Letter from 1/28/14
Dear Mom,
As far
as work goes, we finished our lesson [last week] and committed Violet and her friend Ivan to baptism. They are SO READY!! SO EXCITED!! We would have a date for Ivan and Violet, but they want to
wait for their family to be there (understandably so). So we are making
sure they continue to go to church and stay strong.
Word came in that
I will be staying again. I will admit this area is by far my hardest
and it will probably keep on getting harder but, if anything, I am happy
to be able to stay. Many things have happened in the past week. We had
dinner with the branch president and we had a pretty huge heart to
heart. We cleared the air of quite a lot that has been bothering us. So....yeah a
lot of words were said. However, once we got it all out of the way, we
told him that miscommunication was as much our fault, as well, and partly
due to our pride of not wanting or accepting help from the branch
leaders. So, we came off our high horse and in the end we both came to
the agreement that we want to better the branch and make it a baptizing
area. Dinner went very well and we all enjoyed each others' company and
left a nice spirit in the home. Ever since then, we have been working
much closer with him. There have been small miracles as we go. We have
picked up a teaching pool of 10 and are still in the work of
reactivating 5 families. We love them all and we continue to push
forward showing our faith and working hard.
I am so happy to hear that Nic is a grandma and that
Berlin is healthy and cute as a button. I pray for Jace everyday that
he will go out and serve his mission. He will become a fantastic
missionary. I will include Cydnee in my prayers and fast. My companion offered to
join as well. You have our support and more. Well Mom, tell Ralynne I say
hi. Love you Mom.
Elder Sierra
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