Journal Entry, 4 March 2020

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Miercoles

Deborah shines. I remember 9 days ago when I met her and asked her if she was happy. She said no. But now she shines. She has been reading the Book of Mormon (her bookmark was 130 pages in or so), and she says that she knows that it is true. She described that when she prayed she felt an emotion, and she couldn´t describe it further but simply smiled. 

Hahahha we returned to visit Gregoria, Ernan, and Elvia. Gregoria had already put out some seats and told us that she had been expecting us and wanted to make sure that they´d be ready for us. We invited Elvia to invite her daughter to join us, and she was starting to say nah, but then I just asked her, "Does your daughter like to feel peace?" Right after we heard her daughter talk on the phone and she said, "no." Everyone laughed. 

When her daughter came over she ended up with a baptismal date after talking with us the first time. She told us that her uncle invited her to baptism and when she thought about it she felt that now is her time. 

Her mom started talking about marriage between her and I and I started regretting using a metaphor about choosing a spouse for choosing a church (you need to pray about it). Hahahhaha yikes. I need to be more careful when I am around women ahhahahahah.

During my personal study I went through the points of the lesson and made a list of reasons for how I personally know that the thing is true below each point of the lesson. I was able to testify with more power today because I knew that what I taught was true and that it is the best thing that would ever happen to them. 




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