Well this last week was a fantastic week full of blessings and spiritual experiences, first off after I got home last week on Monday and I felt that I should call one of my converts from my first area. Well I had lost contact with him about 6 months ago. (his cell was not working since he was working in the jungle but I did not know that.) but anyways last monday I felt I should call him and well guess what? he answered and, well right away he realized who I was, and yelled "Brother Ferrin!!" he yelled it so happy that it surprised me an awful lot. He told me that he had been wishing that he could call me all that day and since he had lost my phone number he couldn't. Well he started to tell me a ton of information! First that he has started a temple fund so that in December he can come down to the temple and go through with me! He also had some other news that he will have another child in his family, with his wife in Nicaragua, and this week he goes back to stay for a few months to take care of his little family, but he told me that he is going to have a baby boy and that they are going to name him "Austin René Altamirano" I will not lie, I cried a lot as I talked to him and heard him tell me of how grateful that we taught him and gave him this gospel. Man I am so happy to have contact with him again!
Later on thursday I had planned a baptismal interview for a lady that has had to go through a long process of repentance and so in preparation for the interview I spent two days of personal study preparing for the interview. I Spent most of my time studying about the atonement, and its role in our lives. Well As I showed up with her and started the interview and as I began the interview she cried an awful lot, explaining her desire to be baptized for the last 6 years and well it was a very spiritual experience and to make the story short as I was finishing up the interview she had a couple questions and one of them was "does it hurt to repent" and I went over Alma 37 with her and explained how Alma felt as he was repenting, later as I got to verse 40 where it talks about the great joy that alma felt she stopped me and said "Elder can you please read me that verse again?" and so I read it again and she told me that the night before she had dreamt about that same verse of scripture and how she had been wondering why those words were in her mind all day long. Well to not make the story too long, I was able to finish the interview with her and I am happy to say that she will be able to be baptised this coming saturday with her two sons, after 6 years of waiting. I love my job.
Well as you can probably tell things are going fantastic here and I love every little challenge that we have. I love you all and I hope that each and everyone of you are doing great as well. Take care this week and Just stay strong in the gospel please, I know that, that is the only way that we will all be happy.
Later on thursday I had planned a baptismal interview for a lady that has had to go through a long process of repentance and so in preparation for the interview I spent two days of personal study preparing for the interview. I Spent most of my time studying about the atonement, and its role in our lives. Well As I showed up with her and started the interview and as I began the interview she cried an awful lot, explaining her desire to be baptized for the last 6 years and well it was a very spiritual experience and to make the story short as I was finishing up the interview she had a couple questions and one of them was "does it hurt to repent" and I went over Alma 37 with her and explained how Alma felt as he was repenting, later as I got to verse 40 where it talks about the great joy that alma felt she stopped me and said "Elder can you please read me that verse again?" and so I read it again and she told me that the night before she had dreamt about that same verse of scripture and how she had been wondering why those words were in her mind all day long. Well to not make the story too long, I was able to finish the interview with her and I am happy to say that she will be able to be baptised this coming saturday with her two sons, after 6 years of waiting. I love my job.
Well as you can probably tell things are going fantastic here and I love every little challenge that we have. I love you all and I hope that each and everyone of you are doing great as well. Take care this week and Just stay strong in the gospel please, I know that, that is the only way that we will all be happy.
This a little booth they set up in the park and share the gospel with those who come by.
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