Dear Family,
I love the beginnings of transfers! I feel like there are always so miracles! Even though it was the beginning of my last one I felt oddly calm and peaceful inside. No twinges of regret or fear just peace and faith. I'm ready to work hard and give every little last bit of energy that I have for these last few weeks. It's funny because I hadn't even realized that we would have to get an extra 10 conversations until the new missionary orientation on Thursday, but the HUGE blessing is that on Tuesday and Wednesday we got 30 and 33 conversations:) God truly does bless us if we work diligently and show our faith! 30 conversations a day is pretty much taking everything out of me everyday, but I'm grateful for an extra little challenge:)
Another miracle! Maria an investigator that has been coming to church for the past 3 years got her birth certificate on Friday and she still hasn't drank coffee since that day after the LAE meeting at the beginning of last transfer when we committed her to stop drinking and take REAL action towards getting married! Their baby is being born on August 27 and plan to get married after that:)
Tuesday we were scrambling around for a member to go with us to visit our baptismal date, Nicholas, and Hna. Balbuena(the temple prep teacher) our angel was so kind as to come with us! Well, he didn't end up being there(always sad) but there is always a reason for something being cancelled. We decided to go visit a LAish family that lives a few apartment complexes down the road, and guess what! The entire family was there and had time to sit down (that has maybe happened one other time the whole time I have been here). The mom was suppose to start the temple prep classes a month ago but for some reason hadn't been coming to church. We had an awesome lesson on faith and families, and the mom really opened up and shared her concerns about the classes and why she hadn't been coming to church. Hna. Balbuena helped so much with addressing her worries! The Lord really guided us to their house that night and I'm so grateful Nicholas wasn't home and we thought to visit that family instead. I would love to say that lesson changed everything, but we're human and we are so easily consumed with fear and the mom still didn't come to church this week, so there is more work to be done, but all we can do is pray and teach with the spirit. It is so apparent that in the end we have no control.
If only I could describe everything in detail....
All the members just keep saying that I just need to buy a house here. I laugh and agree, but in my mind I just think "that would not make the family very happy":) haha
Oh yeah! Ok, so our new companion is Hermana Buys. She is from Dallas Texas, 19, went to BYU-I before, she sings really well, has 3 brothers, and speaks a little more spanish than what I could speak when I came in(I still don't speak fluently, but I've come a long way considering it took me a while just to get the name of the church down:) haha))
hhhmmm, que mas? It's getting hotter, but it doesn't bother me like it did last summer so that's a good thing:)
This past week we had a lesson with a family that was taught by some sisters I know a little over a year ago. They still had the same concerns and weren't really open to letting us try and resolve them which was pretty sad because they love the missionaries. The dad was pretty much crying because he felt so awful that they were telling us they weren't ready to change. It's was just crazy because they even told us they thought we were a sign from God because we came when they needed a little extra more of God's love. I don't know how more obvious you can get than Him sending his missionaries to your door.
The other day on our way back to the car we saw a lady walking towards us without shoes on(obviously extremely drunk) and we said hi, and she just started to cry and tell us all these things that happen to her. She went to go hug sister Yanez, and Sister Yanez thought she was going to hit her our something so she had backed up a little which made her cry even more, but once she saw she only wanted a hug she let her hug her. Our lives are so blessed!
I love this work so much! I love you to pieces!
Love,
Hermana Ford
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