I'll Go Where You Want Me to Go: ONE YEAR!

What a wonderful week! I can't even get my thoughts straight because this week has been so full of so many great things!

On September 7th, I hit my ONE YEAR MARK! Holy smokes! It was a really great day. One of the sweet families in our ward invited us over to celebrate their son's birthday and to celebrate my year mark. I am so grateful for the past year and for all of the blessings I have received from a Heavenly Father who loves me and gets me from where I am to where I need to be by giving me challenges. I have met so many amazing people and have been able to bring others closer to Christ by sharing His gospel.

This story will get ya. We went to help Guillermo, Carlos, Diego, and Ever get to church, and on our way we stopped at Mauricio's. A few days before, we had a really frustrating conversation with him. Tobacco is ready to be harvested, so a lot of people are working overtime. It pays well, but the work includes Sundays. And if they don't work Sundays, their pay gets significantly decreased. Well, Mauricio told us that he was basically choosing work over church for the next few months because he needs money. We had a heart to heart with him, but he wasn't budging. He didn't even care to pray with us before we left, so we shook his hand and went home feeling pretty defeated. We knocked twice and on the second knock we heard his voice on the other side of the door. He asked who it was. "Las hermanas" in a somewhat perturbed voice. When he opened the door, he was standing in front of us in his white shirt and tie! We asked if he was coming to church, and he said yes! When I asked him if he had work, ad he said "I could've, but I didn't want to." I almost started crying! We were so happy! He made a huge sacrifice to come to church, and I am so grateful for his example of true sacrifice for God.

Wow. Yesterday we had the opportunity to hear from Elder Clayton who spoke in the April 2017 General Conference. He spoke to us about how we can help people come unto Christ by teaching them from Christ's words, how repentance is a joyful choice, and how we can be better leaders by being more accountable. We heard for Elder Taylor who served as a mission president for the Texas Dallas Mission. Their wives spoke to us as well and bore powerful testimonies of the Book of Mormon, of Joseph Smith, and of the doctrine of Christ.

"There in the Garden of Gethsemane, He began to pay the price for our sins and our sicknesses, our pains and our infirmities. Because He did, we will never be alone in the those infirmities if we choose to walk with Him." -Elder Clayton

I love this gospel. I know Jesus Christ lives. He is the Savior of the world. I know I have a Heavenly Father who loves me perfectly and knows me personally. I know that the Book of Mormon is God's word and that Joseph Smith translated it by the power of God. I know that families are eternal, and I know through Jesus Christ, all things are possible.

💕 & 🐴
Hermana Boyson