¡Hola Everyone!
This week was all about Antonela. Antonela is 24 years old and has two little girls. One lives in Argentina with her mom because Antonela had her when she was like 16 or something. Venus is 1 and is the cutest thing known to man!!! Well the reason this week is all about Antonela is because SHE IS GETTING BAPTIZED!!!!!! We are super excited. We found her by obsolute miracle and now it is a miracle she is getting baptized. So we found her when she was staying in the house of her sister Paola who is a member and we were picking Paola and her kids up for church and well Antonela was there because her boyfriend was super drunk and went crazy. Well we invited her to church and she came and was super happy to come. We later set up an appointment with her and then realized who she was and that she has been taught by the missionaries for over two years and has never wanted to get baptized. Our first visit with her we found out that when she is in Argentina and other places in Paraguay that she likes to go to church when she is feeling a little down and she has come to our ward like 5 times already. We were excited until we read her old register and it said that she was super receptive and really enjoyed learning from the missionaries but when it came down to it she did NOT want to get baptized. Well we decided to approach her from a little bit of a different angle and try to help her teach herself and help herslef realize why she needs to get baptized. Well last week we asked her to be baptized and set a date for the 17th of September and she was quite hesitant. saying "that is really fast, and too soon, and I don´t think I´m ready" We were nervous about that answer. Well we didn´t see her all weekend, except for church, and didn´t really get to talk to her until Wednesday. Well we get there Wednesday and she tells us that she has been praying and she is really excited to be baptized on the17th and knows that she is ready to be baptized. We were so so so so excited, like me and Hermana Knapp walked out of that lesson freaking out about it and really excited. Then we realized that we had to teach her the Law of Chastity and ask her to be married. Well we taught her the next day and she said she would talk to him and see but she didn´t know if he would agree. Well she talked to him and on Saturday we stopped by her hosue and she said that he wouldn´t give her an answer. We were kind of freaking out, like a lot!! Well we prayed really hard all that day and that night. We stopped by Antonela´s house Sunday morning to walk with her to church and as we are walking she says "hey I have some news for you guys . . . . he said YES!!!!!!!" Both me and Hermana Knapp were on the verge of crying and we were just so so so excited. We jumped up and down and everything, it was quite mature of us. But man the lord sure does answer our prayers, And like it says in 1 Nephi when the Lord commands something and when we are willing to follow that commandment he will prepare a way. Well the Lord definitely prepared a way for Antonela and we are really are grateful and excited about it!!! So we have a wedding and a baptism to plan this week and we are excited. We are having her wedding Saturday at 5 and her Baptism at 6 and we are super super super excited!!!!
The rest of this week has been pretty normal. A lot of appointments a lot of them falling, finding new people, and the usual adventures. Me and my companion have become really good friends and we have a lot of fun together. The language is slow but it is coming. I´m getting more and more comfortable with trying to share experiences and trying to teach and I´m getting better, i¨m not super great but I´m get better.
I´m sending some pictures of one of the less active families we are working with. I only have a picture of the mom, Estella, and one of her sons, Manuel (he is autistic). Hermano Gauna and Ezekiel were sick and sleeping when we were there so we didn´t get pictures of them. But we love the Familia Gauna and they just make me happy!!! They are trying to prepare to go to the temple as a family but we are having a little bit of a hard time getting Hermano Gauna to church but we are wroking on it and hopefully he will start coming because I would love for them to go through the temple!!!
Well that is about it this week. I hope everyone is doing well!!!
Love
Hermana Hubbard
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