The work is hard, but the blessings are rich.

The following e-mail was received on September 12, 2011:

 This week was interesting. It went by pretty well. We taught and found a good amount of people. We also had many miracles happen. One of these miracles was a reference that just dropped out of the sky...well...the mission secretaries gave it to us. This person lives way at the end of our area. Her name is Jessica, and she´s the only person we are teaching out there. We went to her house expecting it to be just another lesson like the rest of the day. When we sat down, she said that she already knew that all these things were true and she already read half of the Book of Mormon! She wants to be baptized already. She just has to go to church a few times and she can. 

Also this week we were having problems teaching Gilberto. He´s a really cool guy, and we´ve been teaching him for a while. He always said he would go to church, but he never did. And he was rarely home. We also had problems with a couple, Michelle and Manuel. They live together but are not married. Michelle wants to be baptized and Manuel wanted nothing to do with it. Sadly they decided to split up because of some reasons...My companion and I did a fast from Saturday to Sunday for these people. On Sunday, Gilberto went to church and he liked it! We also had several others come. Michelle then told us that Manuel wanted to know more about the church. After church we went to their house and had a talk with him. He said that he wanted to change and that he wanted to keep their family together. He also really wants to hear what we have to teach. This really strenghtened my testimony in fasting. I know that miracles can happen because of it. I´ve seen it with my own eyes. 

 

The work is hard, but the blessings are rich. I know that God lives. He watches over us and helps us when we show our willingness to obey. Love you all and have a good week!

-Elder Castagno