Fam!
How are you all? Everyone seems to be doing great witch gives me
a lot of comfort. Well, let’s see...this week has been crazy, like every week
here in the mission! This week we have made a lot of progress with our
investigators especially. But, our numbers were a little low this week as well
and I was feeling really disappointed on Saturday. One of the reasons is
because we are opening another area this week. They are adding this area to the
two areas we have already which is a little bit of a struggle. But it’s all
good! However, I know that Heavenly Father is aware of us because Sunday was a
miracle day for us!
On Sunday, three of our investigators who are all 14 years old
came to sacrament meeting. When they originally said they didn’t have time.
Gabriella is one of these three and she is truly bonding with the girls in the
ward and she is also coming to every activity! The other two girls brought a
friend who is interested in the church also.
Wow, it literally felt like investigators were falling in our
laps yesterday. After sacrament meeting we met another man who is the father of
a boy who is a member, but the father is not. He wanted to make an appointment
with him in order to learn more about the church his son was participating
in!
After this, one of our less-actives brought her boyfriend who is
interested to learn more about this church. The father of this less-active is
crazy, down the line kind of a guy. And to our surprise, he set up some chairs
in one of the class rooms to have a lesson right then and there! haha He
started our the lesson saying "When you are baptized....." Wow, haha
a little too fast there bud, But other than that the lesson went well and we
set up another!
This day was truly miracle after miracle. I couldn’t stop
thinking about Alma 26, where it says "When their hearts were depressed
and about to turn back, Heavenly Father came to comfort them". "Bare
with patience your afflictions and I will give you success". Never forget
this. At times in our lives it feels like there is no hope left, however, as we
look forward with an eye of faith and wait with patience, “He will always
comfort you and bring you success!”
One really cool story of the week, in our new area, Campo Verde,
we were having no luck; knocking on doors, talking to everyone, nothing seemed
to work. Since we could not find anyone, we decided to look for the reference
of a less-active that lived there. We came to a house, Q 18, and my companion
said, yep this is the one. We knocked
and a lady answered saying the person we were looking for did not live there.
However, right as we were about to leave we asked if we could share this
message with her. She then said "Do you know how to pray?" which I
thought was kind of a weird question but we enthusiastically said YES! As we
walked into her house her 25 year old son was sitting on a gurney with his
skull half gone as a result of a car accident a few years back. It was as if he
was a child. In this moment she asked my companion to offer a prayer of comfort
for her son. And after this prayer we offered a message of peace. However,
during this message I decided to share a scripture from the BOM. And before I
shared it, I began to explain what the book was and right in the middle of my
explanation she said "Yeah, I have read it before." What? Turns out
she has been baptized but went inactive for 40 years! As we left the house my
companion turned to me and said, the number of the less-active we were looking
for actually lives in Q 28. Heavenly Father led our footsteps there because he
knew one of his children needed to be found again!
I taught my first English class this week! It was actually super
fun. All of the parents are fanatic about bringing their kids to learn. The
adults and the kids are learning on the same level. I love it!
Well, anyway that was my week! Just remember that Heavenly
Father is aware of every detail of your lives. And when times seem impossible, he
will always come to comfort you! I love you all so much! Keep smilin!
Love, Jess
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