One of the reasons that I love writing on Mondays is because it
gives me the chance to remember all the great and amazing miracles and
experiences that we witnessed and experienced during the week. Tatumbla has
become one of my favorite places in the world.
Well, this week we were able to prepare Hermana Rina for her
baptism. Sidenote, after her wedding her son who is seven said, “Now we can be
together forever.” It was sooooo cute. We had a great noche do hogar with them
and made delicious banana bread. We visited her almost everyday to prepare her
for her baptism. She was so ready to be baptized and her husband was so excited
as well. The baptism was beautiful. It poured and poured outside during the
baptism but once again the church became a place of refuge. On Sunday she was
confirmed un miembro de La Iglesia de Jesu cristo de Los Santos de los Ultimos
Dias. The family was so so happy. Robert Hales once asked us “Do we understand
that when we are baptized we are changed forever?” Then he adds that it will change
our lives and establish our total allegiance to the kindgom of God. I just love
that, and it was such a blessing seeing this change in Hermana Rina.
We were also able to visit a lot of menos activos this week and
have some great lessons with them. We have been stressing the importance of
prayer, and more than anything, family prayer. I love teaching people that
Heavenly Father wants to listen to us and that we have the chance to literally
talk to Him through la oracion. President Monson said “May we realized how
close to us He is willing to come, how far He is willing to go to help us, and
how much He loves us.” We can come to realize these things through our
diligence in daily prayer and scripture study. It has been such a blessing
coming closer to Christ through daily prayer and scripture study.
This work never stops. And I don't want it to. While
preparing for this baptism, we also searched and searched for new people to
teach. Although my companion and I are not perfect, we work hard and try to do
what He wants us to do. I have truly learned that God loves broken things. He
has to show us our weaknesses so that we can be humbled to become like He is.
He will change those weaknesses to strengths. President Henry B. Eyring said, “As
you give your whole heart to this work, He will magnify you.” I know this to be
true. I am far from perfect, but I have felt my Heavenly Father give me the
knowledge and strength that I need to help His children. I am a witness that as
we work in His vineyard and give it our all, He will work alongside us as it
says in the Book of Mormon.
Keep on Smiling,
Hermana
Bodine
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