Helllo family and friends! I love you all. :)
This week was great, being a very happy and exciting week. One miracle that I was thankful for was with our members. We finally were able to meet with a member that we had been wanting to meet for so long. But at the same time we were so scared to meet her, because she had kind of been treating us coldly lately. But when we went to her home this week, we were able to really talk with her and I think from now on it will be good! Yayy
Also while we are on the subject of members, there's another member that we actually met with twice this week, both unplanned. One night we were at the church, and she called us saying she was in the area and invited us to go out to eat with her. Then yesterday she wasn't able to come to church so we called her wanting to give her cookies and when we got there she fed us again! Such an awesome, fun-loving Sister. :]
As for our investigators, two of them came to church yesterday! One was the lady that came last week, and she brought 5 of her 7 children this time. We were able to make an appointment with her for this week, so we will be able to know more about her soon! It was great though because all of her kids have someone already in the ward that are their age, so they were able to make friends fast.
And the other investigator that came to church also came to a stake activity we had the night before. It's a yearly activity, where each ward prepares a couple musical numbers. We prepared one song that our members sang, and then our President played a clip from his very favorite movie, The Sound of Music. He really does love that movie, playing music from it for every spiritual message he gives at activities. lol
Anyway, that's about all for the week. it's been pretty warm lately too, so we are all happy.
I was really sorry to hear about Feliza Segovia.. I wish I had been able to meet her. But I know that I, and everyone else in our family. will be able to meet her later! This life is not the end, and I know that she will be happy to see us again. :)
Glad to hear that mom and dad got back safely to home! Love you both so much. Thank you for all of your help, your testimonies, your encouragement, and your guidance. It's always what I need!
Love, Sister Christina Segovia
Interesting Fact: When you get your haircut, they usually will cut it dry, and then afterwards they shampoo. Is that a thing in the US too? I've always seen shampoo first and then cut. Anyway, I got me hair trimmed today, so that's what was on my mind.
This week our District Leader told the story of the man who saved and saved his money so he could buy a ticket for a cruise ship. When he was finally able to buy the ticket, he was unaware that all of the luxuries were included in the cost. While on the cruise, he stayed in his room, eating food that he had brought with him, and not participating in any of the activities. Everyday a crewmember would come and ask him if he would be attending the party that night, and this man said no everytime. On the last night of the cruise, the crew member wanted to know why this man never attended the parties. After finding out the man's misunderstanding, the crewmember was able to tell him that everything was already available to him!
When I think of this man, it always makes me sad how he must have felt to find out he had missed out on so much. Now, we as members of God's true church are like that crewmember. We have the knowledge of all we can do in this life and in the life after. We know our potential. And there are those out there that, while they bought the ticket to come to this world, they've no idea all of the wonderful things they could be doing. They've no idea about eternal families, or about becoming clean through Christ's Atonement. But we know! So when we see those people, don't wait until the last day to tell them what they could be doing. Imagine how happy and grateful that man would have been if the crewmember had told him the first day!
I hope that we all can "live up to our priviledges" and help others do so too.
Here's a Mormon Message about this same story:
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