I'm so sorry everyone!!!! There's only an hour this week and on top of that I lost like almost thirty minutes of time to a survey. But! Some amazing things have been going on this week!
The big, awesome things that are going on are the following:
Yesterday, we had a total of 12 less-active members in Church. That was amazing. One family is a couple of recent converts who were baptized in September but haven't come to Church since early January. They came yesterday and we have such great hopes for them! It was after a lot of striving and visits, but this week they just up and started to keep the commitments we extended them throughout the week, and then came to Church on Sunday.
There was a new Less-active man who came and was very sincere. It was Ward Conference, so the Stake President was very involved in all of the meetings, and he pulled forward this middle-aged man (named Eudelio) who sincerely confessed that he feels empty as he's not been in Church for so long, and that he came that day to be filled. It was beautiful to hear without eloquence but with so much sincerity.
I was able to play piano for a youth choir that sang during Sacrament meeting, and it went very well. We were happy.
This week has been good, as I said, but I find that I've been losing slowly the Charity that I was learning to obtain. Negativity has a way of finding footholds and creeping into our minds and hearts, and I think I've been kind of hard on my companion for lack of the merciful perspective that we take when we love sincerely. So, this week's focus is on being kind, merciful, and have a pure love and charity in my heart.
And that's the invitation for everyone! It's a busy time of year for anyone who's studying, but I hope that everyone can find some way to serve those around them this week.
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