October Pictures

Alessandra

Hello everyone!! 

I'm sorry I don't have a ton of time to write this week, but this week was very special in a lot of ways. 

We had a zone conference, and I was very grateful for what I was able to learn from my leaders. They are very inspired as always, and it was a spiritual feast! I have a lot of incredible examples of faith and hard work around me. 

I wanted to share a wonderful experience that I had yesterday in sacrament meeting. It was fast and testimony meeting, and everyone wanted to share their testimonies. One of the girls I had baptized a few weeks ago, Alessandra, got up to bear her testimony very last. It was very simple, but super powerful. It was incredible to see the change that has taken place since the time we met until now. I was very touched by her testimony and I don't think I'll ever forget it.

I love you all!! Have a great week this week!! Thank you for all that you do!! 

Elder Larkin

Jane

What's up everyone!! 

This week was fantastic. I've been seeing a lot of miracles, the Lord has definitely been guiding us. 

The biggest miracle happened today. Today I was honestly feeling pretty down and a little stressed about some other things going on. But we wound up going to get haircuts from a member, and he's the boyfriend of Jaqueline, a girl we baptized a little over a month ago. We had fallen out of contact with them, and it was great to see them. However, we showed up to this haircut appointment and I was chatting with them, and come to find out they're engaged!! 

That made me so so so happy. After Jaqueline was baptized, Victor, her fiance, had a wonderful experience and was reactivated. In a little over a year, they have plans to get sealed in the temple. My take away from all of this was: you never have any idea the good that you do. In all honesty, because we've been so busy with other people, we'd handed them over to the ward and I'd forgotten about them. Everyone there today walked away feeling so happy. 

Also, on Friday we had another baptism!! Jane was baptized and it was another sweet experience. The spirit was very strong, the members showed up to support her, and we got to meet her sister!! It's looking like there will soon be a group out in Serra Velha because of this family. Jane's mom is Ednalva, and she was baptized 2 weeks ago. She's getting ready to marry one of the members in the ward, and we're now teaching there aunts, uncles and cousins, who all live on the same farm. They're a huge example of faith to a lot of people. I'm excited to see how their futures pan out.

I loved conference too!! So many awesome messages from the Prophet, Apostles and other leaders. I loved President Nelson's talk on having a Firm Foundation. I invite everyone to listen to that talk and put it all into practice!

Have a great week! Love you all!!

Elder Larkin