Whoaaa! It's been a crazy week. ALL good, but so crazy. I'll start off with just ONE of our many miracles we see every day. (:
MILAGROS! Cada díaaa. Es increíble (: Aun que somos nuevas misioneras, podemos ver milagros en cada situación. Last Wednesday, I believe, ALL of our plans fell through. We had a good 2 or 3 lessons planned and other plans, but one thing after another went down the tube. Even our backup plans! Ridiculous. BUT...We knew there was a reason for such things; there are never coincidences, I have come to realize. So we say a prayer, and we head to where we think we should go. We arrive, park, and feel like it still wasn't quite right...Say another prayer...We eventually decide to go tracting on a street we've never been before. We knock on a house or two and NADA. We keep walking to the next house, and there's a man outside, working on his car. What do we as servants of Jesus Christ?? Offer to help, of course! :D Sooo we had the chance to "help" (AKA hold the instructions and put in a screw and a bolt or two haha). Nelo was his name. He started asking about what we do as missionaries, what we believe, things about the church, etc. We shared with him a little bit about Joseph Smith and receiving answers to prayers, until we finally just asked, "Y'know what? Would you have some time later tonight that we could come back?" Nelo's response, "Yeah, for sure!"
We returned back at 8:00 pm, and we got to know him and his mom a little better, who speaks only Spanish. (: Nelo had shared with us about his dad passing away recently, so we taught him and his mom the Plan of Salvation...To make things short, we've been teaching him and Fransisca (his mother) every night since! We invited him to be baptized, and he said yes, but we hadn't come up with a date yet...
Miracle again! A woman's son from our branch was supposed to be baptized in the next couple of weeks, but due to some other events, they chose to change it to yesterday! So we stopped by Nelo's and invited him to come, which he did, and he loved it. Had a quick, powerful lesson on baptism right after with a soon-to-be missionary from the branch. Inspired Question of the Evening: "Nelo...Is this something you want for yourself?"...A quick moment to think, and he confidently responds, "Yes. Absolutely."...Nelo is now preparing to be baptized for the 28th of July. (:
We've come to decide, however, that although he speaks Spanish, he prefers and is more comfortable in English. Entonces, we're handing him over to the English elders, who Nelo already loves! (: We're super excited!
Annnd yes, quinceñeras. :D Hahaha the great thing about serving Spanish-speaking. These great parties are considered "branch activities" hehe. There will be a picture or two, no worries. But the funniest part? Every so often glancing over at the four elders who serve with us in the branch and watching them attempt to not dance. :P Good try. Good try.
So a couple Sundays ago was Fast and Testimony Meeting, annnd I came to realize something...Well it started with the very first testimony given: our branch mission leader's. He has such a strong love and devotion for missionary work, I LOVE it...But then it just kept going...I mean EVERY single person from the branch testified of "la obra misional". All of them...And then in Sociedad de Socorro (Relief Society), something one of the women said truly hit me. Summing it up in English: If it weren't for missionary work, almost NONE of us would be sitting here right now."...It is so true. So many of these people are what we call "First Generation" converts. THEY took that leap of faith. THEY prayed and read to know if this was the right path. All of these people have such a strong testimony of missionary work, because they--at one point or another--were on the other end. Being taught by the missionaries. It truly amazes me, because I often wonder if I ever would've listened to missionaries and changed my WHOLE way of living. Would I have had that faith? I don't know, but I hope so. Regardless, I get to help people now take those steps. (: Paso a paso.
Anywho, I don't have a ton of time. We're off to go mini-golfing, maybe go-karting, annnd (OJALA!) BATTING CAGESSS! :D Here are some pictures!
-Yup! That's right. I caught Hermana Wallace attempting to help out Nelo here. :P
-Quinceñeraaas!
-Hna. Wallace. She's a party animal on occasion. (; Just kidding, of course.
-Zone Conference! SOOO great, I loved it! Talk about having your cup filled. (:
-Annnd we forgot our keys to our apartment. So what do we do? Sit on the sidewalk and talk about daily planning as we wait for the other hermanas to get home from their lesson. :P
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