Messi

Hey yall! 

I hope you had a great week and maybe saw Messi score the game winning goal in his first game in the US....

On Tuesday we had zone conference and it was edifying. At the end of the conference President Hollingsworth said he was going to do something he had never done before, he bore his testimony in english. He said, "God loves you, He is aware of you, and this is where the Lord wants you to be." It was powerful and I could feel God's love for me so strong in that moment. We tell people that everyday as missionaries, but it hit different when he told us that in english.

Our friend Alejandro that has addictions has gone 2 weeks without smoking nor drinking! We have been working with him for months without too much progress, however he has been to church everyweek for 3 months straight. We were about to drop him, but we decided to have another lesson. We shared the scripture when Christ asks Peter, "lovest thou these more than me?" We asked him if he loved his addictions more than Christ and asked him what he was going to do to change. He told us he was going to stop that day....he hasn't smoked nor drank since! A miracle!! Please pray for him, that he can be baptized August 5th! We also started teaching his 86 year old mom again this week. Previously, she had told us she would never come to church, she is very evangelical. But during a lesson with her this week she told us the Holy Spirit was telling her she needed to go to church to know if it was true and she came to church this week! She has a lot of questions, but keeps telling us she knows the Holy Ghost will help her know the truth! 

The family we are teaching is doing good! We taught them the commandments this week. Beatriz, the mom, has to change a couple of things in her life, but she has the desire! When we asked her if she was willing to live the commandments she responded, "I want to and I'm going to ask God to help." I trust God will help her and am excited to see her grow. They also came to church again this week! Her daughter is the cutest!

I love a talk called "An High Priest of Good Things to Come” by Elder Holland. He talks about how everyone has times when they need to know things will get better. He says, "Hold on. Keep trying. God loves you. Things will improve. Christ comes to you in His “more excellent ministry” with a future of “better promises.” He is your “high priest of good things to come." I highlighted the good things in this email, but this week has been pretty challenging for me. I feel like I am being tested and every transfer has a different lesson I have to learn. I am learning that God has a plan to help me grow. The mission has not been easy, but I am learning about my weaknesses and coming to know my Savior, because sometimes He is the only one I have. I know if we keep going and rely on our Savior during hard times, blessing will come! 

Have a great week!

Hermana Neuberger