Well this week was very uneventful, so i will tell you all of the family... This one family in our ward. There are 4 that live in the house. Mother, Father, and their daughter and their daughters husband. The mother was baptized a LONG time ago, and is very active in the church, has a calling and all and is very outgoing. The daughters husband was baptized when he was 8, but didnt really go to the church ever again. Well, about 4 years ago, none of them had been going to church, and the missionaries found them. the 4 of them, plus a younger son that was living with them too. Well, as it came to pass, They all ended up embracing the gospel really well.
The daughter and son got married and the daughter got baptized. The son then got baptized, too. The father, however, did not want anything to do wiht the missionaries or the church. Well, now, the son is serving a mission in Brazil Saltos mission, and is very successful.
About 10 days ago, the moms sister died of cancer. It was very sad to see, and the mom is the only member in her family, and her whole family was kind of tearing eachother apart over this death in the family. But she was very certain that there is life after death and of the plan of salvation.
When we walked in to the house to call our families, they were all talking with their son. And he haçd not yet heard about his aunt. so they had to tell him there over skype. he was crying,a nd it was very hard to watch and all, but it was probably the dad that helped console him the most. The dad has changed a lot in just a month that i have been here.One of the first days that i was here, we had lunch with us, and he ate and then left immediately so he didnt have to hear the message we brought. but now, we have had several full blown discussions with him about his family and the eternities and God and church, and hes really opening up. he even said one time ``when i get baptized.`` ... so its cool.
anyway, where am i going with this? i dont know. wait. yes i do. i remember. My family asked me to bear my testimony in spanish to them on the skype call. And prettymuch i just talked about how blessed i felt that they went to the temple and taught me about the plan of salvation, and how we can live together forever because of it, and how happy it made me. And i looked at the family that we were with, and the mom was just crying..
Well. I am truly grateful for my family. and my friends. all of you mean a whole lot to me, i want you to know it
Have a nice day
Elder Trevor Emil Christensen
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