Power to Change

MIS AMORES!! Hows the fam doin? Ya know I just realized that Thanksgiving is comin up! Hope you guys have a good one. :)

OKay so guess who came to San Fernando speaking like a champ in front of all of the missionaries and the Litoral stake? YA THATS RIGHT ELDER D TODD CHRISOFFERSON!!! K so i dont know if you guys knew this but HE and HIS WIFE speak Spanish perfectly.  We need to give a big round of applause for Sister Christofferson. Shes older but she spoke with soooo much power.. IN SPANISH. oh my word.

 

okay so my Elder Christopherson said something that hit every argentine/gringo heart soooo hard. he shared a story about the atonement. I really like how he focused on the atonement:) Anyways it was about this woman who excommunicated from the church. Guys im tellin ya she committed every possible sin. A huge list of sins... it was kind of impressive to Elder Christofferson to have so many sins. and this woman felt so broken and felt the love of God flooding her life she wanted to repent of her sins and return back to the temple. SO SHE repented of her sins. She did it. And she was ready to have an interview with Elder Christofferson. and Elder Chistofferson was super  worried. He was like.. HOW CAN one person commit so many sins?? Where do you find the time and he admitted that he judged her and was worried for this interview.

And then she walks in to the interview.

Her face is lit up. and Elder C is taken back because there is light shooting out of her face and shes smiling. They had the interview and he said when she left the room he felt so strong that this woman was more pure than he was and purer than anyone else could be in this world. 

It made me cry. It made every other Argentine cry. He went on explaining that thats what the power of the atonement can do for us. It can change us in ways we never thought possible. It makes us ok and cleans us perfectly. We only need to be like this woman and come to God with this broken heart and offer him our sins. Isnt that an awesome offer? He also said that the power isnt us repenting.. The power comes from God because  he forgives us. I know it seems really confusing but it was a huge lightbulb moment. It goes to show that our part is nothing in comparison to the power that God has to ALWAYS forgive us and give us more grace and more love. 

It reminds me of Abraham and Isaac.  He was about to sacrifice his son.. God stopped him and HE TOOK control and blessed him. The power of the atonement, the power of his grace doesn't come from us, it comes from him.   I testify with every fiber of my being that the grace of Jesus Christ gives us the power to change. To become better. To be happier. To be more loving. To be more humble. It gives us everyhting. Grace is everything people.

Bueno this week we have a baptism!! His name is Bruno and is 15 years old. His dad is a drunk.. (like Erica) and his mom and his family live in Corrientes Argentina. Hes living here and is feeling really lonely. Hes sooo fascinated with the church and his first question for us was.. WHO IS JESUS and how can I learn more about him. I lookd at Hermana Traverso and my mouth was hanging open. This boy has so much potential. His desire to read and pray and learn blows me away. hes so excited for his baptism! We're reallllly working on his dad. We have faith that he will stop drinking. :) Bruno told us he wants to serve a mission. :) YAY!

Last thing.. When i was in Belgrano.. me and Hermana Torres had been focusing on this less active family. out of my two transfers there.. They only came to church ONCE. We felt sooo strong that this family needed to return to the church and receive its blessings. AND THURSDAY I RAN INTO A MEMBER FROM BLEGRANO AND SHE TOLD ME THEY ARE GETTING SEALED IN  THE TEMPLE IN JANUARY! Wow. All of those lessons paid off! I feel so happy that I can be a little part of that!

update on Antonio.. . He baptized one of the elders converts and he had to redo it 5 times. HAHAHAHAA. HE got sooo nervious and nobody taught him how to do it. He just keep dunking the poor guy in the water. hahahahahahha. what an amazing soul :)

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well i love you!! MUAH! Carry on!

hermama terrry