Tuesday we met am awesome family of 4 and I was on cloud nine after our first lesson with them! I was so confident and excited and sure that this family was going to accept the gospel whole heartedly. So we scedule our next appointment with them and the day comes around, and we get to their house for our second lesson. As we clap at the gate the dad comes out and says that this gospel just is not for them. Meu coração. I realized that nothing I can do or say will take away the fact that everyone has the ability to chose for themselves. PLUS. Heavenly Father has a plan for that family and maybe they will come to accept His gospel at a later time! It will all work out in the end, and its okay if I dont know how or when.
Also, had my first lesson where we sat on the concrete of a garage. My leg was soo asleep afterwards that I was literally stumbling on the way out. Yikes. But it doesnt matter where you are, the message is still the same and the gospel changes lives!
We had lunch at a members house yesterday, Irmã Edunilza, and she just started crying. She started telling us about what her family is going through, and I truly felt the love that Heavenly Father has for her and her family. I shared an experience and I realized that wow, everyone has hard times and trials and difficulties and the atonement and gospel is the answer to every heart ahce!! I am not kidding, no matter what it is that you are going through you can be comforted. That doesnt mean that things will work out the way you want, or that situations will necessarily change. But you have the ability to choose how you react to everything, and you can choose to be happy regardless! Also, always be nice and reach out to those around you!
So keep praying and searching and reading and doing the things you already know you need to do! I am so grateful for all of you and the influence you have each had in my life.
Have a great week!
Sister Albertoni
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