It is a huge blessing to be able to serve in a branch. I love
branches and the branch in Vila Real rocks! I would come back here just
to live in this branch. The members here are solid. Yesterday we got a
reference from Família Campos. They are a family
who has not trusted the missionaries for over a year and a half.. They
finally gave two irmã a reference a few months ago but they ruined it
and this family has just struggled to do work with the missionaries.. so
yesterday was a BIG FAT miracle. It feels
so good to know the members are entrusting us with their friends. This
is really how the work is done. Through the members!!
Maria is a member of our branch and she was baptized 2 years ago
and i can promise you that i have never met anyone as incredible as
her.. When she began to take the missionary discussions her neighbors
were disgusted with her and would throw rocks at
as she was going to and from her house. (this is real Joseph Smith
times people) She said sometimes she would come home from work and her
windows would be shattered and people were messing with the outside of
her house. She told us this week when we passed
by her house that she doesn´t care that all of this is happening to her
because she knows the church is true. Maria knows that this difficult
time will pass and one day she´ll rest from all this nonsense.. How many
of you would endure this kind of pain for
what you believe?? There are so many who leave the church because of
words.. just words.. but this woman won´t leave the church for
anything.. I know Maria strengthened my testimony this week and i want
to do everything i can to continue to strengthen her
and help her stay strong in the church forever. Pray for her.
As Irmã and i had time to do contacting this week, we prayed so
hard to know where we needed to go.. We thought of this hidden city.. we
don´t know the name of it so we just call it the secret garden.. We
felt like that was where we needed to go looking
for the elect.. We arrived in the city Thursday morning and came to a
fork in the road. We said another pray to know which path to take. So
after we felt good about it we walked on the path to our left.
Afterwards we came to an apartment complex and felt,
whoa.. which one do we start with.. So we prayed again and started with
the first apartment to our left.. We started knocking.. we weren´t
getting anywhere.. no one wanted to talk to us.. But then finally
someone answered and said, we could come back another
time because she was getting ready to leave for work. I said, can we a
quick prayer with you i your door. I promise you will feel a difference
in your day. She was really hesitant and i kept pushing for it and she
finally let us up to her door. She opened
the door, we introduced ourselves and she was really kind and didn´t
seem like she was happy. Irmã and i began to testify of her worth in
this life. She said i have never been happy and i don´t think i can ever
be happy. Sad huh? Afterwards we talked about
Heavenly Father and how he wants to help her and through prayer she
will know of her worth and feel his love. We prayed with her and she
loved it and said we could come back to share our message with her. So
we returned to her house on Saturday and taught
her the Plan of Salvation. I know without any doubts that Heavenly
Father guided Irmã Palmer and i to her. She needs hope. She needs love.
She needs the gospel like right now! We left her with a bunch of reading
material and a Book of Mormon and we are going
back to visit her this week. Pray for her. Her name is Aurora. Sorry i
forgot to mention that earlier.
I know Heavenly Father is preparing us for big things to come in
the future. We can know what he expects of us through prayer, Scripture
study and through his servants.. When you are having a bad day, don´t
forget that fire you once felt when you received
an answer from god or when you felt his love. You are all of worth and
mean so much to him. Don´t doubt that! EVER! Continue with faith and
diligence. I love you all.
XOXO
Irmã Boshard
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