Hola, family and friends!
I hope you had an excellent Thanksgiving weekend. My Thanksgiving was the best. Our friend brought over chicken and french fries to celebrate. They don’t have this holiday here in Peru.
We are celebrating the birthday of Sis. Avalos today. We are playing water balloon volleyball and eating birthday cake to celebrate. I made her a special card, too. We celebrated the whole month. The Relief Society is planning a special surprise party for her.
Yesterday, we had such a special experience. We met with Junior (a less active member) and his wife, Karina. We invited them to always pray and at the end of the lesson, we knelt down and Junior offered the prayer. It was the most simple prayer (he repeated the words after my comp, Hna. Ticona) but he was so sincere and repentant that we all felt the Spirit so strongly. My testimony that we are children of God and that He answers and hears every heartfelt prayer grew so much. The Spirit converts and changes hearts and lives. It was such a beautiful experience.
We are teaching the neighbors of Rosa and Amador and many of them want to receive the Gospel. Many of them have the possibility of getting married, because they have the documents that they need. They just have to overcome the fear of commitment. (They are unmarried and have 2 kids and don’t want to commit just yet. I met a family in my first area that had 35 years of living together and 8 children and didn´t feel ready to commit just yet. They wanted to “get to know each other better.” Interesting!) They ask so many questions about the Gospel and want to learn more. Nadia attended church the other week and will attend with her husband and 2 kids. Awesome!
Choose the right! Life is good! God is good!
Love,
Hermana Christensen
