People maybe feel it's true, but don't feel like changing?

Wed Sept 23, 2009

Hello from Argentina! This week has been busy and full of lessons and contacting and the Spirit! Last Thursday was a crazy rainy day with a ton of wind. My umbrella turned inside out! haha ok that was random. Anyway. I am so grateful for the faithful members of the branch here and their willingness to help with the work. Hermano Valiente is always willing to go with us to lessons and give his testimony of the gospel and the blessings he has received from it! What a blessing. I think it helps for investigators a ton to see regular people that live the gospel in their lives and receive blessings with everything.
We taught a lesson to Maria Laura who said she doesn´t believe in God but she prayed and said she felt good, and the next time she had read 3 Ne 11, and remembered it all really well, so we went forth teaching the plan of salvation and her and her boyfriend Guillermo seemed to really understand and agree that we have to be obedient to receive blessings and be baptized in order to return to God. Then all of the sudden at the end Maria Laura said no, There is no (at least the was the gyst...i think). It was sad. We are going to go back, hopefully she can feel the Spirit and recognize and know that we truly do have a perfect Heavenly Father that loves each and every one of us.
We also taught Sylvana, who said she read and prayed and knows that its true. What a great feeling to know that someone else knows that there is a better way to live! We then taught her about temples and the blessing of being sealed to our families forever! I love sharing that. We then set up an appointment to return and teach her whole family.
What´s hard is I think a lot of people can feel that it´s true, but they maybe don´t feel like changing, or that they can´t. And that is the miracle of the Atonement that I know to be true. We can repent every day to change and be more like Jesus Christ, our Savior and perfect example.
For alittle bit, I felt like I didn´t know how to have faith for others (well of course Im still learning...) but I read a verse (I don´t remember the verses!!) But that it says we need to have charity for the people and have hope in the Atonement. So I need to love the people and know that the hope the Atonement gives is real and that it can work for them. THat and fervent prayer. I am learning SO many things. yeesh. I have so far to go. SO far. But it is the process that makes us stronger. And we can all be strong in the gospel if we want. And if we don´t want, we have to pray for the desire.
I love you all so much. The gospel is true. The priesthood is real. It is from God. The Book of Mormon is the word of God, and we will be judged by its words. So we have to study everyday! I know that Thomas S. Monson is a prophet of God.

Love Always, Hermana Carmen Dunford