Well, Okay, I got a bunch of packages from the fam bam for Christmas so thank you tons and tons. But, could you maybe write me a short sentence on a post it note or something? I just want to know about your lives.
Ok pictures of last week’s temple grounds trip!
2. Irma Olson and me
3. Some bushes on the temple grounds.
4. In a few years there will be a temple there!
It was really cool because it was a really gross cloudy day and as we were finishing up with a prayer at the site, the sun started to come out! It turned into a beautiful day! Irma Olson and I talked about how the next time we stand in that spot there will be a temple there! While we were there we could just see like all the gardens and pathways and stuff in our minds. It was really cool.
The really awesome thing was that President Fluckiger asked our district to do a service project as soon as possible to build steps up to the main part of the grounds. The path we took was super muddy and far away from where you can park. Soon area authorities and stake presidents will be visiting and he wants them to be able to get there more easily. We can say we built the first steps on the temple grounds in Portugal! How amazing!
Also, the day we found out about the service project, there was an elder who got called to St. George, Utah who is from my first area. So I was there when he got his call and everything. But yeah, he is waiting for his visa to go to the states. So right now he’s serving here. He gave such an amazing testimony of what we are doing for the people of Portugal by helping them get a temple. He talked about how his family had to go to Germany to be sealed and go through the temple. He told us about the blessings that will come to the people here because of what we are doing. I love him and his family so I was so grateful for his testimony and the reminder of what this work is all about. We are here to baptize, of course, but we are here to help the Church grow and people will be baptized so that later on they can receive the blessings of the Temple!
Speaking of baptism, be praying for our investigator Erika. She is working to be baptized next week and she is amazing. She was a reference from our ward mission leader and she’s been at church the last three weeks. She always gets there early even when we don’t call to remind her, comes to every activity, takes notes during gospel principles, loves singing the hymns and everything. She is elect! What I love about her is that all of a sudden she just fell into our hands and accepted baptism. We were really surprised by that.
Really missionaries are just instruments. Heavenly Father knows his children and when they are ready and what they need. He just needs a set of missionaries to go and testify so they can feel the Spirit and get a Book of Mormon to understand what they’re looking for. This work is amazing!
I am so grateful to be here and especially in this area (by the way, transfers were today and I’m staying here with Irma Olson) where we are seeing so many miracles. This next transfer is only five weeks and so we have a lot of work to do to help everyone here that is ready to receive the Gospel.
I know this work is the work of the Living God. I know he lives and he loves us and is aware of us all! The Church is true! Sometimes it’s hard to comprehend how simple and how profound that sentence is, but knowing that the Church is true is the most important thing in my life. I hope it is in yours too.
I love you all! Have a great week!
Irma Dean
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