Monday 5/29/2017

My Conversation with Cameron was great this week but reading his group e-mails made my heart happy! We were camping in Grace, ID with my family when he e-mailed today, so I had my brother and his family do some e-mailing.  You could tell it made Cam feel good and as though he was included a bit. Cameron ended up paying for Valmir and Edivania to get married.  They had the judge sign the paper since they could afford it now and then the bishop will marry them at the church.  Reinaldo is still on the fence with baptism... Cameron told me he was going to be ready to get a new companion so he could learn and grow some more.  He really would like to serve with a few of the Americans that are in his district. He has learned to love a lot of people. On Mother's Day he confessed he will have a hard time leaving some of these relationships.  I told him thank goodness for social  media because he doesn't have to. We e-mailed for a bit and then he told me he loved me and to have a good week.

Hello Everyone,

So the last 10 days have been pouring rain off and on. This has been causing a lot of problems here. The river that is huge was bone dry a week ago and now it is over flowing with water into the streets and houses. Some people have been evacuating houses. Bridges in other cities have fallen. Here they shut the bridge down and no one can pass by car or foot.  School was cancelled.  It is great!!!!  I will send pictures of the river.

This week was good!!  We worked with our investigators and helped them! This week I was reading O Livro de Mórmon (The Book of Mormon), in Mosiah Chapter 3 King Benjamin is preaching to the people about the coming of Christ and all the miracles he will make. It talks about all he will go through for us and all the pains and sufferings. In verse 9 it talks about this is how we will have salvation from suffering if we exercise our faith in him! As I read this, I was grateful for Christ and all that he did for us.  I am grateful that we are able to have salvation because of what he went through. The only way that we can have salvation is through him. I am so grateful for this gospel and for Jesus Christ and all he gives to us!!