Goodmorning
friends and family! Warm greetings from sunny Dominican Republic! I hope your
all well and have found peace in your lives. I also hope many of your were able
to return to some of the conference talks and been able to really think about
what our Heavenly Father wants us to know and do. I know my answers have been
answered from their words.
This
week was yet just another loop on this Rollercoaster of a mission! Lots of
successes and lots of stresses of our coming days. The Lord has been able to
place yet another sould on date for us and Rene will be baptized with Livona on
November 12! Please keep them both in your prayers! Our other friend Junior has
a baptismal date for the 22nd of this month and he can use many prayers as
well!
I've
never thought to add a segment about the lives of the people here but I'd like
to describe the home of a kind and loving member who is helping us translate as
we teach hatian people. Her name is Celestine. She has one, one year old boy,
who already knows how to walk and get around the very small home. This home
consists of one room. This room accommodates, a table to place a small
campstove, and a small bucket of dishes that are washed outside her home with
unclean water. This room then accommodates enough room to fit a twin bed
keeping all her clothes under the sheets or under the bed because she has no
room for it anywhere else in the small wooden, tin roofed home. Celestine gets
by off of neighbors to take care of her child while she goes to work doing her
best to speak a second language she still struggles with. Celestine is a very
special person in my heart. Her and many more just like her in that same
situation have softened my heart and helped me be grateful for the many
blessings I have. One thing that is never easy to forget is the heart that
Celestine has. She is the most patient, faithful, loving, and most willing
person I've come to know.
I'll
let you all take what you feel from that story and want to let you all know how
much love and concern I have for each of you. I love you all so much.
Elder
Jorgensen
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