The Miracle ice cream!!!
6/23/14
Hola Familia!
Well. What a week. Time is just...
zooming. But it's because every moment is full of miracles! Well, we also found
a new family and they are incredible! A mom, dad, a two year old and one on the
way! (Just like Deni!) How we met them is that we were going to an appointment
with an investigator, and we noticed a house behind the others that we had
never noticed before! There were two people outside working and we wanted
to stop and talk to them but we were already running late to our appointment
(shocker…) so we went on. Well, our appointment fell through and so we were
determined to go back and talk to them. But by the time we got back they were
gone! Well.. why not knock? So we knocked and they welcomed us right in and
gave us delicious cold water. We taught a brief Book of Mormon lesson and they
seemed really interested to learn more! We left them with their own copy and a
return appointment, we couldn't stop by as late as they wanted because the
hermano has work, but he said he would come home early that day just for us!
When we went back to our return appointment, he had read from the intro through
to 1 Nephi 3!! He explained it all perfectly to us, even about Joseph Smith and
Angel Moroni! We taught them the powerful first lesson and they both seemed to
really get it and the importance of a living prophet! They committed to pray to
know and to be baptized when they know! I am so grateful that we could go back
and find them! It was the perfect moment too, because the hermano normally
doesn't get home until super late, but he just happened to be off that day.
Wow. It is no coincidence that we met them at that very moment. With another
baby on the way they have been wondering how they can really raise their family
right, and so as we talked about the blessings that the restored gospel offers
families, they saw that this could be exactly what they have been looking for!
Also, the Lord just never seems to
surprise me in how he just... looks out for us. For example.. there are so many
ice cream trucks that drive around the neighborhoods.. and I always want ice
cream. But I never have cash at that moment. Well, the other day we had been
walking all day... and an ice cream truck came out of nowhere… I was so ready
to get some when I realized I didn't have any cash. Then the guy stops, and
asks if we would like some. I explained I didn't have any cash and he said not
to worry because I was working for the Lord so it was free. What? An ice cream
sandwich has never tasted so good. It's the simple things. :)
As for everyone else, they are doing
fantastic! The Mendez' are doing better than ever. We had been worried to ask
Carla if her husband knew that she was going back to church, since he was
deported, because he is the reason she went inactive in the first place. Well
we finally got the perfect chance to ask when the girls ran off to the bathroom
and she said that he actually wants to start receiving the missionaries!!
Because he is so amazed by all the things the girls are learning and how they
are progressing. We are sending the missionaries to him down in Mexico! They
are totally going to be sealed in a few years, and be an eternal family!!!
Also, Miguel. He's just great. He is
preparing to be baptized. And he is inviting everyone and their dog to learn
about the church too! That's what happens when we are becoming truly converted
and taste how sweet the fruit is! You want everyone to taste it too!
One more thing, I started the Book
of Mormon again with the Atonement in mind, and it is crazy to see that even
doing it again there are new insights, but one theme that I've loved is really
that of trust. Just trust him. It's like a best friend has to do things to gain
our trust. Well the Atonement is the biggest sign that he has earned our trust!
So we need to treat him so! I love 2 Nephi 22:2 "Behold, God is my
salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid; for the Lord Jehovah is my strength
and my song; he also has become my salvation." So what do we need to do so
that he too can "become our salvation"?
I hope you all have a wonderful day
and week! Things are huuumid here in texas but we just keep trucking on. Life
is so good. Trust in the Lord and just replace fear with faith. It's all going
to be okay. :)
los quiero,
Hermana Draper
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