Hello my dear family!!
It has been a wonderful week here on the mish. We have seen many blessings. We found the Guevara Family just on Tuesday. They are so awesome they have already attended a FHE, Baptism service, AND church. They even excepted a baptismal date for the 7th of April. I am so excited for them. Seriously this is a huge blessing for us because when we first started here in Ibarra no one listened to us. The Guevara family consists of the mom-Rosa, Dad-Carlos, and their kids. Jeferson (15), German (13), Michelle (10), Kevin (8), and Henrey (5). They are just so wonderful and funny too. We were at the elders baptism service and Henry, their little boy was so funny. We were singing the first hymn and at the end of the song he just kept on holding the note and everyone heard him. His mom almost had a heart attack trying to get him to stop. Haha. Then at the end of the baptism Henry was walking out the door and he yelled HOLA VECINA (Hello Neighbor) haha. He is kind of crazy but is awesome. Rosa and Carlos are just so kind. They work together everyday for their income by washing cars. We were in a lesson wiht all of them and we found Jeferson and German practicing the baptism. They are pretty excited. I know that is one family prepared and is ready to hear the gospel. Well sorry I am out of time. I love you all! Hna Wilhelm
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
3/19/2012
Hola my dear family! It has been another great week in Ibarra Ecuador. Sorry this will be kind of short and maybe you won't understand it hah. President Ghent made a new rule for all of the mission. Now we only have 30 minutes to write on the computer. It's ok. This isnt an excuse for you guys not to write haha. I can still print 5 minutes in the morning. Well as I was saying, it has been a pretty good week here. We got to see our investigator, Segundo Montalvo, get baptised. It turned out to be a really nice service. The baptism font in our church building is still broken so we jound the elders in their baptism. There ended up being 5 people getting baptised. We also had zone conferences in Otavalo with President Ghent. It was a nice meeting with lots of spirit. Then on Sunday, we had branch conference. President Ghent was there so he got to participate in Segundos confirmation. I am loving the mission still. It is so beautiful. I dont think i would trade this time for anything. I know that the church is true! Well love you all.
Monday, March 12, 2012
3/12/12
Hi family! It has been a good week and pday for me. Today we cleaned the house. The other week we made friends with our neighbor who has a washing machine. Today she offered to let us use it. So we washed our clothes faster than usual. Then she suprized us with lunch. Lets just say we have an awesome neighbor. We are working on getting her baptised:) Also today we were going to see what the zoo is like in ibarra but it was closed. We had to take a bit of a hike to get there then we found it closed. Oh well it was a beautiful hike. The mission work this week has been pretty good too. We have seen many tender mercies of the lord also some miracles. yesterday we had a FHE with lolita and her sons. We brought members with us the perez family. They are super cool. They moved to ibarra when I got here. I guess they have a lot of experience with going out with missionaries. But they are so awesome. They made lolita feel a little bit more stronger about the church in a good way. Help from the members are everything. Sorry this will be a little short. I love you all! Hna Wilhelm
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
3/5/2012 Service
Hello! It has been another great week on the mission. We got to see Tania be baptised. It was a really nice service. All of the Young women from the ward came and supported her. There ended up being a lot of people there. Then this sunday Tania got confirmed a member of the church and recieved the gift of the holy ghost. This girl is so sweet and I am so happy for her.
This week we have also found a lot of service projects. On Wed. we helped tanias grahama move a mountian of rocks out of the road. We found her shoveling away like it was nothing. So we decided to help her out while we waited for Tania to get home. It didnt take long with the three of us working. We joked afterwards saying things like 'We moved mountains today'. Its crazy what a little faith and works can do. We also had the opportunity to visit a hermana in the Branch. We went with hna Avaige( she is so funny she kind of reminds me of betty white) to visit hna Mora. Hna Mora is having problems with her kidneys. We ended up helping out around the house then we had a little lesson. I am so happy to be part of a church that does this kind of service.
I was reading in Enos this week about when Enos humbly prayed to God for forgiviness of his sins and then he was forgiven. This is so true in our lives. I know that when we use the gospel and the atonement in our lives we can feel whole. We can be healed and have the influence of the spirit in our lives more abundently. Then after he said something interesting in verse 9 saying that he wanted to share with others. I am so grateful to be here on the mission because I have learned so much about the atonement and how it can help people become happy. When we come to know the atonement and use it in our lives we come to have the desire to share it with others. I just love the Scriptures. I know that this church is true and I am so grateful to have it in my life. Well got to go. I love you all and you all are just so wonderful!
Hna Wilhelm
Ps here are the verses from Enos 1.
4 And my soul ahungered; and I bkneeled down before my Maker, and I ccried unto him in mightydprayer and supplication for mine own soul; and all the day long did I cry unto him; yea, and when the night came I did still raise my voice high that it reached the heavens.
5 And there came a avoice unto me, saying: Enos, thy sins are bforgiven thee, and thou shalt be blessed.
6 And I, Enos, knew that God acould not lie; wherefore, my guilt was swept away.
7 And I said: Lord, how is it done?
8 And he said unto me: aBecause of thy bfaith in Christ, whom thou hast never before heard nor seen. And many years pass away before he shall manifest himself in the flesh; wherefore, go to, thy faith hath made thee cwhole.
9 Now, it came to pass that when I had heard these words I began to feel a adesire for thebwelfare of my brethren, the Nephites; wherefore, I did cpour out my whole soul unto God for them.
This week we have also found a lot of service projects. On Wed. we helped tanias grahama move a mountian of rocks out of the road. We found her shoveling away like it was nothing. So we decided to help her out while we waited for Tania to get home. It didnt take long with the three of us working. We joked afterwards saying things like 'We moved mountains today'. Its crazy what a little faith and works can do. We also had the opportunity to visit a hermana in the Branch. We went with hna Avaige( she is so funny she kind of reminds me of betty white) to visit hna Mora. Hna Mora is having problems with her kidneys. We ended up helping out around the house then we had a little lesson. I am so happy to be part of a church that does this kind of service.
I was reading in Enos this week about when Enos humbly prayed to God for forgiviness of his sins and then he was forgiven. This is so true in our lives. I know that when we use the gospel and the atonement in our lives we can feel whole. We can be healed and have the influence of the spirit in our lives more abundently. Then after he said something interesting in verse 9 saying that he wanted to share with others. I am so grateful to be here on the mission because I have learned so much about the atonement and how it can help people become happy. When we come to know the atonement and use it in our lives we come to have the desire to share it with others. I just love the Scriptures. I know that this church is true and I am so grateful to have it in my life. Well got to go. I love you all and you all are just so wonderful!
Hna Wilhelm
Ps here are the verses from Enos 1.
4 And my soul ahungered; and I bkneeled down before my Maker, and I ccried unto him in mightydprayer and supplication for mine own soul; and all the day long did I cry unto him; yea, and when the night came I did still raise my voice high that it reached the heavens.
5 And there came a avoice unto me, saying: Enos, thy sins are bforgiven thee, and thou shalt be blessed.
6 And I, Enos, knew that God acould not lie; wherefore, my guilt was swept away.
7 And I said: Lord, how is it done?
8 And he said unto me: aBecause of thy bfaith in Christ, whom thou hast never before heard nor seen. And many years pass away before he shall manifest himself in the flesh; wherefore, go to, thy faith hath made thee cwhole.
9 Now, it came to pass that when I had heard these words I began to feel a adesire for thebwelfare of my brethren, the Nephites; wherefore, I did cpour out my whole soul unto God for them.
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