Helllooooo Family!!!
What a great
week!! We have had lots of good experiences. We went and visited a
really pretty waterfall this morning and I felt like I was in the jungle.
(plus its super hot and humid right now so that helped with the jungle feel) It
was super fun!! hahah buttt apart from it being superrrrrrrrr hot, we
have had lots of great experiences like I just said.
This week we had
interviews with president! Afterward, he came to visit a house that we
want to change to (there are some problems with our house situation right
now). Anyway, the lady who owns the house hasn't been to church for a
looong time but she is a member. While we were there we got an
appointment with her for the next day....and....HER DAUGHTER WANTS TO BE
BAPTIZED WHOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im so happy!!!! And on top of
that, her mom, the menos activa, hasn't been to church for YEARS. I asked
her to pray at the end of the lesson. She paused and stared at me and her
daughter. In my head I was thinking..."I know that look...shes going
to say no and then we are going to make her promise to say it the next
time". But NO!! To my surprise, she said bueno...but I don't
know if I will remember how. Then she said one of the most sincere
prayers. There is nothing like hearing someone speak with God after a lot
of time. At the end of the prayer, she was super emotional and
smiling. She told us that she hadn't said a single prayer for
YEARS. I leaped up and gave her the biggest hug! I was sooo happy
for her!!!!!! Basically we have been seeing miracle after
miracle!!
Another cool
experience we had was we were trackting and knocking doors when I randomly had
the thought to visit a member from the ward. We went and visited with her
for a bit. On top of it being a really spiritual experience, she was
telling us about her son who isn't a member. He is married to a lady who
is less active and their daughter isn't a member. I felt really strongly
that we needed to get to know them, and turns out, they live in our
sector! She said they don't want to share with missionaries, but we are
going to be sneaky and I'm just going to introduce me and my companion and we
will just have a good interaction with them. From there we will slowly
start seeing them more and hopefully be able to share. Anyway, the point
is that we felt like we should visit them. The next day, Sunday, we
were eating lunch with a member from the ward. I felt to share with her a
scripture in Mosiah 27 about how the prayers of Alma and others were
heard and an angel visited Alma the younger and the other guys because of the
prayers of his dad and others. She then proceeded to tell us about her
daughter that is less active and lives pretty close. I felt really
strongly that we needed to visit her. After talking for awhile, we realized
its the SAME lady that is married to the son of the member that we visited the
other day. The same family and I had no idea! the spirit is
incredible. Apparently this family needs to be contacted right now and we
are really excited to see what happens!!!
Anyway, that's
basically been my week!!! i love you all so much and pray for you
everyday!!! Have an incredible week!! I love you!
--Hermana West
