As
I begin to write this letter, I´m sitting in the tiny chapel of Pehuajó
in Argentina and I can´t help but cry. I´ve never felt so close to the
Savior as I do right now. As I read about what´s going on at home and
friends that are leaving on missions and are receiving their calls, I
can´t help but cry with tears of joy and happiness. There´s a picture of
the Savior above the computer that I´m on right now and I can´t help
but look at it and fill his love.
This
week was crazy but one I will never forget on the mission. The Vila
Family was baptized! Alejandro, Vanesa, and Ricardo. This family is
special and I love them a whole lot. First off, Alejandro has never
really been interested in going to church throughout his life. He has
always believed in God but church just wasn´t his thing. A year and a
half ago, he received a Book of Mormon and he´s read a lot of it. The
missionaries before me taught him a lot but he never wanted to commit to
anything until he was FOR SURE that this was the right thing to do. We
got here to Pehuajó and on the second night that we taught them, the
Spirit was incredibly strong and he accepted a baptismal date and was
incredibly excited the whole time- truly it was many MIRACLES.
Vanesa´s
family is very evangelical and the only reason that she had interest in
the Mormon church was because she was starting to see many changes for
good in Alejandro´s life. She prayed one day at church that her family
would come to church and the next day, they all went to the Mormon
Church ( What an answer to her prayer!) But the day of her baptismal
interview, she had many doubts and couldn´t sleep the night before. She
doesn´t have a super strong testimony, she just wants to be united with
her family. I asked her if I could give her a blessing right before her
interview and she accepted. I can honestly say that I don´t remember a
word that I said, but words in castellano filled and left my mouth and I
could feel the power of the Priesthood of God working through me. After
the blessing she spent 5 mins alone and afterwards in the interview,
everything went well. The next day, I asked her how she slept and she
said wonderful!! I asked her what she did, and she told me a simple, but
most powerful answer in the world. She said, I prayed. What an
incredible woman with so much Faith. But that´s not all, on Saturday-
the day of their baptism, her father told her that he asked their pastor
and he said that if she´s baptized again into a different church then
God will punish her. This through her for a loop and put a lot of doubts
in her mind. Satan was attacking her hard because he knew how much
faith she had. We taught her a lesson of comfort, and gratefully the
Spirit accompanied us. She felt a lot more confident after and decided
to get baptized.
Saturday
night was spectacular! I´ll send pictures of the baptismal font. It was
a different experience, but the ordinance and the Spirit were the same.
It was an experience I´ll never forget. The Vila Family are starting
their preparations to be sealed in the Temple one day. I´m so happy for
them!!
I
love you all and I thank you for your support and prayers. Good luck to
all the new missionaries and the new mission calls! It´s the greatest
experience ever!
Love, Elder Bosco II
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| Yes I´ve learned a few things about cooking here... |
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| The baptismal font! We finally figured out how to set it up |
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The Vila Family!
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| Baptism of Alejandro, Vanesa, and Ricardo Vila!! |
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