Week 77

1/18/16

Hello my loved ones!!

Sending you greetings from Ventura and a great big hug!

Thank you for all that you do for me and for those around you.  Every one of you have been an angel in my life and have helped me in so many ways.

Okay!!  So, the new ward is doing great :)  We are working on helping all the families make missionary plans so that they can make goals of sharing the Gospel.  Everyone is really excited and you can really feel that missionary spirit here :)

Salvador is progressing well!  He has not drank coffee!!  He says that it is really hard, but he is seeing the blessings of keeping the Word of Wisdom.  Every time that I see him, the light of Christ shines more and more strongly in his face.  He is growing so much spiritually.  And I am so thankful to be able to be here to see the Spirit change him :)

We found a new couple this week!  They are Mario and Martha :)  Hermana Griffis found them one day when we had exchanges and yesterday we went back to have the first discussion with them.  They were both so attentive to everything that we said.  They were really paying attention and they were like sponges.  You could feel the Spirit so strong when we were teaching about and testifying about the Book of Mormon.  We gave them a copy of the Book of Mormon and Martha looked at it with such intensity, like as if she knew that this book was going to change her life.  I know that the Spirit was letting them know that it is true and would change their lives.

I have been studying the life and Atonement of Jesus Christ this week.  I have seen that when my understanding and testimony of Jesus Christ and the Atonement grows, so does my desire to share the Gospel.  I know that it is hard sometimes to share our testimony or the gospel with our friends and others.  But I promise that if you study and read more about the life of Christ and what He did, our Father in Heaven will help you share your testimony more :)

I love you all so much!  I am so grateful to be a missionary in this time when the Lord is accelerating His work.

I know that this church and this Gospel is true with all that I am.

- Hermana Cuevas Da Silva ♥