago though. It's that familia Vasquez. There are so many reasons why I am here but I feel like they are specifically. So recently they have been canceling all of our appointments but I just wouldn't let it go through that we could drop them. So as we are walking up to the house we ended up saying a prayer so we could have the words to say to them. So we walk up to the door and he walks out right that second and has a huge thing of laundry and he's like oh que paso? I end up saying like do you even want to listen anymore? I was thinking in my head a little bit like where did that come from? We talked to him for a sec and he was just talking about how his wife is discouraged about the wedding taking so long. I told him that we were going to call his wife just to talk to her. They haven't been to church in like 4 weeks. But I was just talking to her and I promised that if she came to church she would feel a peace that she hasn't felt before and she would have joy in her heart. And of course, The Lord came through!! I was fasting that day to get the answer for what we should do with them. But after we got her to come to church and the sacrament meeting was perfect. . She was sad that her husband wasn't there (he stayed home to watch the futbol game) but she was just overwhelmed by the spirit. The Licona family just took her in as their own and she just loved it! They invited them over to dinner and everything! Anyways, the power of prayer and fasting works! I know I am supposed to be right here in this very spot right now! Still she may not accept it in the end but I know I did my part! Literally I have never loved someone more than I love their family! I think more about them than I think about Kev [our dog] and that's saying something! I have never wanted something more than I want them to be happy! I feel like they are my family. We are going over there today for my birthday and I am just happy to spend time with them! The Lord answers prayers in the way he knows is best, it may not be what we want but it's perfect. I just wanted you to know that I am where I should be!
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