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June 25 2012
Hola Hola Hola
Como estan?
Things are going good here in Jardines. It is starting to get a
little cold. And I hear that this is just the beginning. My companion is using
her tights, and she is freezing. I know it’s not as cold as winters in logan or
Highland, or the winters that I have heard about in Chile. I hope Cy doesn´t
freeze to death.
This past week we had a service project in Villa de Mar. The temple
is in this area and it is right next to a big cemetery. It was gorgeous. There
were so many flowers, and its not even memorial weekend for them (that’s in November
here).
So the service project was great, we started painting a house for
a family. But for some reason they mixed all the paint with a ton of water. So
we might need to go back and do a lot more coats. We basically painted with
water. But it was great fun!! And of course there were some paint fights that
broke out in between the elders.... and they got my companion pretty good too.
haha
As I said last week most of our progressive investigators have
died out, but this past week we also had two great miracles!!
First of all is Jesus... About two weeks ago his grandpa came to
us and said that he wanted us to teach his grandson and prepare him for
baptism. We thought that was weird because the daughters that we knew were
members and when one of the parents is a member and the child is 8, it is the
responsibility of the ward. So we didn´t respond to the reference right away.
Well this past Wednesday we went by the grandpa’s house in the morning because
we had another reference at the same address.
We knocked on the door and Hermana Chavez opened the door and welcomed
us in. As we began to talk to her, we realized that the reference was her
daughter (Olga)...the mother of Jesus!! (oh and the dad of Jesus isn´t a member
either!!) so we came back in the afternoon and met Jesus and Olga. They are
great, and Jesus is stellar. He has been attending church for a long time
with his grandparents. So we have been prepping him for baptism! His baptism is
this Saturday. :) Yay I´m so happy. He is awesome and cant´ wait to be baptized
and he is ready.
So for the second miracle. This past Saturday we were visiting all
of our investigators and trying to find out who could come to church. We only had one.... Jesus. So we were kind of
bummed because our investigators can´t progress if they don´t come to church.
But about ten minutes before church we were talking to some of the members and
my companion started getting all excited, and she started telling me about this
man, Ramon. She had contacted him in an
old area and invited him to come to church. AND HE WAS THERE IN OUR WARD!! It
was awesome. He had attended church before in other areas, and has family that
are members. But he recently changed houses, and is living in OUR area now. So
we talked to him after church and taught him. And he accepted our invitation
for baptism. So we are going to be teaching him this week and hopefully get him
a baptism date. :) :) so happy. I know that when we do all we can, the Lord
helps out! It’s amazing!
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| Hermano Navas |
This is a picture of Hno Navas. He is a recent convert and has
parkinsons. It’s sad, but the best way to cheer up your day is visiting him.
I love when he comes to church in his Sunday clothes-- With his converse tennis
shoes.
I invite all of you to take the promise of Nephi to heart. FEAST
upon the words of Christ. Don´t just
read to check it off of your list and read your scriptures everyday. But make
sure that you are getting something out of it. The scriptures and conference
talks are for our benefit not just for fun, or a job for the prophets. It’s for
US!
I love you all thanks so much for your love and prayers!!
Keep on Going!!
Love
Hna Sandstrom
Headache update: so I am taking 400 or 800 mg of ibuprofen when I
have pain. I am still doing my neck
stretches but no more therapy. It is definitely better than it was in February,
March and April. I don´t have them everyday, and usually only in the afternoons
or evenings. YEA IMPROVEMENT
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