To my dear loved ones. It feels like it´s been a while
since I wrote an email with the intent to post on the blog. But here it
is. As most of you know I come home in about 3 weeks. It´s crazy talk I
know, but it´s true. I miss you all a lot and I´m very excited to see
everyone again. It feels like this time has passed like a blink of an
eye and at the same time 25 years here in Portugal. But the fun is not
over. We are seeing miracles here in our area. I wanted to tell you
about a dear friend Liliana.
Liliana is 14 years old. We found Liliana and her
mom and sister while we were walking to an appointment one night. We
stopped them to help them with their groceries. We talked with them and
said a prayer with them. We passed by later in the week and after
explaining about our message of the restored Gospel, they whole
heartedly accepted the invite to read a little bit in the book of Mormon
and to pray to know if it is true. When we invited them to do this,
Anabela(the mom) cheerfully said ``I already know its true! I already
know because that night when you found us on the stairs with our
groceries, after you left and we kept walking we talked the whole way
home about how we knew that Jesus Christ was in that church, we felt a
peace like nothing we ever felt....so, I already know!´´. And it was the
same feeling with Liliana.
As we began to teach the family, Liliana gained a
testimony of the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith through reading and
prayer, she has a faith that is unshakable. She is something special. I
knew it was a tender mercy from Heavenly Father to be able to meet and
teach Liliana. Because there was another girl like her, who was 14 years
old when she learned of the Gospel, and lived in a home with only one
parent, a girl who understood the pressures of the world around her,
but something inside told her there was something more. That girl was
me. As we taught Liliana I thanked my Heavenly Father each night for the
chance I had to learn of the Gospel at the age Liliana is in. And I´m
so happy and grateful to say that Liliana was baptized yesterday! As she
left the water and we met her on the other side of the door, she said
`´I feel so light!, what is this??!?``. I thought to myself, she has no
idea the blessing Heavenly Father has in store for her, she has no idea
the love the Heavenly Father has always had for her and how He will help
her through her deepest darkest moments and will rejoice with her as
she does those things which I right and true. When she enters the Temple
someday she will have the same feeling...that she feels light and she
will know that it is the Spirit comforting her. Liliana´s mom Anabela
will be baptized this Sunday along with her little sister!
The Restored Gospel in true. It is perfectly simple and true. God loves us, always has and always will.
Love,
Lizzie
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