We started off the week this week doing something really
special and humbling! so there are a ton of old ladies in this little branch,
so I am in love. We went to Hna. Aguilar to help her with a few things. She is
in a wheelchair and can't see. We helped her clean a little. she also has a son
on a mission right now in Ecuador! she cant see, so we read his letter to her
and helped her respond and write an email back. it was cool to be on the other
side of a moms view, getting a missionary's email. this little lady hardly has
anything and has such a hard life, but her son is serving a mission. I love it.
he comes home in about a month so I will get to meet him! we finished our visit
with "Grand Eres Tu" (How Great Thou Art) one of my favorite hymns. I
loved every minute!
we have found some people! we have this lady named Tomasa
that we are teaching. she is the mom of a member and she is......interesting.
She is from El Salvador and loves when we come over. We invited her to be baptized
but she doesnt feel ready yet. so we are helpin her! pray for her!
Hna Castro. She is another old lady that I fell in love with
this week! She is from Mexico and is a widow. We went over and shared a little
scripture with her. After our visit, we were walking out the door and she said
"I am been craving enchiladas lately and I don't want to make them just
for me! You want to come over tomorrow and have enchiladas with me?" how
cute. so we did! during the whole dinner we talked about all of the different
mexican foods we both love. she is the best and called me her granddaughter.
yes! and we took a picture!
we did service at a retirement home!! whoooo! we played the
little keyboard that they had and another day we played bingo. dang I have
missed my old people. I just love them!
so we got this referral from the English sisters last week,
his name is Jose hes about 45 years old. we went by and met him and he told us
to come over the next day so his wife could be there! we went over with our
branch mission leader (awesome guy and so good at his calling) and Jose
answered the door so we went inside! he lives in a super nice house. we met his
wife, super nice and we sat down. we noticed that on the table there were tons
of medicines and napkins and glasses of water. after a while of getting to know
each other I felt prompted to ask him why he wanted us to come over. he said
that he needs to hear about God. And I asked him why?
He said that he thinks that God doesn't love him because he is sick and has been
sick most of his life. before this lesson in the car we practiced inviting him
to be baptized because we thought it would be like any other first lesson. but
as soon as he said that he thinks God doesn't love him, I leaned over to
Hermana Anderson and said "We are not teaching the Restoration today"
it is amazing how the Spirit prompts us and how powerful it can be sometimes.
we start talking to him about the nature of God and how we are all His children
and how He loves us so individually. Our branch mission leader talked about
prayer and asked them if they have ever prayed before and they said no. So we
taught them how to do it. My most favorite experiences on my mission are where
people are praying for the first time in their life. Jose's wife prayed for us
while it was storming outside and the peace we all felt during her prayer was
incredible. She actually started crying a little bit. We show so much humility
when we pray on our knees.
Yesterday at church, I gave a talk on how the gospel blesses
families. I shared that because my family taught me the principles of the
gospel when I was a kid, those teachings can help get my through my trials now.
I told the story of Mexico and how without the gospel and righteous habits I
had, I dont know what I would have done. After Sacrament meeting ended, a lady
came up to me and she said "that is exactly what I wanted to hear
today" tender mercy!
this week has been a super hard one. my companion doesnt
really talk so its hard for me because I get energy from other people.
hopefully we will become better friends soon! Also, just the changing to a new
area is still pretty hard. We are still getting into the groove and doing
things right. It is the refiner's fire for me right now definitely! But this
week I have grown to know Christ a lot more and I love Him a lot more. I am so
grateful and humbled to be His representative at this time in my life!
We have zone conferences this week and I am already
preparing and praying to learn more and be inspired by President Hall! He came
to our district meeting (because we are so close now) and he sat right next to
me. you can imagine how much I learned there!
love you all so much!
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my beautiful area!
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| sweet Hermana Castro. when we took the picture, I went down to her height and she tried to go up to mine and we just laughed! haha. she gave me 5 enchiladas because she thought I am super tall! |
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the most beautiful house covered with ivy!
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yep. I’m definitely in texas.
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playing the keyboard for the oldies.
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the sky is amazing and huge here!
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| sign in a trailer park "Are you ready? Christ is coming soon!" |
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