I expect this to be the best week of my whole mission. Claudia, who I think I told you a little about last week, will be baptized on saturday. And, miracalously, Carmen and Enrique will finally be able to get married this week and will also be baptized on saturday. I`m so grateful that I will be able to witness this long awaited saving ordinance before I return home. I never imagined that I would have the chance to see it with my own eyes. It truly is a miracle. The best part is knowing that in one year they`ll be able to be sealed as a family for all eternity. This is the first and only time during my whole mission in which the husband and wife of a family I`ve taught will be baptized at the same time. Immediately following the baptismal service we have an activity planned especially for the new and recently reactivated members. What a great way to finish.
Another investigator of ours, Isabel Molina, the sister of Lucia, our recent convert, accepted to prepare to be baptized the 1 of April. Too bad I won`t be here.
I was very happy yesterday to see the gospel principles class totally packed. An inactive member attended with us for the first time in years and several others that don`t live in our ward boundaries also attended chuch for the first time.
I really never believed this time would come. Now I understand why they always told me that my time as a missionary was going to be extremely short. Until now, these really have been the best two years of my life, although I hope to have even better years in the future. I`ve discovered that real joy comes from dedicated service to the Lord and HIs children, and from seeking His will and direction for my life. I`ve learned and grown so much over these last two years and, yet, I still feel like I`ve only reached the very first step of my full potential and everything the Lord expects me to be.
I normally end my emails with Brett, because I feel like that`s still who I am to you. However, I feel it appropriate now to use that sacred title of Elder seeing as it will be the last time I`ll be able to.
Elder Graham
Monday, March 12, 2012
March 5, 2012
Today we went to visit the pyramids in Cacaxtla as a zone. It was cool, but my companion suddenly starting bleeding from his nose like crazy after (he´s been a little sick and it was really hot and really dry today) and we got way behind in our other planned activities.
The zone leader council with the president was on friday and sister reeves made us sheperd´s pie and a giant chocolate chip cookie cake. It was delicious. Apart from that there was an announcement that really made me jealous of all the other missionaries that aren´t going home at the end of this transfer. On April 14 Elder Bednar is going to visit the mission. He visited the mission almost two years ago and a lot of my generation got to see him, but I was still waiting for my visa in Utah. So, I´ll never get the chance see an apostle come. That reminds me of another announcement I keep forgetting to tell you about. A few weeks ago, President Reeves notified us that the Mexico Puebla Mission will be divided the 1 of July into the Mexico Puebla North Mission and the Mexico Puebla South Mission. It´s pretty exciting news because it means that the work is really growing here.
Sunday was excellent as well. Four of our recent converts bore their testimony in sacrament meeting, and everyone could feel the spirit. We went way over time. Everyone wanted to go up. Besides that, one of the very special people we´ve been teaching, Claudia Marquez, went for the first time. The day before she accepted a baptismal date for the 17 of March. We were going over the law of chastity when suddenly she blurted out, so when am I going to be baptized? We couldn´t believe it, because she hadn´t even gone to church yet. Moises Paredes who just got baptized a couple weeks ago is a counselor in the sunday school presidency and Miguel Angel is the secretary.
The zone leader council with the president was on friday and sister reeves made us sheperd´s pie and a giant chocolate chip cookie cake. It was delicious. Apart from that there was an announcement that really made me jealous of all the other missionaries that aren´t going home at the end of this transfer. On April 14 Elder Bednar is going to visit the mission. He visited the mission almost two years ago and a lot of my generation got to see him, but I was still waiting for my visa in Utah. So, I´ll never get the chance see an apostle come. That reminds me of another announcement I keep forgetting to tell you about. A few weeks ago, President Reeves notified us that the Mexico Puebla Mission will be divided the 1 of July into the Mexico Puebla North Mission and the Mexico Puebla South Mission. It´s pretty exciting news because it means that the work is really growing here.
Sunday was excellent as well. Four of our recent converts bore their testimony in sacrament meeting, and everyone could feel the spirit. We went way over time. Everyone wanted to go up. Besides that, one of the very special people we´ve been teaching, Claudia Marquez, went for the first time. The day before she accepted a baptismal date for the 17 of March. We were going over the law of chastity when suddenly she blurted out, so when am I going to be baptized? We couldn´t believe it, because she hadn´t even gone to church yet. Moises Paredes who just got baptized a couple weeks ago is a counselor in the sunday school presidency and Miguel Angel is the secretary.
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