Expecto Bautismos!!

March 3

So I think I may have already used this Subject line, but this week deserves it even more. Here in the good old tiny town of Senillosa where there recently hadn't been a baptism in months and months (I think about a year if the ward members remember correctly), not only have we recently had 2 new conversos, but there were 3 baptisms this last saturday, making 5 baptisms in less than 2 months! It's been miracle after miracle happening and this saturday was soo lindo! There were so many people at the baptisms and then sunday when they were all confirmed the chaple was filled with such a strong spirit.

I talked with a girl named Mercedes that is a member but that hasn't been to church in years, and it was her mom Silvia that got baptised this week, and she gave the strongest and sweetest testimony. She explained about how she got baptised at 12 years old and always went to church alone. Her mom recieved the missionaries and always loved the gosple, but wasn't willing to live some comandments in particular to be able to be baptised. And then when she started to live the gosple, she could never get baptised cause she could never asist the church meeting because of her severe anxiety of large groups of people. Well the last 2 months with the help of Priesthood blessings shes been able to overcome her anxiety and asist the church to be able to be baptised. Her daughter Mercedes, told me how she prayed and fasted so many times all those years that she went to church alone. Praying that her mom would be baptised. After about 6 years she stopped coming to church because she said she felt like her prayers werent being answerd and she didn't want to do it alone anymore. Now that Mercedes is about 27 years old her mom finally got baptised. Mercedes came to the baptism and cried because of how happy she was. She told me that she could feel all her prayers and fasting being answered in the moment that she saw her mom baptised and that she could feel that her prayers really were listened in all that time, but that she knew now that she had to wait for this time for her mom to be baptised in order to be able to help her to be able to return the church at this time in her life.

Well I probably butchered the story, cause i have a hard time writing in english and thinking in spanish, but it was such an incredible testimony that she shared. I really do know that although it may not seem that we are recieving our answers, we are being heard when we pray. The lords simply has prepared the moment preciso for when we are going to recieve each blessing and each answer. The lords time is perfect.

So i cut my hair this week... it was for a good purpose though... haha. There's a less active member that we've desperately been trying to get into her house to talk with her and she hasn't opened the door. We found her outside one day though and were able to talk with her and in order to have another oportunity to talk with her we had to ask if she could cut our hair (cause we'd heard that she hair, it was the best excuse we could think of haha). However, it was worth it cause after years of no contact with the members, she came to the baptism this week and we were able to get her to agree to a family home evening this week:) So I exchanged about 4 inches of hair for a fmily home evening haha.

Well, love you all so much!!

Hermana Ashcroft

PS- Hailey BYU smells anyways....
PSS- glad to hear I have a rockstar of a sister!
PSSS- sisters should update me on their lives. maybe...