Blessing come after the trials of our faith 28 June 2010

I am glad the trek went well, I know what you mean about the sun, this week even though its supposed to be rainy season was incredibly hot. I got all of my tan lines back in full force. You'll have to forgive my spelling ect. in this email, the computer I'm using today is kind of nuts.

Things went better with my stomach this week, I was able to work my heart out everyday this week which was amazing. My stomach is still nuts, but we didn't eat very much with the members this week so I think that helped. Thanks for talking to the doctor and Annie, I think that this cleansing thing will really help to get back on good footing again.

This week I worked really hard and was rejected a lot. Really a lot!!! It was kind of a hard week but we had an amazing experience on Sunday. We had a meeting with the Bishop before church so we didn't have super a lot of time to go looking for investigators and people to bring to church this Sunday. One family we have been teaching promised they would come to church this Sunday, but we didn't have time to pass by their house to make sure they were up and getting ready before going to pickup a teenager we've been teaching. So I said a lot of prayers. But as we were sitting in church and they started the meeting I started to get a little nervous, they still hadn't showed up. So I started to pray, I reminded the Lord how hard I had worked all this passed week and begged him to help them come to church, and much to my joy near the end of the Sacrament they showed up. They really really liked church and said they are coming next week and the wife even said she wants to get baptized. I was reminded again this weekend that the blessings and testimony come after the trial of our faith.

We are teaching several families right now that are super positive, so things are good for now.

Mom or Grandma could you please put the name of Sarah, Miguel Jose and Ovidio in the temple, they are really having a hard time and could use some extra help.

I am glad the trek went well, sound like an experience that really helped the youth, we could use some of you guys here in Panama to plan all of this and help them out. Activities aren't really a strong point here.

Tell Olivia and Cassi and Mason that I love them and miss them.
Have fun in Utah and be safe, I'll be praying that you guys arrive safely.

All my love,
Kara