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Yello, Beautiful People!
This
week was a good one with lots of work and A BAPTISM!!
First, I’ll explain the subtitle. As
you know, I, being me, am quoting or imitating something from movies roughly
98% of the time. After a good lesson I like to perform a lollipop guild dance
for Hna Pelico...you know, that weird jerky kick/dance that the boy munchkins
do to welcome Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. Anyways, it always confuses Hna
Pelico so then I try to explain what the Wizard of Oz is but it’s never clicked
for her. Then one day, while a member came out with us, I did it for them and
tried yet again to explain which movie it was ¨El Mago de Oz,” which is a direct
translation of the title so I’m not sure why I didn’t think to translate it
like that earlier because Pelico immediately understood what I had been doing
for the past two transfers. I realize that this story has no point now that I
have typed it out...but I hope it communicates how ridiculous it can be living 100%
in a different language...if that message wasn´t communicated, then I hope you
can find it slightly humorous to imagine me dancing the lollipop guild dance.
Moving on.
Raul´s baptism was really special. It’s
been so cool to be able to see his entire conversion process. At first when we
would visit his parent, who are recent converts, he wouldn’t leave his room to
talk to us. With time we were able to introduce ourselves and begin sharing
this amazing Gospel with him. Now he has seriously changed his life in so many
ways. Seeing him make covenants with Heavenly Father was soo special. For the baptism
service I spoke on the Holy Ghost, Hna Pelico spoke on baptism and all us
missionaries sang Divina Luz for the special number (Lead, Kindly Light in
English).
The work has been really good this
week. We have a bunch of new investigators and hopefully a fair amount of them
are ready to receive the Gospel. Seeing the changes it has made in Raul’s life
and living the changes it has made in mine really makes me feel like Ammon and
the others in the book of Alma who can’t even bear to think of others living
without the Gospel. Specifically I want others to be able to receive the
remission of sins that comes only through the Atonement of Christ.
The Atonement is there for all of us
to use and apply to our lives, but we have to take the initiative. I hope you
are all remembering to always do the little things like prayers morning and
night, reading the scriptures DAILY and attending church. As small as they may
seem, those are the things that really keep us on the strait and narrow.
Thank you all for your love and
support in all that I do! You´re the best!
Con amor,
Hermana Hauck
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