Querido familia y amigos,
The big news of the week! Darianna None Silverio was baptized. Dariana is a beautiful, quiet, young
lady from the Dominican Republic.
She has been studying with our diligent young Elders Bromley and Bown
(from Brigham City, by the way) for the past 2 months. She has been earnestly studying the
doctrines and reading the Book of Mormon.
We introduced both her and her sister to the Seminary home-study program
and they have been so determined to complete the lessons for the New Testament.
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| Happy Day, Dariana's Baptism |
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| Happy Missionaries! Dariana with Elders Bromley and Bown |
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| The Andorra Branch Family at Poolside |
There is something very sacred about a baptismal service that touches that hearts of all who attend! Yesterday, after the service the members just wanted to linger and not leave that profound spirit. Afterwards we retired to the church for a bit of a celebration for Dariana…rejoicing together about her choice to follow Jesus Christ.
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| Celebrating Together |
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| Pizza enjoyed by all! |
Now there was one problem with the baptism. When we contacted the local swimming
pool to reserve it for the baptism, they could not accommodate use due to swimming
competitions so that left us in a pickle.
It’s not like we can go out into the river and break up the ice, so a
frenzied search started to find a font.
Elder Fowers with Raul, first counselor in the branch,and the missionaries went to several facilities including
hotels in Le Seu proper, but to no avail. They stopped and said a prayer to guide them. After being turned down by 3 hotels they had one possibility left: Hotel Dolcet located just out of town in the tiny community of Alas. Again they stopped and said a second prayer. After
talking to the owner and explaining our need, he was most accommodating to our request. He showed them the perfect little
pool (font), so arrangements were quickly made for our Saturday baptism! Indeed a tender mercy was given. While there we discovered that there was a four-star restaurant associated with the hotel so we stopped to enjoy a beautiful lunch together!
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| Our little miracle font! |
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| Four-star Lunch |
Earlier in week, the Hermana’s from Lleida (two hours away)
asked us if we be willing to show them around Andorra on their preparation
day. We gladly agreed, but little
did we know it was going to be the biggest snow day of the year. Up to this point, they had received no more
than a skiff of snow even though it has been bitter cold. But as we drove into Andorra last
Monday it was a winter wonderland of snow. There was about 18 inches on the level so it really limited
our ability to get around in our tiny car. However, we had a glorious day in the snow!
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| Glorious snow on our favorite bridge. |
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| Hermanas Stahl and Stostich |
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| Quiet Beauty |
Sewing, daily sewing…I have been humming that hymn everyday
this week as I worked to repairing slacks and tailoring suits for the
Elders. One of the Elders had lost
a lot of weight since he came on his mission, and his pants were hanging on
him. The other Elder was the
opposite, he needed his pants let out.
When they found out that I could sew, they borrowed an old Singer sewing
machine from one of the sisters in our branch and the pants haven’t stopped
coming. I have already tailored 6
pair plus a suit jacket and have 5 more to do during the coming week. Last night, at the branch gathering,
the Elders were bragging up my work, so a branch member asked if I could help
him. He brought me two suits to
church today. Maybe I should hang out a shingle…Free Tailoring in
exchange for listening to our message of Jesus Christ.
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| Mending slacks with a mouthful of pins! |
What a blessing to be in the service of our God! I'm not so sure we are doing anything remarkable in our service, but everyday we try to reflect the love our Savior to our members and friends in the community. We are not changing the world, but perhaps we are changing a few hearts.
Thanks so much for your continual love and prayers. We feel them.
Con Mucho Amor,
Elder and Hermana Fowers
Love it.....
ReplyDeletetouching one heart at a time starts a ripple through generations!
ReplyDeleteInteresting that you talked about your Baptisms . In November, the Stake baptized 20 or so new converts from the Congo and a couple other African countries that had immigrated here. Very few spoke English and there were several languages and dialects represented. It was a most marvelous event. Brother Mootry and myself arrived just after the proceedings as we were at the Stake Center (now in Mission Valley) to attend another event. And today, (Jan 22) several of those recently baptized attended Sacrament at our Ward. (new Paradise Hills Ward). Made me feel very good. s/Brother Patrick Ulrich
ReplyDeleteI am in awe of how many skills & talents you have & how it is beneficial to the missionary work. You whip up food for dozens of people at a moments notice, you tailor pants, milk cows. I have some work to do to be ready for my senior mission.
ReplyDeletePS. I forward your blog posts on to Elder Bledsoe & Elder Cullimore. They want to keep up with you two & your area.
This is great! We met the girl from the Dominican Republic when we attended that Sunday. Sad we missed the snow! We had gone to the Pyrenees to play in it, but it didn't snow until we left!
ReplyDeleteMy heart is FULL to see the joy and gifts you both are sharing with so many. I well remember my lovely wedding dress you sewed for me Luci. I have no doubt your tailoring skills are bringing many to our Savior. ^_^ MUCH LOVE & HUGS to you Both. - Beth & Mike and Boyz
ReplyDeleteThis couple is unstoppable. Brother and sister fowers.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for taking care of our son. And I am so glad that you do this blog. It helps fill in some of the gaps from Elder Bown's letters - Haha. We have some friends that will be coming through next week. I hope that they run into you.
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