5/1/17

Olaaaa this week was beautiful. We have this recent convert named Daniel who went to the temple for the first time on Saturday and came back glowing wow. And the next day he got to baptize his little sister!!! And almost the whole family went to watch and it was so beautiful I almost cried. His sister is named Maria Clara and she was nervous at first, but we helped her resolve her doubts and she was baptized yesterday! She´s been going to seminary and everything and loves it. 

Also transfers happened again, and I’m staying here in Pilar do Sul with my same companion Sister Araújo!! Woohoo!! 

I learned a lot this week. I learned that we just have to trust in the Lord. We just gotta. To help Maria Clara be baptized we literally did everything in our power to make it happen, and had to leave the parts that we can´t control in the hands of God. Everything almost fell apart, but the Lord is so good. We taught her everything, scheduled the interview even though she didn´t have certainty. When we got there with the elders to do the interview she got scared and cried but her brother talked to her and we made it very direct to her that we will never force her to be baptized. If she really doesn´t want to, she does not have to. The thing is we were feeling that she was prepared so we just trusted that the lord would help her. Turns out, her interview with the elder removed her doubts and everything was good, and she agreed to be baptized the next day. I admit, I was not sure if she would go to church for fear of being baptized. But she showed up with her brother and a backpack, and said she was happy. She changed clothes totally fine, and was baptized and was glowing afterwards. We asked how she was feeling after, and she said, good. (Which means awesome because she is super timid and doesn’t express emotion usually) and it was the most beautiful thing.  We literally just have to trust in the Lord. She and we had to trust that He would make everything work, and it did. God is good. 

Love you all, trust in Him. 

Sister Evans