Sunday was
the best day ever. Daniella was baptized!!!!! ahhhhhhhhhh. I can't even
talk about it. It was one of the best days of my life. I will never
forget it ever! She had such a hard week. I told her the Saturday before
that Satan was not happy with her decision in following Christ and to
just be prepared that if anything out of the ordinary happened to not be
discouraged and to keep being faithful. Ha, well that was seriously an
understatement!!! That night her ex came over under the influence and
just burst in and passed out on the floor and when he came to, he just
got up and left. Ughhh. So when Sunday morning came around, I had this
strong feeling to call her and when she didn't answer, I freaked. We got
to church and she wasn't there. I was like oh no, this isn't good! So
after church we head straight over and she just started bawling when she
opened the door. I was like oh my gosh, what is going on?? She told us
what happened and we just tried to comfort her that Satan knew how
strong she was and was going to really try to take her down this week,
and he knew exactly how to do it! We promised we would visit her every
day that week just to make sure she was okay. Welp, good thing that we
did... On Monday, her daughter was attacked by some girl at school, and
then her mom literally tried to fight Daniella #nbd, then on Tuesday she
lost her keys and couldn't go to work, Wednesday her middle daughter
got food poisoning, on Thursday she had to go back to her oldest
daughters school because the girl tried to fight her daughter again, and
on Friday.... she was fired from her job. -___- Oh man. We got the
call as we were headed back home from a sealing at the temple, and we
were like this cannot be happening. Literally the worst week ever. We
got to her house and she was just totally totally defeated. I mean, I
almost wanted to throw up a white flag, like seriously Satan, can't you
just give a girl a break?? We had the Elders come by and give her a
blessing of comfort, and the relief society president came over too. We
all just tried to comfort her and help her build the strength to carry
on. She is such an amazing person. I was so scared that all of these
trials would make her change her mind, but instead they made her
stronger! That's how we knew she was golden! She recognized that these
were just minor trials compared to huge blessings she would receive
through making covenants with her Heavenly Father. She's seriously
unreal. Well Sunday came along, and my sweet Daniella entered the waters
of baptism and started her new life. It was such a sweet and special
day. There are soooo many people that love her and supported her, mainly
missionaries. As you'll see below, there were like 20 missionaries at
one baptism. She's definitely well loved.
We have another baptism this Sunday!! Hopefully all goes well. Please pray for my investigators!!!
Pre-bap weeks can be pretty intense as you can see. lol One thing I have
really learned as a missionary is how REAL the adversary is. He is
real, and he is mean. He hates seeing others find true and everlasting
happiness. It's pretty annoying!! lol But seriously, he is real and I
will never let him win. Always remember what team you're on and who you
are trying to please. This week we had our Zone Conference and the main
topic was Who are you trying to please? Man or God? Pretty intense.
Remember your covenants, and why you have been so blessed, and who has
blessed you. Remember to always choose to please God instead of man. He
will never leave you or fail you. All you need to do is keep His
commandments and trust in Him!
I love you all and hope you are happy! Thank you for keeping me in your prayers. I definitely feel them!!!
Les amo con todo mi corazon!
XOXOXOX
Hermana Carbajal
p.s. my mailbox still works fyi.com ;)
10221 Centrepark Dr #926
Houston, Tx 77043
This is us with our newest convert! Yayyy!
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