Australia sounds incredible! I´m so excited for you guys! Sounds like you have been enjoying every moment- I´m excited to keep seeing more pictures and stories from your experiences in the great down under!
What a great week Elder Holmes and I had here in Francisco Álvarez! Elder Holmes and I have been out inviting people to come unto Christ and be baptized and we were blessed to have two of our newer investigators- Veronica and Sebastián take the leap of faith and attend church!
This past Saturday we had an incredibly spiritual lesson with Veronica and Sebastián. When we first met Veronica she expressed how she feels sad at times seeing united families, because she has faced so many problems in her life with her own family. She has two children that live in Paraguay, and two of her other children that live with her here in Argentina, and it´s painful for her to have to face the reality of that situation. We bore our testimonies of the blessings of God as we live the commandments and left her a part of the Book of Mormon to read.
When we arrived Saturday, she had read what we had left her in the Book of Mormon. We began to teach her about the restoration, and as we were talking they saw an image of the prophets that we sometimes show as we teach. Veronica paused and told us how this week she had seen three bags thrown in the road that contained spiritual books. She decided to grab two of the bags, and said that one of the books that she found had a similar image. She went to find the books to show us and when she returned with the books we were amazed to see that it was the gospel principles book that we use in our church!
God had really done a miracle in preparing her to be in our path. Even more, God had prepared a way to show to his daughter, Veronica, that she was in the right path. She committed to attending to church with us, and we stopped by with banana bread in Sunday morning, ate a little bit, and then she took the bus with a member that lives close to her house. She and her son, Sebastian, both loved church, and accepted baptismal dates for the end of December.
It has been great getting to know people like Veronica in my mission. I try to invite all people to come unto Christ, and I never know who will accept. However, I know that God has angels preparing the hearts of the children of men to accept the fullness of his gospel on the earth. I hope I can be an instrument in his hands as I seek to do his will- give my best, and forget the rest.
I love you all!
-Elder Lambert
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