Hey Everyone,
April 29, 2019
"and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: " -Mark
3:17
This week was a blast
we have so much success finding new people to teach. We truly have been blessed
by the power of prayer and study.
On Tuesday the bishop
called us up and told us we needed to go visit this hermana that is inactive
because she has a 10 year old son that wants to be baptized. We gladly accepted
and drove with him for 30 minutes to the house of the said sister. On the way
there it began to pour something that rarely happens here in Actopan. When we
got to the house they invited us in and we soon became thrusted into their life
story. This sisters name is Judith and she has a 13 year old daughter, Daisy,
and 10 year old son, Isaac. The Hermana began to tell me of her family from the
UnitedStates and how she became inactive. It first started with her marriage,
she had begun to have problems with her husband one year into her marriage, but
they continued together until five or seven years ago they were divorced. At
the time, Judith was the President of the Relief society, seeing other couples
at church, holding hands, hugging and with their families broke her heart, it
was something God had blessed her with, but she no longer had. This caused her
to anger with God blaming him for the divorce, she decided that God did not
exist. Her husband moved to the United States and so did she to stay
close to her family. Unable to find work in California she decided to move to
Canada with her youngest two children. Wanting to visit her oldest son, a few
months later she tried to cross the border, illegally, upon crossing she was
caught by the authorities. She was separated from her children and they were
put into foster care, she was taken to the prison and was put in isolation.
Unable to speak English, separated five days from her children, in isolation
she received a notice that her children had been sexually abused while they had
been separated and would be moved to another Foster home. From one poor
decision, her life was in pieces, she began to sob, and heart broken, crushed,
she turned to her Heavenly Father and pleaded for his help, she asked for a
Book of Mormon but the prison had none. They gave her a bible where she was
able to find comfort. After being moved from prison to prison after 5 months,
through many miracles and through the power of prayer Judith was able
to be reunited with her children and was sent back with them to Mexico.
Although it required a severe trial, Judith finally came back to church this
past Sunday after 6 years of being inactive. Let us never forget our Heavenly Father,
and even when we do remember that He is there for us. Remember that He loves us
and wants us to follow Him. After this my companion and I testified to her of
the love that God has for us. The spirit was strong in the room. While I was
inviting her to come back to church and feel His peace, thunder boomed,
Lightning struck the house and sparks flew out of TV. The bishop and my
companion teased me saying that I spoke with the power of God. Although I don’t
think I caused the lighting, I do know that this gospel of our Savior, Jesus
Christ. He loves us and will never forget us. His arms are open, come to Him.
On another note, We
were able to help a single mother and her son to be able to receive a testimony
of the restored gospel through the book of Mormon. When we asked if they
believed the book of Mormon to be true they both testified to me with the
sincerest yes, I have ever heard on the mission. The spirit truly testified to
them of the truth and testified to us, Emilliano now has a date for his baptism
this Saturday. It is simply so amazing that an 11 year old can feel such
powerful feelings from God and decide to follow His Son´s example.
Love you all, sorry I
don’t have much time today for much more!!!
“Come follow me”
-Savior
Love,Elder Snow
Uno Mas
