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| The Quiroz sisters....Love them! |
Wow, that is SO great that Emily is
inviting so many friends to church!! And that the ward is focusing so
much on missionary work. The focus in church has really changed, huh?
I've seen a huge change in our ward here, and I was wondering if this
was going on all over the world...or just here in Peru? And I am SO happy
that it is happening all over the world!! Everyone needs this gospel.
Keep inviting friends! My friend Mikilah Gregerson sent an email this
week (she is on her mission in Colorado, Denver North) and she said that
she is teaching so many high school students because their friends had
shared the gospel with them....So, tell Emily to keep inviting her friends!
Give them a Book of Mormon! It might sound scary, but it's really not.
It is what makes us happy. And if we love someone, we want them to be
happy right? So give them a Book of Mormon! They deserve to know the
truth, too!! Everyone does!
This week in our ward, we hit an all time high of
members who came to church!! Because there are thousands of members in
the ward but only about 100 of them are active. But this weekend there
were about 250 people at church! People here are inviting, inviting,
inviting, which is great for us because that means we are baptizing,
baptizing, baptizing!! :) And of course this week is when everyone came...the week when I was assigned a talk!! It was so cool giving my talk
and seeing the benches of the chapel full :) It made me happy!
:) I spoke on recognizing the impressions of the Holy Ghost. Before my
mission, Cameron told me that I should try to give all my talks without
any notes and just go by the Spirit. So that's what I did! I had thought
about it all week, about what I was going to say, and I just got up and
starting talking, and it went really well!! After my talk, I sat down,
and was thinking about it and I was like, "wait a second. I just gave
that talk in Spanish! What?!" It's amazing how Spanish is just like
my second language now! It's getting to the point where sometimes I
can't tell the difference when someone is speaking to me in Spanish or
English. I am scared to lose my gift of tongues after the mission! I
love Spanish so much!
This week, I have seen a lot of the fruits of my
missionary work. I have realized that being a missionary...while the main
focus is helping people come unto Christ and be baptized...but so many other things happen too. Our old ward mission leader
is 21 years old and he did not want to serve a mission at all. But, we've been inviting him to come out with us to lessons and be a part
of our missionary work. Yesterday, he told us that seeing our
missionary work and having the opportunity to work with us these past
couple months, he decided that he wanted to serve a mission!! So, he
turned his papers in yesterday and we are waiting for his call to come!
Also, we are still teaching the Quiroz family and they are very, very
humble. They don't have light, water, or food in their house. So our
ward has gotten together to help the family. We are providing food for
them, and the Bishop is working with the owner of the house to make a
contract to hand ownership over to the Quiroz family so that the church
can go in and fix up the house and give them light and water. It has
been so cool to see the ward come together and help this great family...and they deserve it so much :) There are SO many ways to do
missionary work like this. Missionary work isn't just contacting in the
street and handing out pamphlets. It is helping people come unto Christ.
And there are so many different ways to do that! Being an example,
doing service for someone you love, giving out a Book of Mormon and
telling them what a blessing the gospel is in your life. All of these
things bring people closer to Christ :) I know this church is true and
that everyone needs this gospel!
I had a really cool experience with the Quiroz kids
this past week. We were doing an "Iron Rod" activity where they had to
go from one end of the room to the other and I was standing on the other
side holding the candle representing the end, or eternal life. After
the kids had gone through everything...faith, repentance, baptism, the
gift of the Holy Ghost and enduring to the end...they finally made it to
me and gave me a big hug and kept saying "We made it! We made it!" That
was a really cool experience and it made me think of our Heavenly
Father. I was so happy when the kids had finally made it to me and they
just gave me a hug and were so happy and excited. I imagine that is what
it is going to be like when we get to return to our Heavenly Father. He
is watching us here on earth and he is rooting for us to get back to
him. Now is the time to keep enduring. Keep enduring through the hard
rough times, and enjoy the blessings of the gospel. Because Heavenly
Father is watching over us and rooting for us to come back to Him, ad
when we finally make it to the end, we'll be able to give Him a big hug
and say "We made it!" And that will be a very very good day!
:) I know this church is true. I know that the Book of Mormon is true
and every time I read it, the Spirit testifies that it is true. I know
that Christ came here to America to visit the people here and teach them
the gospel. And I am so lucky to be here in Peru with the descendants
of those people :) I love it here. I love being a missionary and sharing
the gospel with the people of Peru :)
Thanks for everything Mom and Dad. For your emails,
and your support :) I am praying for you always and I miss you!! Love
you all!
Hermana Agle
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