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I love mangos! :D They`re in season right now, and while they`re good green, they`re even better ripe!

Dear family and friends,

Life is good. God is real. Sometimes there are times in our lives when the only thing really keeping us going is our faith. Our faith that God knows what we need. Our faith that everything that happens has a lesson attached to it, and invites us to learn and grow. Our faith that the blessings for our obedience will come, even though they`re not always immediate.

This week my companion and I saw many `tender mercies of the Lord` (see 1 Nefi 1:20). As one of the apostles once explained, tender mercies are moments orchestrated by God that just let you know He is there, and He loves you. They give us hope in moments of trial and strength in moments of doubt.

Allow me to share some moments of the week with you:

1. We received a new investigator that the other hermanas misioneras had been teaching until she moved out of their area and into ours. She is very positive and accepted a date for baptism! It was a real miracle because lately many of the people we`ve invited to be baptized don`t want to make the commitment.

2. We went visiting with an hermana we`ve never gone out with before. She brought her 4 year old son, who is VERY active and extremely hilarious. At one point in the afternoon, he was running ahead of us toward the street where sometimes pass cars, and his mother was calling him to come back. He didn`t obey... until a man painted as a clown suddenly came around the corner and spread his arms out, mimicking Guillermo (who had his little arms outstretched as if he were an airplane). Guillermo skidded to a stop, flipped around and started running back toward us with a panicked look on his face. Hna Infanzon and I were dying laughing. It was the very LAST thing any of us expected to happen. haha

3. One of my recent converts bore her testimony in sacrament meeting yesterday! I was really nervous she wouldn`t have the chance because she went up to the stand as the bishop was sharing his testimony, and normally when the bishop shares his testimony it`s the signal to all the members that their time to share is over, and the meeting is about to end. But recent converts don`t understand things like that, and I said a silent prayer that the obispado would allow Rosa to share her testimony even though it was outside the norm to do so. They did! And after Rosa got up an investigator of the other hermanas misioneras to share his own powerful testimony. It was one of the best fast and testimony meetings I`ve ever attended. :)

I know God is real. He is our loving Heavenly Father. He knows exactly what we need to progess, and sometimes the best teachers are not the easy ones. We just have to keep enduring, keep working, and keep looking forward with faith and hope. If your spiritual batteries need a recharge, spend a little extra time in the Book of Mormon. It is a POWERFUL book.

I love you!

Hermana Henrie