So here is all of my excitement for you!
1) Guess what....I'm getting FACEBOOK
TOMORROW!! So weird!! Anyways we will be trained tomorrow and then we will be
getting an hour of facebook cada dia! I can't believe I will be teaching
online. It's super weird! Seriously I am excited and overwhelmed because I
really don't want people to communicate with me unless it's about the gospel.
BUT I want all of you members to be online so when I teach the gospel I can
have a member present!! Yes, it's real, and seriously we get the lowest numbers
on those so seriously we love member presents! Also I will be using my own
personal account so no one freak when I am on....oh that's weird.
2) I received your lovely package and I am
so excited. I kept pulling things out, I felt like a magician. haha.....the
wizard lizard.....(well only Lauren, Carmen, and Paige will get that, but
that's ok). I loved everything in the package and will write you (family) a
letter back once I am holding all of your letters in my hand, because I don't
remember if there was anything I had to address to you.
3) So remember that song that I had you
send Mom? I played for a baptism for Hma. Abarca and Fries. I LOVE THAT SONG!
Seriously, it is beautiful. That baptism was a little emotional for me because
even though I never taught him we lived with the missionaries that did and so
every trial he went through we knew about and just seeing him there, it was
like watching a nephew (that I don't have) just grow up and follow the Lord.
4) So a miracle happened this week. Janice,
our investigator, we were totally frustrated with. We didn't feel like she
really wanted to hear our message because she loved her church so much and so
we were ready to drop her as an investigator. Well we got a call from Sister
Love (a member) who went to visit her and while she was there, Janice told her
that she wanted to be baptized. MIND BLOWN. We found out that she got that
desire after riding home with another member. Janice was complaining about this
person at church and how she knew he was doing something bad and then the
member said that it wasn't his place to judge and that he could do whatever
because Christ is the judge. Well that totally changed her heart and the second
we went into our lesson with Janice she told us that she wanted to be baptized.
She is quitting smoking this week (which she has tried to do 3 times) because
she wants to be a member. It is amazing to see what the Lord does! When we
taught her the Word of Wisdom we left her the pamphlet that talks more about
it. Well she read the whole thing and then told Sister Love that she wanted to
get a blessing. (OH MY GOSH!!! - that was my mind when I heard that). So after
church Brother Love gave her the most powerful blessing in the entire world!!!
Seriously, I felt exhausted after listening because it was that good! That man
has some serious power.
5) There have been so many times this week
where I have wanted to just fall to my knees because the Spirit is so strong in
a lesson and I can see the person changing right before my eyes. I am finally
beginning to understand how someone can totally become overwhelmed with the
Spirit. It is so cool and so sad to leave because the Spirit is there
testifying to these people and I just want to sit there and enjoy it...and the
air-conditioning.
6) So some weird service my companion did
was we kind of went shopping. Let me explain, Faires, Clint's wife had no
clothes for Sunday, literally she only had pajamas and so felt awkward in
church. Well we got the ok to take her shopping but only one of us could go. So
my companion went with a member while I went out teaching with another. Well
about 2 hours later and over 100 dollars spent (we were given that much). She
looked absolutely beautiful at church. She had confidence that I had never seen
before in her. She texted us before church asking if we could take pictures of
her and her husband because she hadn't had something that nice to wear in a
long time. It was awesome!!
7) So let me tell you about the Love
Family. I talked about Sister Love in my last letter and how great she was, but
really she is. We went to their house for dinner on Sunday knowing that it was
going to be a full house (about 3 families), well that turned into 6
families....plus Janice was there so that whole dinner...it turned into a
member present! (I promise we are not about numbers, but for member
presents...we are)
8) This weekend I received a very strong
testimony about following the rules. There was a baptism on Saturday and after
we wanted to go to Noemi's because she needed to go to church to be confirmed
(it didn't happen). Anyways the elders had told us to never go there at night,
but we had the car and the other sisters and so I felt safe. Well we drove to
her house, parked outside, and stared at her house. Well while we were staring
a man came out of the shadows and stood in front of our car. He made a drug
sign at us once we were all staring at him and starting to freak out. We wanted
to leave but he was standing in front of our car and we didn't want to kill
him. Well the second he moved over to the driver's window to get some drugs
(well so he thought) we booked it out of there so fast. Our hearts were
pounding and we were really glad that we took the car and didn't leave the car.
So that night we told the District Leader what we had done and severely
repented of what we had done. But we are safe and we will never EVER go there
again after dark. Poor Sister Fries was so scared that whole night even after
we were safe in our beds. But the church is still true!
I love you all and can't wait to talk to
you later!
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