The Way We Handle Life Is What Makes Us Who We Are

I liked how you said that there is never a dull moment. That was defiantly the case this past week here in the Jungle. Elder Quiroga and I had a really great week but still at the same time it was full of challenges. We are praying a lot for the couples that we are preparing for their marriage so that everything will go through and we won’t have a problem there. It really is a challenge to motivate these people to make a decision like getting married because the world around them is telling them NO!!! But the teaching of the Restoration of the Gospel is what does the trick, and a family that truly prays to know if it is true will also accept the invitation of getting married. It’s just another one of the many wonderful blessings that people receive from the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

We have been working with a less-active family for quite some time and our prayers are begging to be answered. The Amasefuen Family has been inactive for about 5 years and they have had a hand full of trials which have caused them to go in active. Every time we visit them we give them a really powerful spiritual thought and always bear testimony that God is mindful of us and know what we are going through. This past fast Sunday the entire family came to church. Just about when the Bishop was going to close the meeting one of the sons (Miguel 11 years old) got up and began to bear his testimony. He shared one of the most powerful and heartfelt testimonies that I have ever heard. He shared how much he loves this gospel and that he knows that his family will be a family for ever. Miguel has really had to grow up fast because he hasn’t had a really strong father figure to look up too. He helps his mom make “juanies” to sell and also studies in the afternoon. He’s friends at school constantly give him a hard time for being a Mormon but he told us that he wouldn’t have it any other way because he has a lot of opportunities to share his testimony. His simple testimony really spoke volumes to me. No matter what life throws at us, the way we handle it is what makes us who we are.