Hermana Rosa Maria Garcia after our appointment
Yadira's Baptism. Carla and the girls after the baptism.
6/09/14
Hola Familia!!
What a week!! I think I say that
every week.. but really. This one? Miraculous! Remember the Sunday night
miracle from last week? Well… one of them… Well we had another awesome lesson
with him, and he just wants to be baptized. He is reading. He is praying. And
yesterday... he came to church! And he loved it. He stayed for the whole block
and was even going to stay for the fireside, but had a family thing come up so
he had to go. But church was seriously incredible. We had someone from the high
council speak, who had learned Spanish on his mission, so he wasn't super
comfortable in Spanish. He had said he had his whole talk written out word for
word, but he just felt so impressed to leave his notes aside, and bear with
him. He then gave the most incredible talk and I felt like the whole thing was
directed right at our investigator. I just kept hearing him say "si
hermano" under his breath.. probably refraining himself from standing up
and shouting amen! Then we went to gospel principles and the whole lesson was
about baptism and it answered a lot of the questions that he had had. Then we
heard from the elders that he was super interactive in priesthood, and he is
planning on coming to the baptism that they are having this Saturday to
see how it is. He is so incredibly prepared and he just wants to learn more of
the doctrine before he takes the big step. Also on Saturday we had a ward
baptism for one of the members daughters who turned eight, we had a chance to
talk with her a lot about baptism and she was so excited! We got to take
advantage of the event also and invite Carla and the girls, because they are
almost reactivated and Leslie is getting ready for baptism! They have been a
constant miracle as well. We watched "finding faith in Christ" with
them and I think it really helped the girls realized the reality of it all!
Also this past week, we were able to take Hermana Rosa Garcia out with us. She
is so incredible. She has been a member for about ten years and when she met
the hermanas, she didn't know how to read. But she followed along with them as
they read the Book of Mormon to her, and the day she received the Holy Ghost
she was able to read on her own. I'm telling you... the church is true. Well
she has such a strong testimony and so we were taking her to an appointment,
and they weren't there. So we tried another investigator, and they weren't
there. Then another… and another… and nothing! I was so sad because she was so
excited to get to share her testimony and no one was home. Then a name of an
investigator that we hadn't tried for a while popped into our head and we
headed over there. And she was leaving.. But there was another investigator that
lived on that street that wasn't really progressing, but we figured why not? It
went perfect. Seriously. The whole thing just flowed. The two hermanas just hit
it off and they related so well. The problem this investigator was mostly
having is "leaving behind the traditions of her parents".. well the
member had faced the exact same problem when she was baptized but she just
testified so boldly of the truthfulness and the impact it has had in her life.
And the eternal blessings that she will receive. God always has a perfect plan.
Sometimes it just takes us a little longer to catch on to what it is :).
Life is so so good! This is the
Lord's work. If we just show him we are willing, he will show us where he needs
us. Never forget who you are, whose you are, and just replace your fear with
faith in him! I love you all! Have a good week and happy fathers day!
los quiero,
Hermana Draper
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