Hi Family!
Sadly, I was unwise
and wrote some other people first and now I am out of time, almost. Just an
update on some things I didn't mention on Sunday (Skyping with you
and everyone was great! I love you all!).
Patricia has been
coming to activities but not been able to come to church because of her
husband. This of course means that she won't be baptized this weekend, which is
pretty depressing. However, she is still progressing great and her faith is
growing everyday. She feels the love of the Lord in her life and the peace that
the gospel of Christ brings. Hopefully she will be baptized soon
and I will be invited to come back for the service.
To be honest, the
branch is having a few problems within the members and the leaders and I
believe that is why Patricia won't be able to be baptized for a while. If the
Lord doesn't trust a branch/ward to take care of a new, precious soul, they
aren't able to be baptized, for whichever reason. The Elders in our branch have
experienced several situations with a progressing investigator that should be
baptized and for one reason or another, they can't be. We keep praying and
working with the branch though, so that they will be ready to take care of
our brothers and sisters soon.
We had a Noche de
Hogar last night with the Villa/Sanchez family and Rene taught the lesson! It
was interesting...but great! Haha. He is so awesome and his testimony is
growing every day. As for weather, sorry to let you know, but 102 (in Ramona, CA) is a
little off. According to our thermometer, it hit 110 here in Temecula
yesterday. It was great fun! Haha, don't worry. We keep sunscreen in the car
because we know we are gueras.
Sounds like you are
going to have an amazing trip over in the east! Please tell M,J, & D that I
love and miss them very much! I am VERY excited to see pictures of my new
nephew next week! Sadly, I think my card reader broke, so don't expect pictures
anytime soon. No worries, I never remember to take pictures anyway.
I was studying
Humility this morning, and what an important Christ like attribute it is. To be
willing to do what the Father wants of us, and trusting in the strength and
support of the Savior, instead of our own. I love the quote Hermana Jones told
me this week that is something along the lines of... "Any two people can
do ANYTHING! As long as one of them is the Lord.” How true that is, He loves us and wants to
help us, it is only our own pride that gets in the way.
Well, I love you
all so much, and hopefully Skyping made up for this short email. Love you!!
Te quiero mucho!
Con amor,
Hermana Alyssa
Nicole Escalante
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