Can you believe it's almost been a year since I left for the mission? The time has flown so fast!! I didn't realize how fast until my mother sent me an email with pictures from my sisters recent birthday party. I remember last year thinking that her birthday was the last birthday party I would have with my family for a year and a half.
This week has shown me that prayerful goal setting leads to inspired-goal
reaching. We had great success this past week. In Preach My Gospel we are taught
that the success of a missionary is measured by their love of the people and
their ability to feel the spirit. As they obey with exactness they are promised
that they will know what the spirit would have them do. They experience success
as they teach and serve other missionaries and work diligently to build up the
ward in which they are serving.
Miracle # 1 - Frances
For quite some while the missionaries have been teaching Frances. Just
before I came to the area she was dropped because she wasn't keeping any
commitments. We decided to go see her this week because a member asked us about
her. We went to go see her and her recently born son. She welcomed us gladly. We
retaught the first lesson and the spirit was really strong. We set up another
appointment to meet with her and her husband two days later. Two days later we
stopped by and she had read the Ensign! We had a great lesson with her and
Brian, her husband, and we committed them to coming to church and to choosing a
date (For Frances, Brian was baptized a while ago but is inactive). She said she
didn't know if she could make it because of the baby.
When Sunday came we were
seated in the chapel and had already sung the opening song, almost sure that
they had decided not to come when of the sudden the door opens and in walks the
happy couple. Frances was attentive the whole time and the baby was well behaved
all throughout church.
Miracle # 2 - Progressing Member Families
Once again this week was full of member-present lessons. We are so blessed
to have great members who help us out. They are amazing.
Our ward mission leader, Hno. Garcia, and his family were especially
helpful to us this past week. After correlation Thursday night one of his
daughters told us she was bringing a non-member friend to church on Sunday and
asked us if we would talk to her after church. (A.K.A. every missionaries dream
question) Her dad spoke up for us and was like, "WELL OF COURSE! what are they
gonna say, no?"
We all laughed about it and then we went home. Then on Sunday in
walks the Garcia family with not one but TWO potential new investigators, both
of which are very interested! We split up with the Garcia girls and taught them
both after church on Sunday. Alondra (Hna. Garcia's friend) said that she wanted
to learn more and is coming to an activity Tuesday and Anky (the other friend)
said he was interested in the Book of Mormon.
I taught Anky while Hermana taught Alondra. During our lesson Hno. Garcia
asked Anky what he would do if he could touch the prints in Jesus's hands and
Anky replied, "I would give him a hug." It was so great! The spirit was so
powerful the whole lesson. We taught all of lesson one and soft-committed him to
baptism and committed him to reading the Book of Mormon.
Miracle # 3 - Everyone came to church.
Miracle # 4 - We have this investigator who has been coming to the Branch
for a while now who has been keeping the secret as to why she hasn't joined yet
and this week she finally told us why :) We are now about to help her and it's
been going really well.
Well that's all I've got time for but I would like to add this one last
note. I know that fasting brings blessings, and that fasting for a purpose
works. If you are passing through a trial in your life you can always turn
towards the Lord and He will help you overcome it.
Sincerely,
Hermana Mathis
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