email because they are such an accurate depiction of the events that
took place this week!
Holy mackerel I found a Lindor Truffle the size of my HEAD this week!
(See end of this email for picture...) of course I bought it because
as 99.9% of you know I LOVE LINDOR TRUFFLES! It is actually a bowl
inside that wrapper with 40 normal sized chocolates, but it was still
heaven! Also... I ate the whole thing pretty much by myself this week.
#BestChocolateEver #SpiritOfGluteny
As if that discovery wasn't enough of a miracle, we had an incredible
experience with D and The D family. Remember last week
how N promised he would come to church and that nothing would stop
him? Well he and his entire family were at church! His mom and the
three other kids all came and they absolutely loved it! His mom and I
were talking before church and she was telling me about how hard it
had been for them in the past and how strained their family
relationship had been. I asked her how she had overcome that and after
thinking about it she said, "honestly, it has been since Nick has been
meeting with you guys." She said he has changed and that has made her
want to change. They both pray every night and sometimes they even
pray altogether as a family!
The next miracle definitely strengthened my testimony of modern day
miracles. D is getting baptized next week! She is so excited, but
she was struggling with giving up smoking 100%. She asked for a
blessing. We had the elders and a ward member go over, but we had
another appointment so we only heard from her how it went when we saw
her the following day. She just said that she had never felt anything
like that before. As soon as she said that, I felt such gratitude for
priesthood authority. I testified that she felt the power of God in
that blessing. That is exactly what the priesthood is. We checked in
with her the next day to see how she was doing and she told us she had
completely given up smoking. She felt tempted to smoke one, but as
soon as she picked it up she said she felt sick instantly! She is
officially smoke free! Ahhhh I am so excited for her.
In other news... I heard from the Sister Skeem who heard from the
sisters in my last area and this is the incredible update I received
from her.
Paula, the sweetest lady alive, was baptized last week and so
was Sophia! Sophia was the 9yr old girl in my favorite Colombian
family! :)
Oh and there was a man we taught who was inactive and then became
active and he was just called to serve in the bishopric! Ahhhh so many
miracles! It was such a blessing to get that update from Sister Skeem
because I was just thinking about how hard it is to not always get to
see the end result of what we do as missionaries. I don't know how to
fully explain that thought, but sometimes I just wish I could stay
with the same people my whole mission instead of moving around. It
just made me remember how much God loves me that he answered my prayer
to know that my efforts are never wasted. I love this gospel and I
love this mission!
I love you all and can't wait to see you again soon! :)
-Sister Upshaw
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