The Dream

familia mia,

I did see that car. looks sawweet. Ready to shred through the snow.

another great week here in Suba. We had zone interviews with the president this last week. Me and my companion feel so blessed to be able to work with the missionaries in our zone. There are some with little time in the mission but blow my mind con tanto poder!

Jose Cardanas, the guy I mentioned in last letter, we found out had a huge addiction to coffee. If i haven't mentioned before, or if you haven't heard before, Colombia is famous for their coffee. and they drink it way to much. rice coffee and beans. if you don't have them, your lacking something. So as a result, Jose was absolutely addicted to coffee. He had given up smoking and beer, but he found the hardest was coffee. He was one of those people that just doesn't function with out their cup of coffee in the morning. So we taught him the word of wisdom, told him that this was his stumbling block to baptism, and that salvation was at stake. That the morning cup of coffee was now his enemy. He accepted to try his best to quit, and did just that. We called him two days later and he had not drank at all. the best. He's pumped for his baptism.

Anderson keeps coming to church with his tie and vest. He makes more inspired comments than the majority of the elders quorum. All-star.

Yesterday I went on divisions with elder sanhueza. He is one of the district leaders in our zone. super stud. He's known for working like a horse and baptizing. I was excited to go and learn from him. The whole day was just purely guided by the Spirit. Every lesson, so many inspired contacts that we made. The last appointment was my favorite.

We went to a noche de hogar (family home evening) with a mom and her three kids. Before we went to go pick up the sister, that referred them and is fellowshiping them, She works as a seamstress, and at the door of her store she has a handful of pamphlets and books of mormon. So I was already a big fan. In the noche de hogar we talked about the need to be baptized and follow the gospel, like it tells us in 2 nefi 31. Erica, the investigator, is super excited for the changes in her life that will come as result from being baptized. She told us that during lunch that day, she was talking with her kids about the great blessings they are going to receive if they stay faithful. She then told us about a dream she had a couple days ago. It reminded me of Lehi's dream.

She told us that she found herself on one side of a ragging river, and on the other side was the sister that had introduced her to the church. She wanted to cross the river but she was afraid because of the rapids. But then another member came by and helped her cross it and when they entered, the waters calmed and they were able to get to the other side. she found a bunch of members in a house and when she opened the door she found them all dressed in white and they offered her a plate of food to eat.

It made me think about how the people who receive the gospel with all their heart really feel about the people that bring it to them. They see them as angels, as life savers, they see them how Isaiah saw them,

''How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!''

This member later testified to Erica and her kids about how if they keep trying to follow the gospel a live better lives, their dad, who doesn't like to listen to the missionaries, we see the difference in them and will want to learn more about the church. Erica got super excited and in that moment i saw her as she really was, a humble, truly repented women, with a extraordinary faith that just wants to do what the Lord asks of her.

I felt so privileged to see what i saw and feel what i felt.

Thanks so much for all that you do for me.

My time in suba i feel is running up, i have to keep making the best of it.

I love you.

e. adams