Hello!!!
April
and Jace were baptized and confirmed!! It was the best. Jace was so
excited and also he loved the baptism clothes and was doing karate moves
while we were outside taking pictures. It was so pure. They were so
happy and it was so cute to see them bear their testimony together.
Looking back I think the most influential thing in April's conversion
was that her oldest son Justine just got to go to the temple this year.
(Two of her kids and her dad were baptized about a year ago) Once we got
her talking about and focused on that she progressed so fast. I love
the temple. We're trying to help everyone focus on that right now. Also
they're joining the choir for family week at the church and I'm so
excited!
Allen and her family came to church
again! The pastor from their old church wants to go back to their house
again but Allen said she's going to tell him that they're not going to
go there anymore. She wants to keep going with us and progress in the
gospel :) I'm so excited for her. We're having a Family Home Evening
with them later. Alllen's husband works in Iloilo and he came home for a
few days this last week and we got to teach him! In two days in like 4
hours we taught him all of the first three lessons and about the temple.
He had so many questions and they were all so important. We
accomplished what we wanted to though and he is fully supporting his
family to continue in the church! He also said he'll find the church
closest to him in Iloilo :) After we left I guess he told Allen that he
believed our message right away because of two things. 1) That we taught
that we aren't born in sin from Adam and Eve 2) That I said I knew the
truth and I would be selfish if I didn't come and tell others. I'm
really hopefully that he'll continue in Iloilo and that their family can
be complete and go to the temple together. :)
Tatay
Fenando's memory is hurting a little and he thought yesterday was
Saturday and didn't come to church. He did come and watch April's
baptism though and he loved it. We're trying to find a good time to meet
with his wife too because he really wants her to go to the temple with
him but her work schedule is so crazy. We're praying for a miracle.
Vince
came to church! Remember a few weeks ago the story with the two cotton
balls and I lit them on fire. Well yeah the next week we went to pick
them up for church and no one was home. One of the daughters ended up
coming with us though but Vince left to go fix a roof... Anyways we
hadn't taught him at all in like 3ish weeks and he just showed up
yesterday to church with his youngest son! We were so surprised. He said
he's bringing his whole family next week. OH the joy.
I
really really love being a missionary. It's the most joyful thing you
could ever do. Honestly people always say it's hard.. but for me it's
not really hard at all. It's joyful and it's not necessarily easy but
it's not hard. The only really hard thing for me is living life without
the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I did that once and that was really hard.
But when we have a knowledge of the Plan and we're walking down the
covenant path with an eternal perspective.. it's not hard it's happy!
Happy Birthday Mark! I can't believe you're 30.
Anyways I love you all. See ya when I see ya.
Sister Zollinger
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