Hey
family!
I hope
all is okay this week. I know things might have been a bit more emotionally
rocky. I was pretty sad when I heard the news this week about Grandma Lucia passing
away, but then I remembered how wonderful she is. She is happier now, and I
know she smiles upon us as we make the right decisions in life. I felt peace as
I prayed about her.
This week
for the work we seemed a bit stagnant, but at the end of the week we saw some
sweet miracles. So J, the son of E, is progressing to baptism right now. He is
going to baptized at the end of month! We are excited about that. Then we saw
an interesting miracle. When we were at F's house we met a friend of hers named
L. He lives in Torino, but he was SO interested in the gospel. He actually took
the Book of Mormon out of my hands so he could read it. Then we taught him, he
came to church, and we taught him again. So we are sending an amazing referral
to Torino.
And then
this weekend we set up like 5 appointments for next week with people with good
promise. We can't wait to see if they are ready to receive the restored gospel.
And on Sunday I got to do my first baptismal interview. It was for the cutest
11-year old girl. This next Saturday she will be baptized.
Sad to
say that this week had more than one death. This week a member of the branch
passed away as well. So on Thursday morning we went to her funeral and were
pall bearers. That would be nice, if we didn't have to carry the 200 lb. casket
with the 400 lb. woman up the 2 flights of winding stairs. It was scary and
difficult...
Anyways I
wanted to leave a quick spiritual thought too. This week I read an amazing talk
by President Hinckley. It is called "I Believe" and you can find it
in the August 1992 Ensign. He talks about 10 of his beliefs. I love a lot of
what he says and I wanted to add my 2 cents. I believe in the family as the
most important part of society as well. I know that the family can be eternal
if we follow the gospel of Jesus Christ - and if the family is strong, the
world will prosper. Click here to read this talk.
I believe
in diligence. That everyday we should improve something. If we do this,
we will find joy every day in our lives. And I believe in charity as an ideal
and a goal. As President Benson once said of charity: "The pure love of
Christ seeks only the eternal growth and joy of others."
I know my
family is eternal, and oh what joy does that bring to my soul.
I love
y'all!
Anziano
Ridd
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| Photo credit: F. Ocampos |
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