Olá todos!! I hope everyone is doing well!! It’s been a minute!! Haha we didn’t have P-day on Monday because we get to go to the temple today!! So sorry it’s a little late!! But so many miracles this week!! Let’s dive into it!!
Well, highlight was Marie was baptized on Sunday WOOHOOOO LETS GOOOO!! Hence the name SPACE JAM because she got dunked last Sunday!!! Haha well I’m so happy for her!!! She is doing super well and loves the Book of Mormon!! She’s super happy and I just am glad I was able to be there with her on her journey!! So many miracles went into her baptism!! It was nuts because we rode the bus with her on Sunday. And she just got a bus pass so we told her to bring it! We get to the first bus… and she didn’t have her bus pass!! And for some reason the bus driver was super strict and was gonna kick her off the bus (which in Miami most of the time they don’t care). A random lady on the bus just handed her 2 bucks!! It was insane!! But we have to take 2 buses to get to church. So at the stop of the second bus, I was fully prepared to just pay for her. And this super nice lady was concerned for Marie and how she couldn’t get on this next bus! (This lady was on the first bus, another lady!!) Which in and of itself is already nuts because people here in Miami usually mind their own business and just don’t really care to talk to you! The next bus comes and we get on and same thing happens as the first. But this time that sweet concerned lady scans her bus pass and gets off the bus so Marie can ride the bus!! I almost cried!! I told the lady “I will pay for you!! Please get on!!” She insisted she will wait for the next bus and blew me a kiss. I know for a fact that the Lord was watching out for her!!! Sorry I hope that all makes sense!! It’s hard to give these miracles justice with just words!!
Something funny that happened this week was since Marie’s baptism happened so fast we had to get her baptismal interview done and we set up a time and day but she wasn’t home in time! So we called her, and she was at a Dennys… so we did her interview in a Dennys!! HAHAHA it was so funny but it worked out well!!! Everyone that was eating around Marie’s table literally got up and left as soon as they started the interview!! So crazy!!
This week was definitely a good one!! It was also a tough one!! And I truly have learned a lot about myself but also my Savior!! Something that resonated with me this week is this quote from Amy A. Wright,
“Waiting upon the Lord can be a sacred place—a place of polishing and refining where we can come to know the Savior in a deeply personal way”
At times I found myself this week just trying my best to get through some days. But as I reflected I learned more about who my Savior is to me and how I can learn to trust him more!! I can’t testify of that!!
I love you guys and I hope you have a great rest of your week!! And always remember there are good days to come!!
Tchauzinhos!!
Elder Castillo
