Hello Stepper and all,
First I want to say thank you thank you Stepper for the package
which you sent SO promptly! The dress and shirts fit Liliana perfectly!
She wore it to church yesterday and loved it. Today we are baking the
second and third batch of cupcakes to share with people, they are a
serious hit especially with my comp. Irmã João. She loves them! So
basically the package was PERFECT! Also I already ate ALL of the
pringles and we are snacking on the chex mix. You´re the best. You will
see the pictures of the dress here in a couple weeks....weird.
OK let me just write a tidbit of the miracles we saw this weekend.
Anabela(Liliana´s mom), Anita(Liliana´s little sister), and Rita(An
incredible woman I will tell you about later) were all baptized!!!!!!!!
It was amazing. We found out on Friday that they would not be able to be
confirmed and receive the gift of the holy ghost until the 9th of
October because of general conference. So we prayed and prayed and
prayed some more to know what we should do. We had already felt so
strongly that the three of them needed to be baptized on Sunday and not
Saturday, we couldn´t explain why, but we knew it was the will of the
lord. So we prayed about whether they should be baptized before church
on Sunday so that they could receive the gift of the holy ghost in
sacrament meeting. After lots of pondering and praying it became crystal
clear that they should be baptized before church on Sunday. Did I
already mention that church starts at 9:30 in the morning....ya that's
early for people here. But we knew it needed to be done in the Lord´s
way and he told us it was His will. So we planned called, worried,
prayed, doubled checked our plans. triple checked our plans. Because
the problem is that Baptisms should never interfere with church meetings,
and if things ended late, it would be bad news.
Needless to say, we woke up very early that morning. We went to
the chapel when it was still dark and the sun was just about to rise and
we started to fill the font with water. I have never had an experience
that went so well with a baptism. Usually SOMETHING happens to make
things harder, like the water isn´t hot or people show up late or people
don´t show up or someone forgot a towel. But nothing went wrong...it
went so smoothly and it was one of the most spiritual baptisms I have
been to. It was so peaceful and reverent. The three of them were beaming
with pure joy and excitement. They were truly converted and ready to
start their lives again. After the baptism our bishop commented how
special the baptism was and how he truly felt as though we were in the
temple. And it was so true! I felt like I was in the temple.
Well it´s not long before I see you all again. I sure do miss you all! But now I have to get back to work! Love you!
Lizzie
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