We just had an amazing week!!! I am trying to think of just a few of my favorite experiences to share with you because there are too many to share. I am thinking I will tell you all about yesterday.
Church was awesome. The reason why it was so awesome is because D. and J. came!!! It was so so cool :) I left ward council early and Sister K. (a member in the ward) and I went out to go and get our investigators! I was so nervous that they weren’t really going to come. I called J. to tell him were outside, and he came out! I was shocked! I couldn’t believe it! Then we went to see D. and he came outside with his little son! I was trying so hard not to scream and jump and dance from pure joy! It was hard to read how they were liking it all while at church since everything is in English... and they don’t speak English. We translated and it went well though. D. told us afterwards that he really liked it and his son had a BLAST in the nursery! :)
Then, after church we went to this trailer park to street contact. Nobody is outside since it is so hot so we decide to knock some doors. We wanted to be guided by the spirit to a house that would listen to us. We sat there for a bit and Hna Alvarado says "lets try that house" We go over to this little blue trailer, knock the door and a man answers. And guess what!? He is interested! His wife walks behind him, sees us and comes to the door. She invites us in and gave us some water. Well, turns out that his wife is a member!!!! She stopped going when the branch got split up. She is a less active that we have been trying to find! How cool is the spirit!?
Then, we went to a return appointment that we had set up with the coolest family! I would like to tell you that the appointment went well, but it didn’t. He would not listen to us at all and I could go into more detail about it all, but I won’t. Here is the cool part. After the lesson, Hno S. started talking to us. He served a mission and I think us being out here teaching sparked something in him. He gave us SO many good ideas on how to find people and thought of several friends that he wants to start working with and share the gospel with!
We are also teaching a new family! They are just the sweetest and cutest family! We had an awesome lesson on the Restoration and things are looking great!
I love you all so much!
Random thought that I had this week about the Atonement. So, I have grown to understand more and more about the Atonement here on my mission. Something that clicked with me this week is that the Atonement is not only Christ suffering with us through our sins, infirmities and afflictions. The Atonement isn’t just about suffering and Christ being with us while we suffer. The Atonement makes things better, makes things beautiful, makes things good. The shames of our sins turn into peace. Our sadness through suffering turns to joy. Our weaknesses become strengths. The Atonement just makes everything better :)
LOVE YOU!
Our funny tan lines...
We played charades with this awesome family and the husband had to act out being
Christ so he started washing his wife's feet. Too cute :)
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