Monday, September 12, 2016

9/12/16 letter

Hola,
This week was so good! Last week, I wrote about the potential people we were going to teach. This week we taught them and put them on date!
On Thursday, we taught Cynthia the plan of salvation. She said that after our first lesson on Sunday, she prayed and asked God if this was the path he wanted her to take and she said she felt a sensation she had never felt before and that she knew it was true. She accepted to be baptized October 1! Up to that point, the day had been horrible. I had been throwing up and had a high fever and no one was answering their door, but I know the lord blessed me for still working hard.
Then on Saturday, we met Armida. On the phone, she told us she had read some of the Book of Mormon. When we met with her, she showed us her book and she's on Alma chapter 8! She said there were a couple parts she didn't understand perfectly, so she started it over, otherwise she would be even further. She went to the Mesa visitors center a week ago with a member friend and that's where she got the Book of Mormon. She said she feels so good in this church and wants to stay here. We asked her if she had any questions before we started the lesson, and the first thing she said was "how do you do baptisms here?" How soon can I get baptized?" We did the lesson in the church and right after there was a baptismal service and she stayed to watch that and she cried during the closing song. She's on date for October 8.
The baptismal service was actually for the Acevedo family that I taught when I was serving in Aguila ward. It was such a good baptism.
The mom, Liliana, got baptized about 6 months ago and her husband and kids were finally ready. Hermana Andelin came from Utah for the baptism so it was fun to see her.
Saturday was a great day. Later that evening, we went to the temple visitors center in Mesa with Ivan and his kids, Hna Castro and her kids (her nonmember husband was going to come, but was working late), Hna Rondon and her kids, and Hno Dominguez. It was crazy, but they all really liked it.
Thursday night, I didn't sleep at all and on Friday morning, I had a fever of 101.4. I went to a members house and she made me some chicken soup and mint tea and I took a nap and I was all better by 1:00. Then I headed to Tempe for the trainer and trainee meeting and then we taught lessons the rest of the night.
Have a great week! Too sad about BYU :( we'll beat Utah next time.
Keep praying for Ivan to get an apartment.
Love,

Hermana Gubler

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