Hello everyone!
This is a wonderful story about a family we met this last week.
We saw two men working on a car so we went over and introduced ourselves and talked with them about the eternal nature of families and marriage. One of them was really nice but not that interested and his friend stayed pretty quiet the whole time.
The family took off in their car, but the friend (Baudelio) stayed and after a few moments of awkward silence said "would you please come in and teach my family?" We said "of course!" What followed was one of the most sincere and sweet lessons about prayer I have seen. It was so simple as we discussed our relationship with Heavenly Father, the blessings of prayer, and how to say one. At the end, we invited the family to kneel with us and pray. We kneeled and the father explained he was nervous but he wanted to try later. The mom suggested that we say it. I said "of course we will, and then following our example, you can say it sister." She agreed and she then said one of the most sincere and simple prayers. The spirit was so present and that sweet family expressed how grateful they were for their knowledge of how to pray. We challenged them to pray every night as a family and that we will come back in one week.
The gospel of Jesus Christ is so simple and pure. I'm grateful for the profound impact it has had on my life, and on the lives of those I love and teach.
There are other pictures included of various people we teach and some additional pictures from last week's trip to the temple!
Love you all,
Elder C.R. Anderson
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