October
24, 2016
Hey
Everybody!
This week was great!
One of the highlights was a family night that we did in the house of an
investigator on friday night. We invited a bunch of members to Denise and
Marcio´s house. We have been teaching them for about 3 weeks now, and they are
incredible. Like many of the people that we teach they have their own personal
problems. Unfortunately Marcio is fighting against drug addiction and Denise is
trying to hold on the the last strand of hope that Marcio really can change. It
is difficult to watch other people pass through difficulties in their lives.
When i see it i just want to grab a hold of the their lives and make everything
be better instantly. But unfortunately that isn´t how it works and that´s not
our heavenly father plan for us. Since I am not able to miraculously change the
lives of others, at least i try to do the best that i can. Which is share the
gospel!!!! I think this is the most incredible thing about the gospel of
Christ. It doesn´t´matter what personal problems you have, whether it be
addictions, debts, doubts, whether you have been betrayed, mistreated or abused
the gospel of Jesus Christ can make you life better. Even if by some miracle
you don´t have problems in your life, the gospel will make it even better!!
On friday night it was
an incredible opportunity to have a family night with Denise and Marcio. My
companion shared an extremely interactive yet spiritual message, that touched
everyone. I stayed pretty quiet the whole night because i literally could not
speak, i lost my voice and wasn´t able to speak louder than a whisper. But it
was so nice to see as friendships were made and everyone joked around together.
In other news Carla
and her kids will be baptised this saturday!! Which is pretty awesome. The
progress of Carla has been incredible as we have been teaching her. She too
still has several problems of her own, but the gospel is helping her overcome
it all!
I love being a
missionary! The church is true and Christ lives.
Hope you all have a
great week!
Elder Rice
