New Skin, New Hair

I'd die to go to the temple right now.  A branch here traveled to the Cordoba temple this last week.. and this Sunday they bore their testimonies. It was so tender. They all came back with a new spirit that was noticeable. One lady had gone for the first time, and did baptisms for her family. she said that that night she woke up at like 4 am.. and felt so light.. like a feather. She felt like she had new skin, new hair, she just felt new like she had been born again.  Oh it was so tender, and sweet to hear their testimonies. I miss the temple so much.   

Nika already picked a dress? that happened faster than i thought! Send me pictures? of the bridesmaid dresses too!!! i want to be kept updated!

We had a good week! We found a lady named Liliana.. when we contacted her she told us that shes faltering in the  faith a little. We talked about the plan of salvation.. because she thought that the trials in her life were punishments from God. We talked a lot.. then a couple days later we returned, and she told us that she remembers the day before we went to her house she had prayed and told God that if he was really there to show her a sign. And then we came.. and she knows God listened to her prayer. She said she had been thinking about what we taught her, and she understands a lot more know about why we have trials and hard times. She has a lot of potential.  

We`re also teaching Nina and Saira. Nina's the girlfriend of a less active member. I think I told you, but they are living together and can't get married because he never got divorced from his wife..they just separated. But she wants to get baptized so much! So she talked with him and he said if she wants this, he`ll do the divorce papers and get married so she can be baptized.... so that is exciting.  

We have an investigator Hugo.. he's an older blind man. He wants to get baptized, but has many family problems living with his son that leaves him uncared for an abandoned. We`ve had a couple of members bring him lunch some days, and he struggles to buy basic groceries.  Our Branch President is helping him find a social worker to improve his situation. He has a lot of faith. 

We had an area  meeting this week where a member from the 70 came to teach us. I got to talk to the elders that are now in Mercedes - my favorite area.  They asked me for how long I was there.. and I told them for just 5 weeks.  They said based on how them members talk about you we thought like 3 or 4 transfers! and they were thankful we did a good job leaving them detailed notes and and area book about the investigators - whom they were able to find without problems. And they were super happy because usually when you do a white wash its because there aren't investigators and you have to start from zero. But we left them with lots of progressing investigators.. so they thanked us for our hard work! It was so good to hear. Because we really tried to work hard in Mercedes. 

Anyway, we`re trying to take advantage of our time and finish strong! Enjoy the sun :) Thanks for all your help with the BYU application! you are the best.. I would die without you! 

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