19 years in the making: Week 33

3/16/15

Well Family.

Another week here in California and everyday it is getting hotter and hotter! Over the weekend we were 95 degrees! I always forget that we are in March because it is as hot as in summer. But I can't complain. I love it :)

This week was transfers so Hermana Player is now at home with her family in Alaska :) I really miss her but it is ok! My new companion is Hermana Zarate and she is from Soda Springs Idaho. She has been on her mission 5 months and is a really hard worker. We get along really well :) I always love going to the transfer meetings because I can see all my friends in other areas and I love to see how they have grown and how much they have learned.

So, this transfer we have the goal of looking at the ward list and visit very person and family on the list. There are so many names that I still don't know and some that I have never even heard of. So we are visiting everyone with the Elders. We have been focus on visiting the members during the day to get to know them and to share a message with them. We can already see the blessings! This week we visited a family and we talked about how they met each other and how they found the church and it went really well. Then yesterday at church the Brother was looking for us and told us that on Saturday he talked a little bit with a friend about the gospel and that the friend was really interested. Then he told us that this Saturday his friend is going to his house to help him with a few things again and he invited us to come eat lunch with them to meet his friend and share the gospel with him. I know that by working with the members they are going to help us share the gospel with their friends so that we can teach them the gospel.

Yesterday I gave a talk at church and I talked about sharing our testimonies. I love it when they ask me to talk because it gives me the opportunity to study a specific topic. I really liked studying about sharing your testimony. There is a really great chapter in Preach My Gospel that talks about this. I recommend that you read it and study it. I know that there are many times in our lives that we go through hard times and that they only thing we may have is our testimony of Jesus Christ and in our Heavenly Father and that everything will turn out ok.

This weekend was a little crazy. Arturo left for Colorado to get married and this weekend was really hard for him. He was calling and calling us crying and saying that he didn't know what to do. That he felt alone and he felt like he didn't have a purpose in life anymore. It was so hard to hear him feel like this and we didn't know what to do. Hermana Zarate and I could only kneel and ask our Heavenly Father to help us and give us the right words in our mouths to say to him. Arturo called us again and I can't tell you what we said because it wasn't us talking to him but he Holy Ghost was talking for us. After lots of calls with us and the Bishop and other Brothers from the church, and lots of prayers from everyone, today Arturo called us in the morning to tell us that he is going to return home in three days. He already has his ticket and everything is ready. I am so grateful that Heavenly Father never leaves us alone but He is always there in every moment. Even when Arturo felt alone, I know what our Savior was holding him and helping him.

Bad things happen in life. It is full of sadness and is also filled with happiness. I know that when we have faith in Jesus Christ and in God they will help us. I also know that They love us so much and that they sent us in families to help and support us. They also sent us friends to help us when we feel alone. I know that this church is true and that God hears our prayers. He is always there hugging us.

I love you all so much and send you lots of hugs and kisses!!

♥ Hermana Cuevas Da Silva