Giving Everything for Family

 

Alma 13:23

That same day we found out that a couple of our friends were thinking about moving. 

Back in Guatemala, Jennifer's family learned about the church were baptized. They went to the temple together and are all faithful members. She married her husband who isn't a member and he started taking the lessons. But during this time the were making the very difficult decision to leave their home and go to America to provide for their family. 

To get here they walked and rode the bus, and had to pass through some of the most dangerous areas of Mexico. They were separated for about a month along the way before meeting back together again earlier this year in Kansas City. But really that is hardly the beginning of their story. They sacrified being with their family, their home, their country, their people, and their language. 

And they did all of this to give everything back to their family. And yet along the way they made friends and found new family.

We had the best lessons with them. I remember the first lesson we had with them and I was blown away by the spirit I felt just by being with them. This all being said her husband still required a bit of convincing to progress in his conversion. Not a ton, but still, Jennifer was a really important influence. One day we were supposed to have a lesson, and while Jennifer and her husband were there, her husband stayed downstairs working on something. So instead we had just talked with Jennifer and her prayers were always the best, but this time, she prayed specifically for her husband Abel and that he would have the desire to be baptized. And while I don't remember the words she said, the spirit testified of just how strong her desire is to help her husband.

It also helped that they were from Guatemala, which has slowly become one of my favorite Southern America countries due to how many Guatemalans I taught in Sedalia. And they would tell us all about Guatemala and showed us the queztl (i'm not sure how it's spelled)

But than none of them could find work in Kansas City.  

And so after two months, they were offered a job in Denver. So they had another big decision to make. So that Friday before the baptism, we fasted with them that they would know what to do and where to go. 

And something about that conversation touched my heart in a way I didn't expect and honestly that whole situation did. Jennifer has so much faith. She has been the biggest supporter of her husband getting baptized. She would give everything for her family. 

Hermana d'Evegnée