This week on Elder Silva's mission it was one of the best
moments of my whole mission! So first off I would like to start from the
beginning. One day we were on divisions with the assistants of the mission and
they had contacted a lady while they were traveling to my area. So when they
got to my area they said that we should visit this lady and that her name was
Addy. We went by her house and her husband came out kinda rude and didn't
really want us there and told us that she wasn't home and to come another day.
So a couple of days went by and my companion and I decided
to try again and this time her daughter came out and was also a little rude.
She told us that Addy wasn't home and that she normally isn't home so we left.
A week later we're walking by her house with my new companion and I remember
the reference and I felt a feeling to visit her, but in my head I was thinking
they are just going to reject us again. I didn't really want to visit the house
but for some reason I just went to the house Guess what; her husband came out
and I was like oh man he is going to yell at us but he said to wait a moment
and went inside. Addy came out and invited us in and I was like what’s going
on? LOL
So we went inside and the whole family was there; her
husband Victor, her daughter Jocelyn and her granddaughter Xiomena. We taught
the restoration and the Spirit was really strong and they said that they loved
the message and wanted us to pass by more often. We went by again and this time
we taught the Plan of Salvation and when we got to the part of families being
together for eternity Addy and Jocelyn began to cry. We told them that in the
temple families can be sealed together for eternity and they said that they
wanted to be sealed.
On the next visit Addy told us that she spoke with her
husband. They said that they both wanted to get sealed in the temple and my
companion and I were like Wow! We told her that it's possible but it she needs
preparation and she said that she was willing to do anything so that her family
could be sealed. We then started teaching them the commandments and they all
agreed to follow them! From the first day that we met this family (Cortes
Perez) we had a planned baptismal date for the 30th of February. This last
Sunday this family was baptized and it was truly a blessing for me and the
family. I learned to be Patient and to be loving to everyone because the Lord
is patient and loving and I am just his representative :D
