Week 28: February 6-11, 2019 Bye Bye, Virgen

Hey Everyone                                                                          February 22, 2019

So this week we decided that we did not want the familia Rojas to lose all the progress that they have made so far. We ended up having a really direct lesson with them that really helped them to feel more confident about being baptized. The Oldest daughter Fabis, decided that she would act upon the faith that she had and decided to be baptized on the 23rd of February. She did not come to church this Sunday because she wanted to make sure that someone had a place to fill her role in the old church as a panderista. She really is showing her faith and we hope that she will follow through with this goal. We are so excited for this baptism, it will be the first in eight months. I really am hoping that they will not listen to Satan. 

Here in Mexico, idolatry is something that is very prevalent and has strong beliefs tied to it. One of the largest sources of it is the Virgen de Guadalupe. Supposable there are multiple virgens that gave birth to Christ, but honestly no one really understands it. They just do it. So one of the less active families in our rama still have a 2 foot statue of the virgen and an altar dedicated to her. They have been struggling recently financially and spiritually, and they want help and need God in their lives. We have been going to their house for the past few weeks and we have seen it for a while. I felt the spirit tell me that they needed to get rid of it.  I asked the Hermana about her faith about what she felt for God, and if she had faith to obey all the commandments. She then told me that she did. We told her that this is truly what God wanted her to do and that she would be blessed temporally for removing it. This definitely was not something that I felt like I wanted to do, it honestly scared me to make promises that I had no power over. But It definitely was what God wanted me to tell this woman. We ended up taking the Vigen off the altar and she said she would give it to her neighbor. It was something that was hard for me to ask and something hard for her to do. But I truly know that by small and simple things, Great things come to pass. 

God truly does love each of his children and he wants te best for each one of them he wants us to progress and return to his presence. He really does have a love so strong for each one of us. It doesn’t matter who we are, or where we live, we, -you- are a child of our Heavenly Father. Remember that in times of hardship, remember that when you have negative thoughts come to mind. Remember your eternal purpose and your eternal identity. There is power in that. God truly wants us to become like him, and so he puts us through our refiner’s fire. He wants us to be better. Don’t t let the discontent in your life become destructive. Instead let it become something that pushes you that motivates you to be better to work harder, to love more. Our time here on earth is limited, aprovecharlo. Be the best person you can be. 

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Uno Mas