November 25, 2014

November 25, 2014

LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!

Okay, well I have some COOL, but COOL stories to tell this week!!!! So lets see, first... Yesterday we were sharing something with Hna Stephanie after church. It was awesome because we were just outside on the grass enjoying the Spirit and the warm sun!!!! It was AWESOME!!!! Well we hadn't really planned out what we were going to be sharing for her because it was just a lesson out of nowhere, but I just started talking and some how it led into Martrimonio Eterno, (Eternal Marriage) because we were talking about the Temple. She had gone to the temple last Thursday, she didn't go in, she wanted to but plans changed and she just got to go enjoy the outside for a bit!!! I was disappointed that she didn't end up being able to go in, but she said she felt the Spirit outside and loved it!!! She is excited to go again soon and take family names!!!! Stephanie is the only member in her family right now, she was the first to have the courage to be baptized!!!! Her family will soon follow!!! Yo se!!! One of her sisters came to the church for her confirmation, but came late and then left right after Sacrament ended. She regularly attends the Catholic church, but we are praying for her! You can too! Her name is Caroline! And we just met her little brother Wilber yesterday, who is 14, I think... I hope to tell you more of the story of how we met him in a second, but he could really progress in these next few weeks too!!! We are going to be working with him!!!! But so Stephanie's mom has been giving her a bit of a hard time for her decision to be baptized and it has been a bit trying for her, but we are praying for her mom and I know things will turn around and I know she has her Savior at her side!!!! Listen to this: So we were teaching yesterday after church about eternal marriage and the goal of going to the Temple when I felt out of no where to express that Christ feels everything she feels, that all that is happening right now adjusting to living the Gospel, is hard, but that is okay, because He truly understands!!!!! I shared how my companion accidentally burnt herself the other day, when she was making me breakfast actually, and I used the experience as an example to show that I dont have the pain of her burn so its hard for me to remember sometimes that she is hurt, but she does all the time because she feels it! I was sharing that even if it seems like others have forgotten us at times, we can ALWAYS know that our Savior has not forgotten us, because He literally feels all the pain that we are passing through!!! He can not forgot us!!!! We are imprinted on His hands and feet!!! 1 Nephi 21:15!!!!! And then it was really cool because she asked if we pray out loud. We answered that yes we pray out loud together as companions through out the day and in our personal prayers we also pray out loud sometimes. And then she told us that the Sunday before when she had knelt down to pray, she felt sad and frustrated with the situation with her mom and then as she was praying she heard my voice, my companion's voice and the voice of Hna Luna praying for her!!!! And she knew we loved her and she wasn't alone!!!! HOW AMAZING IS THAT?!!!!!! I honestly dont know how the Lord works miracles like that, but oh He does!!! I am SO GRATEFUL!!!!!! SO GRATEFUL to know that the Lord LIVES and LOVES us!!!!! That He is here for us!!!!!! EVERY SINGLE STEP of the way!!!!! Well lets see, so like I mentioned before in other letters, I believe, the Familia Luna are PILAS!!!! But seriously, PILISIMAS!!!!! They ALWAYS help us with whatever they can do they are ALWAYS SO HAPPY to help!!!!!!! W are SO THANKFUL for them!!!!! Like the other night we where in a sketchy part of town and we felt a little sacred so we called them to see if they could give us a ride home so we wouldn't have to walk alone back to the house, because it was almost 9. Their car is really old and I dont know how it is still running but they came and got us and took us home! And when I saw them I noticed that Hna Luna was in her pajamas and I asked, "Were y'all sleeping when I called?!" They had been, but they were not upset whatsoever, just happy to help!!!! :D :D :D I know that they are building there Home on High!!!! They to me are the PERFECT example of 3 Nephi 13: 19-21!!!! "Lay up your treasures in Heaven, where moth and dust do not corrupt... because where your treasure is there will be your heart also."!!!!!!! They live in a tiny little house that is made of metal sheets and hard plastic, but I can testify that their mansion in the Heavens is GINORMOUS and GORGEOUS!!!!! They are teaching me SO MUCH of how I can really put what matters first and Serve the Lord with all my heart!!! They have so little physically, but SO MUCH joy Spiritually in their home!!!! We got to spend almost the whole day yesterday with them after we gave our house a good cleaning job, a few cock roaches and flies had to be evicted. ;) We played soccer and ate lunch with them!!!! It was THE BEST!!!!! I have pictures, but I forgot my camera. I will send them along later! I Hope y'all get to meet them one day!!!! I told them I was going to bring my brothers to play soccer!!!! Well I have got to go!!!! But I LOVE Y'ALL!!!!!! HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!!!!!! Love, Hna Tarah Ray Sherrod!!!! Please pray for Doming and Alan y Aridane. We are preparing them to be baptized on Sunday!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!