Caught in the rain AGAIN!!! with Hermanas Miller and Driesel
7/29/13
Hola Familia!
Has it seriously already been a
week? I'm pretty sure days are just missing from my calendar... well anyway.
Here I am and what a great week it has been!
So starting back at last Monday, we
had a noche de Hogar at the houses of one of our members and they were inviting
their brothers family, who aren't members. We were super excited! We initially
were thinking that of course we will teach the first discussion, with the movie
and all and yeah. Well, as we were planning it just didn't feel right; that it
wasn't what that family needed. So we prayed really hard trying to figure out
what we could teach that would help them that day. We ended up talking about
the importance of building a foundation of Christ in the home and how we do
that. We even had a fun activity where one team was building a cup tower on the
flat ground and one on a stack of pillows. It was great to just talk about how
we can establish that firm foundation, and why it is so important so that our
families cannot fall (Helaman 5:12). The night went really great and the
members bore really strong testimony of how different their family is from
before their conversion to now. After the other family left we were talking to
the members they were just so happy with how it went. The other family had had
some encounters that had just thrown the Restoration at them, and they didn't
really have a good experience, so they said that it was great to establish the
why, before the how. I am just grateful that we have the help of the Lord so
that we can really teach to the needs of the people, and do the things that
will help them!
Also, this past week we have been
doing a lot of finding! Most of it has actually just been walking down the
street to our next appointment, giving out passalong cards, and having people
ask to hear more! But on Thursday we were knocking doors and there was a man
that answered. We talked to him about our purpose and he said that he has a thirteen
year old daughter that he would love to be a good example to, so we set up a
time to come back on Sunday morning and teach. Well... Sunday rolls around and
we were running a little late from another appointment. When we knocked on his
door and he said, "oh sorry that was me just calling you, you were late so
I didn't think you were coming!". OKay... how cool. He actually
remembered, which is awesome! Then he told us how he didn't go out with his
friends the night before because he didn't want to be... not all there... for
our appointment! So the influence of the Gospel is already changing him! Well,
we walked over to the little park that is in the middle of the apartment
complex, because we can't go in, and we started teaching the Restoration and
for him it all just seemed to be clicking. He even said, "so Jose Smith
was chosen by God, he didn't choose himself, that's really important!".
When we talked about el Libro de Mormon and gave him his own copy, he asked us
to put our names and the date inside, because this was a big moment for his life.
He even said that he felt prepared to receive it. If that isn't a prepared
person, I don't know what is! (Well, Elisa definitely was… but anyway.) It is
just so cool how we have the chance to find some of these tens of thousands
that the Lord has prepared in the Houston area. I am so grateful for the
spirit, and that we are just instruments to carry out this marvelous work and
wonder!
My new companions and I are getting
along so well, and we learn so much from each other every day! I am so happy to
be blessed to have such diligent and obedient companions who are so dedicated
and ready to do the work!! Hermana Miller is the funniest girl I know, and she
is such a bold testifier! and Hermana Driesel has the biggest heart.. ever. I
love it! I know companionships are definitely inspired.
Well, now that we have 3 to use 2
computers, time is shorter, so I think that's all for now! But I love you so
much! I know that this Church is God's kingdom on the earth, and that obedience
to the law is liberty! I love in Hebrews 11 when it says that faith is the
evidence of things not seen. How true is that? We can't see many of these great
things, but what is the evidence of them? Our faith!! Therefore, reemplace
miedo con fe. LA VIDA ES BONITA! :)
les quiero,
Hermana Draper
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