The Church is True and the Work Continues!

HOLA MEJOR FAMILIA DEL MUNDO! Well.......well......well.....uh? Something to say.....Thanks for the cinnamon roll recipe! I am super duper excited to make them even though it will probably be next P-Day cause today we are going to play fùtbol or soccer. It reminds me of the lunch that we had yesterday after church. It was really yummy cause the member that cooked for us, cooks for her actual job. It had to be the best bread I have ever had here in Guay and it was homemade! This week went pretty good...almost normal. We found a new family that was entirely by the spirit. We had a charla with a lady one day at her door and she wasn't really receptive but she said one day we could come back. We went back about three days later and knocked but she didn't answer, but the neighbor came out and she asked who had sent us and if we were looking for her. I said it kind of like a joke but it was actually true that God had sent us(thinking she was mad that we showed up). She explained that she was an ``ex-member`` or a less active member of the church but that her husband recently passed away. She said she wanted to go back to church and that she had a son who is twelve and isn't baptized(and he wants to be). We are going back to them this week and we will see what happens. We also found a less active family who hasn't been in 6 years and went back to visit them. They got everything robbed from them about 3 years ago and don't even have their books. They wanted a copy of the Book of Mormon to start reading again. We invited them to come back to church and to one day be able to be sealed in the temple. The spirit was really strong and they were all crying. These are definitely the experiences that make the mission worth it! Then we had to run back home cause it was dark and the area is kind of sketchy(pero no pasaba nada). I am glad to hear that everyone is doing well at home and finishing another year of school....CRAZY! I hope that you all finish well and continue to learn and grow even during summer. Behave yourselves and always remember the great feeling of satisfaction that comes from hard work. I know that this church is true and that this is the Lords work. I know that we can only be instruments in His hands by following the promptings of the spirit. I know that the Book of Mormon is true and is equally the word of God, written by inspired prophets here in the Americas. I know that we become closer to our Heavenly Father and better disciples of Christ and we read and apply it daily to our lives. I know that the Savior lives and all the we will ever do and become is only possible because of Him and His atoning sacrifice. I know that families can be together forever through ordinances in the temple. I don't really know what its like to have the temple to close cause we never go....but I guess its nice. I am so excited to have one 5 MINUTES from my house when I get back! I love and miss you all so much. I pray for you daily and always want whats best for you! I know that this is the gospel and keeping the commandments. I know that as we renew our covenants every Sunday with the sacrament we prepare ourselves to live with God. Until next week! CON MUCHO AMOR Elder Bowden