Santo Domingo (Espaillat) 15 - The Plan of Salvation
I just want to express the gratitude to each and every one of you that helps and inspires me with your letters and emails (that I receive frequently) to be a better missionary.
TEMPLE NIGHT. We went as a district and it "rained empanadas" and bad hairdos because of a storm that came in. But through it all, we hardly even noticed how hard it was raining. It was a really cool lesson.
The Rodriguez and Olivo Family (besides Manuel who was sick that night and couldn't make it). The wife of the Olivo Family is the daughter of Miriam. We started teaching them about a month ago and the other elders are working with some difficulties in the marriage papers, but the whole family has a baptism date in December if everything goes as planned. It is so touching to see the unity and faith of both families. They'll be a light and strength to a lot of people as they've already been. It's such a blessing from God to be able to teach them.
The Rodriguez Family had their baptismal interview and their baptism will be this Friday. The whole ward is getting involved and it will truly be a night to remember. We had the privilege of going to the temple with them again and lots of others on Friday. It was a beautiful night and we were able to set a goal with Enrique, Miriam and Manuel to be able to enter into the temple on the 7th of November and do the most important spiritual work there is. They accepted and they will be such a great family in the Gospel. (More photos from the wedding of Enrique and Miriam):
Shouts out to having like 32 different cameras and out of 6 photos Miriam and I were the only ones looking at my camera --but hey, it's the thought that counts.
CLASSIC CROSSED ARMS MARRIAGE TOAST NON ALCOHOLIC VERSION!
Miriam and Enrique busting a move.
We've also been working hard with the references we recieved and we're teaching a woman named Ana Gladys that's a reference from a recent convert. She's been to church twice and she's really interested. Elder Góngora and I thought a lot about what to teach her and we had started with the Plan of Salvation. We had planned yesterday to talk about the Creation and Adam and Eve when at the start of the lesson, we started talking about temples and the importance of the ordinances we do inside. We knew she was a widow but we had NO IDEA how powerful that small change would be. As the Spirit testified to her heart about the truth behind the work we do inside the House of the Lord, she began to express her desire to go inside. It was such a powerful lesson and in the end of it all, she accepted a baptism date for the 14th of November. We're trying to think how we'll be able to teach all we need to before then, but I'm sure we'll be able to do it.
I hope everyone is doing great and always feel open to send me suggestions on how I can make these letters better cause Im not much of an author or good with english anymore haha.
Much love,
Elder Graff
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