A wedding, a baptism, and a life lesson - Lages week 63

helllooooo! this week was one to remember! we had the wedding and baptism of Cristina and Ivonir and everything went SO well! they are the cutest fam ever. i couldn't be happier for them. be ready for a lotta pics :)

i know i've been slacking in the email department lately so this is me making up for it - this week we were teaching our investigator Jandira when she started to cry telling us about the trials she was having in her life right now. she told us she was lost and confused and didn't know why God wasn't answering her. and because naturally we as missionaries tend to make other peoples' burdens our burdens, i got home that night and said a prayer with tears in my eyes wondering why Heavenly Father wasn't guiding her. the next morning i woke up and found the answer to my prayers: freaking AGENCY! haha. "But, behold, i say unto you, that you must study it out in your mind; then you must ask me if it be right." YES, our lives would be a lot easier if He gave us a clear and simple answer to all of our questions but unfortunately/fortunately we have our ability to act for ourselves and not to be acted upon. so i started to think about those times when i wasn't receiving answers, but went with my gut feeling anyway - for example, choosing to serve a mission. looking back now i realize that going with that gut feeling wasn't by accident, but by God´s plan. "Our lives are like a chessboard, and the Lord moves us from one place to another- if we are responsive to spiritual promptings. Looking back, we can see His hand in our lives." i truly believe that there is a guiding hand in all things! so the lesson for the week is that agency is the worst/best thing but the Lord will never lead us astray. "All things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to His purpose."

thanks for all the love and support! miss you all!
sista kener








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