Olá Queridos!
This week was very testing, but it ended up being very good. We had another baptism! It as a complete miracle! At lunch last week with one of the members here, Norma, we met a friend of hers that had been consistently visiting church for over a year. The first thing her friend said to us was "I will not be baptized in your church" but we didn't let that discourage us, and started to teach her about the correct mode of baptism and the Restoration. She understood and started to listen more to us, and this last Sunday she was Baptized!
We later went to Norma's home again to see how they were doing, and she told us that she has been giving lunch to the missionaries for over 16 years, and stating to tear up a little, said that few had ever marked her life as much as we had. I almost started to cry too, because she is the sweetest elderly woman and she is one of the strongest people in the ward here and she loves all of the missionaries. I was awed to think that in such a short time we were able to make such a big difference in her life and in the life of her friend Leda, whom we baptized.
It's the moments like these when I remember especially much just how much of a call from God being a missionary is. We literally worked a miracle in their lives, and I didn't even realize we were doing it. I just kept doing what I felt I should each day, and we ended up there. Leda had been taught by other missionaries too, much more experienced than me and my companion, but for some reason that the Lord knows, we were the ones she needed.
I am so grateful to be a missionary. Sometimes I begin to forget, just a little, what a difference we are making in the lives of people here. Of how valuable this work is. I think of my attitude I sometimes adopt when it gets hard that "I will give what is required." And then I remember that I wasn't called to just give the bare minimum, but in fact all that I have. I am so glad to be a missionary. I have seen this gospel change so many lives, and I somehow the Lord saw fit to put m in as part of this great work. I can't describe my joy, my gratitude, and my love for my Savior and my Heavenly Father. I can't begin to tell you how much I love these people, and of how inadequate I would be to do any of this work were it not for divine aid. I truly am so glad to be a missionary.
Well, time draws nigh! I love you all so much, don't forget it. But also don't forget that there is someone else who loves you even more than I do, and can work miracles in your lives if you let Him.
All the best!
Elder Viglione
PS: emails and letters are always greatly appreciated :)
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