I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter Sunday and had a chance to remember the whole meaning of that holiday (besides just decorating eggs and the Easter Bunny, haha).
There's an awesome video clip the church came out with on easter.mormon.org that's so powerful and is very clear on everything Christ did for each one of us. We've been sharing it with all of our members and asking them to ponder what He did for them. I know that without Jesus's sacrifice I would not be where I am today. Because of him, I can live with my family forever and my sadness, heartache, trials in my life can all be eased. My favorite part of the video is "no hay tal cosa como el fin" So there's no such thing as the end. It's true! So watch the video and you'll understand what I'm saying :)
Last P-day we went to the beach! It was not as pretty as the beaches in California, but we got to find some cool seashells and played some beach volleyball with our distrcit (pic1).
This week we had Jose's baptismal interview and he passed! He's getting baptized next week. Cristina (his recent convert wife) is so excited for him and her family. She loves the gospel and the fact that our families can be together forever. They are a golden family and we know they'll be strong members in the church. It's awesome because we never thought he would ever join the church. He used to hide in his room when Cristina was being taught! He has completely stopped drinking and smoking all on his own too.
The changes we have seen in his life is drastic. He is a whole new man. He looks so much happier and you can see the light radiating in his life. They keep saying "We know that our trials don't go away when we join the church, but life is so much better with it!" They really like us too. Sunday night we went to their son JJ's birthday party who was turning 3. It was a classic hispanic party. Tons of food and people in a small house. It was so fun. I'll send a picture later when I get it from Cristina.
Emily is doing so well. She loves this gospel and knows it's true. She wants to be baptized but just doesn't know how her parents will take the news so she hasn't talked to them about it yet. She watches mormonmessages on her own though and shows them to her friends at school though so she will get baptized! Haha. We love her.
Yesterday, because it was a holiday, we got to go to Boston!! And Cambridge-two of the coolest cities ever. In Cambridge, people are running everywhere. Running to work, school, and running for exercise. And the people on the streets look so happy with life-the feeling in that city is amazing.
We went to the temple and almost got to seem some of the Boston Marathon!!! After the temple we got to Boston when it was over but there were still some people running and signs and everything were up still (pic2). It was CRAZY packed there. Tons of people. Tons of traffic. Tons of cops. Tons of runners. And the weather was 68 perfect degrees. After wandering around we headed to the Cambridge church building where tons of missionaries were playing soccer, basketball, and just talking. I met so many new people it was really fun. I hope I serve in Boston one day-it's so beautiful there.
Ok-sorry for the long emails! There's so much that happens each week and I want to tell everyone everything that happens! To end this email I want to share you how my companion wakes up in the morning. Flipped around to the other side of the bed! She will kill me for sending this to everyone...oh well. (pic 3) Hope it makes your day a little brighter :)
Love you all!
Hna Suth
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