Elder Zachary Snow

Elder Zachary Snow

Monday, August 6, 2012

I Have Loved These Two Years - August 6, 2012


Minga Guazu

Sister Lesme, President Espinola, Elder Barrios, Erika & Elder Snow

Minga Guazu

Minga Guazu

Elder Barrios, President Espinola, Elder Snow & Elder Marecos

Minga Guazu

Minga Guazu

Minga Guazu

Minga Guazu

Minga Guazu
Minga Guazu

Minga Guazu
 Dear Snow Family,
Thanks for the great letter this week. I get the feeling that you are a lot more trunky than I am haha.

It has been a great week. We have worked really hard this week and have felt the blessings of the Lord. It has been kind of a crazy week to be honest. The Visas for Elder Barrios and Elder Marecos to go to Mexico finally went through, so they will be leaving in the change with me as well. On Thursday they had to go to Asunción to sign for their visas so I spent the day with Elder Bulkley, the companion of elder Marecos. We had a great day. Elder Bulkley was in my zone while I was in Costa Bonita. I had done divisions with him before when we was realllly new in the mission. He has really progressed a lot. I learned a lot from him. He has a special talent of listening to the Spirit. I have really come to love him.

Dad asked about Nestor, I believe. Yesterday he didn´t make it to church again so he won´t be getting baptized this week.

So then Elder Barrios and Elder Marecos came back on Friday and we kept working like normal. It seems like there will only be 1 companionship in Minga Guazú next change so I think that our area will be combined with Elder Bulkley´s area. So we also had to update the area book a lot and get things ready in case that happens.

Yesterday in church was such a miracle. The Lesme family, Osvaldo and Marisela (a part member family that we´ve been working with for a while), and Valentina were able to make it to church. The Lord really blessed us. It was great for them to be there because the fast and testimony meeting was so powerful.

During sacrament meeting I was asked to direct the hymns. For the sacramental hymn we sang ¨I know that my Redeemer Lives.¨ I thought back to the story dad told me of the baptismal service in which they sang that hymn. As we sang, the Spirit was so strong. Looking at the members, I could feel such a strong love for them.

After the hymn I sat down with my companion and they blessed the sacrament. Hearing the sacramental prayers, reflecting on my mission I started to cry a little bit. The Lord has really blessed me with so many tender mercies. I am so grateful for the sacrament and for my mission as well. I could feel that the Lord was happy with my mission service.

The first to bear a testimony was President Espínola, our branch president. He bore a powerful testimony that this is the work of the Lord. He directed his testimony a little bit to the Lesme family. He is relatives with the Lesmes and played a huge part in their conversion. He shared that part of his patriarchal blessing states that he would be the means of helping many of his relatives in the church. I felt so honored to have been able to teach the Lesmes and to help them come closer to Christ. I received such a sure witness of the purpose of our work as missionaries, to help families become eternal.

Several other testimonies were also very powerful. Because Elder Marecos, Elder Barios, and I all knew that it would be our last Sunday there and that this week we will be leaving, we wanted to bear our testimonies. I bore my testimony and felt the Spirit so strongly. I cried like a little girl, haha.

I feel truly blessed to have served here in Minga Guazú. I feel so blessed from the Lord for all of the miracles that he has allowed me to witness while here in the mission. I have loved these two years.

I love you all very much. I am excited to see you as well. I hope that your flight goes well and that we can have a great experience here together.

Love you all!

Elder Snow

1 comment:

  1. We will miss you BEST ELDER EVER!!! :O (Abel Calderon) Never got your last letter...but anyway...you know you've changed my life and i will never forget about it...i think i will never meet anybody like you...i wish all all the hapiness for you!!!!!!! i dont know how explain anymore..just wish the best

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