Week 46

6/15/15

Hi Family!
Sending you lots of greetings and hugs :)

Well, this week was full of blessings and miracles.

To start, we had stake conference this weekend and it was such a wonderful experience!  Saturday we heard the testimonies and the stories of recently baptized members from the last few months.  It was so awesome to be able to feel the Spirit and to be able to see how the Lord lead them and watched over them during this time.  On Sunday, Omar (a recent convert in the Spanish group) shared his testimony.  He was so nervous because he didn't want to say it in English.  I told him that if he wanted he could speak in Spanish and that I would stand up with him and interpret.  So that is what we did.  It was so cool and his testimony was so simple and humble but full of love and thankfulness to our Heavenly Father.

We have found some new investigators that really have a desire to learn because they know it is somthing good for them and their families.  They have really be prepared by our Heavenly Father and they are so ready to accept the gospel in their lives.

Elena is one of the investigators that is ready to get baptized but she lives with a man who is not her husband.  She knows that they need to get married, or one of them needs to move out.  But the guy doesn't want to get married and he also doesn't want to move out!  It is so sad to see a daughter of our Heavenly Father who is ready to make this covenant with Him but she can't because someone else doesn't want to help.  We are praying a lot for her and that her "boyfriend" Anthony leaves to go live somewhere else.

And, well....for my birthday I really a had a great time!  I got calls from my mission leaders and lots of cards from friends in the mission as well.  Thanks for everything that you guys do for me and for your "Happy Birthdays" as well :)  It was the best birthday, I think, because I was visiting and teaching others the whole day.  I could feel the Spirit the whole day and that was one of the best parts :)

I hope you all have a wonderful week :)

This week we have exchanges, then we are going to the temple, and we are going to have zone conference.  I am so excited :D

I love you all so much and I hope that you all try to feel the Spirit everyday of our lives :)

- Hermana Cuevas Da Silva ♥

The Sisters I live with decorated the apartment :)

Celebrating with some members

20 years old

Week 45

6/8/15

Hi Family and greetings from Newbury Park USA!  I am so excited to be serving here!  Well, my new companion is Hermana Pirir from......Orem UT.  Yes, it's true, and yes we met before the mission.  We went to High School together and we have some of the same friends.  It was so good to see a familiar face again.  I am so happy to be her companion and to be able to serve with her.

Our area is so beautiful and the members are so good to us!  The members of the Spanish group are really excited to have sisters again :)

Almost all of our work here in this area is with less active members.  This week we met Walter, Carlos, and Angel.  They are really nice and they have testimonies of the Church but each one of them has their reason why they don't go to church.  Walter is having doubts about what he knows and about his testimony.  Carlos is really focused on what his friends and the world thinks even though he knows what he should be doing.  And Angel, it's just hard for him to wake up on Sunday morning and go to church.  So, we are praying to know how to help each one of them.  We are trying to contact everyone on our member list in order to get to know them and see what their personal needs are.

Supposedly we also have two investigators that want to get baptized but we haven't been able to find them at home and they haven't answered our phone calls.  But don't worry, we will keep trying and we are going to find them!

Well, this morning I finished reading the Book of Mormon!  I started my first day of my mission and today I finished :)  I am so greatful to be able to have the Book of Mormon in my life because by reading it I have been able to see that they only thing it testifies of is Jesus Christ, of the love He has for each of us and of the plan the He has for us.  I know that it is true and I know that no matter what is happening in our lives, the Book of Mormon can help us.

Ok family, I love you all so much, Thanks for everything!
OH!  This is my new address:

1780 Via Petirrojo#F
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320

(Our zone leaders gave it to me wrong last week)

- Hermana Cuevas Da Silva ♥

Saying goodbye to the Uribe Family

Our last Hug

My new companion, Hermana Pirir