February 10, 2014
Wow... what a great week AGAIN!! We
have been so blessed - seeing the grand miracles of the Lord every day. I love
being a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
After e-mailing on Monday, we took
a nap - because neither of us felt very well. We both had a big headache so we
took a little rest. Then we went to the chapel, but A said he couldn´t come.
None of our other plans worked out either. As we were walking to E´s, these men
were trying to talk to us, and Hna. N says, ´´I always feel like we´re in a big
game of cat and mouse´´ It´s funny, but so true. It´s super scary, and our area
isn´t even ghetto or anything like that. But it´s okay, we are smart about
where we go, and we have the Lord on our side. We went to go invite E to the
family home evening, but she couldn´t come. We went to the family home evening,
and didn´t end up starting until 30 minutes later than planned. It was probably
good that she didn´t come.
Tuesday I woke up feeling a little
sick. I ate, hoping I would feel a little better - but my tummy was really
hurting. I laid back down for a little, then we went out and worked. I didn´t
feel too good, but I wanted to be able to work. We went and saw F (a new
investigator that moved into our area) he wasn´t there though - but his mother
in law was. She loves the gospel. She was taught years ago by two Hermanas.
She´s not baptized though, but sadly, she doesn´t live in our area. After
teaching her, F came in and we taught him about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He
accepted the baptism invitation, but didn´t want to set a date because he wants
to be sure. I´m happy for that... I´m happy that it means so much to him. He´s
a great guy, and he wants to change his life. He has 2 adorable kids. I haven´t
met the other one, and the best thing is....... HE´S MARRIED!! Whoooo!!! The
spirit was really strong during the lesson, and I know he´ll be baptized soon.
After that we went to teach F. But our afternoon wasn´t as successful. ):
We walked a lot, and couldn´t really find anybody to teach. We taught our
English class and then had noche de hogar, we ended up getting locked out of
our piso. Our key stopped working, so we took a bus to the SHE´s, and slept
there. When we got there, they told us that they didn´t have blankets. UH OH...
luckily they have a heater. Wednesday morning we woke up, ate, and took a bus
back to our piso. We found a number of a locksmith and then decided to try our
key again. We got in really easy. Super weird. We got showered and ready, then
went to the church to plan for the baptism. We got it all figured out, and then
did our weekly planning there. We always try to make weekly planning fun, this
week we ate chips and salsa!! YUM! Then we taught F about tithing with little
chuches (candies). He loved it. After mediodia, we had another great lesson
with F. Sadly, it had to be in the doorway because there wasn´t a woman there.
We talked about faith, and he is just so perfect. I love him! Then we went to a
member´s house. She wanted us to come so she could introduce her to her friend.
We went with her and her daughter to her friend´s house. Her name is G, and she
is really cute! She´s from Columbia and has been searching for a church. After
teaching about the Book of Mormon, we asked R (the member and friend) if she
would give her testimony about it. She did AMAZING!! She also shared a
scripture about searching with diligence to find an answer. It was awesome!!
And R, used to be in the Evangelist church - and that´s what G has been to. It
was such a powerful testimony, and then we asked G to say the prayer. She
began to cry, and thanked Heavenly Father for putting her friend in her path
and having us in her life. Super cool. Then we went to R´s house and we made
arrepa´s. It´s like dough, then smashed up beans, then scrambled eggs and fried
meat and cheese! They were delicious.
Thursday we had a zone training
with President Deere. I just love him so much, he´s seriously the greatest
President, I´m so glad I won´t end with a different one! After zone meeting, we
did intercambios!! I got to be with my mom again!! We went to F´s for our last
lesson before his baptism. We went over the interview questions - he did a
pretty good job. Then we ate, yummy cheese soup and then rice with ham. It was
yummy. After that, we went to teach J and R. J is the mom and R is 9. J started
telling her that there is one big church (referring to the catholic church)
then little churches branching off... we had to stop her and explain the Book
of Mormon again. It was a little rough - then we had to run to our next cita.
But we went to the wrong street. Bad luck.. then when we finally got there, she
wasn´t there. ): We went up to our area, and saw C. (the begger) The other day
she was reading something from Jehovah´s Witnesses, so I gave her a plan of
salvation pamphlet. I guess if she is going to read something, should probably
be true!! So we talked a little bit about that. Then we went to English class -
went pretty well. Then we went to teach T. He bought us colacau.. (hot
chocolate) and we taught the restoration. Man I´ve missed Hermana J. She´s just
so great, such a great teacher. When we got back home, she told me it´s been
really fun teaching with me again, especially because I can teach more now. It
was fun. Ohhh and I also got the best complement EVER from Hermana C in my
journal. She said, you remind me of your mom, Hermana J. I was so happy!! I
told that to Hna. J and she was really happy too... I pretty much love her a
lot. And she knows it, because I talk about her all the time! (:
Friday morning we went to teach F.
Silly me, I didn´t get a woman to come with us. So we had to go to a park. It
was a good lesson, we taught the restoration again, and he really understood
the need for authority! I was happy for that. Then we went and taught A - our
menos activo. He was REALLY down today. We had planned to teach lesson one, but
we ended up just asking lots of inspired questions. I drew a big blank - not
from the Spanish, but from not knowing how to help this guy. We taught him
about Orar (pray) Leer (read) Asistir a la capilla (attend church) . He said he
would come - but he didn´t ): At mediodia, we traded back to our normal comps!!
I loved being with Hna. J, but I´m also super happy that I have such a great
companion. We went and ate with G. She made us really yummy fajita stuff!! Then
we came home before going to see J. He is a new investigator, but his mom is a
member in Ecuador. He really likes the church, and our lesson was great. The
only bad thing, is that it was in a park. After him, we taught M. We also
taught him about OLA (orar, leer, asistir) Then our eating cita failed, so we
went to see E. We went there and I ended up sharing with her what had happened
with Grandpa. I haven´t told anyone, besides - Hna. N, Hna. J and Elder N. I
guess she needed to hear it, and I testified that everything was okay, because
he is with Heavenly Father. The spirit was strong and I hope she heard what I
was saying.
Saturday I witnessed my first drug
deal. It was weird, and not secret at all. Then we saw A and taught her 3 Nephi
11... we got this cool new thing to teach from President Deere and I love it so
much. We go through the whole chapter and focus on baptism. It was great. It
was our first time teaching with the outline! Then we had the baptism of 3
boys!
Sunday we prayed that Heavenly
Father would help people come to church. We were SO close to reaching the
mission standards. We lacked one more person and church and one more with a
baptismal date. But Heavenly Father did bless us. F showed up and stayed for
all three hours, and F´s dad came to see him get confirmed. It was fast Sunday,
and I decided to bear my testimony. It was good - I didn´t get emotional
either, and I was able to say what I wanted!! YAY!! (: After church we passed
by M (Investigator) and he told us that his wife had passed away. We also got
to see A (less-active). She bore her testimony today in church, and it was
so powerful. She did such a good job.
Today we went to go ride bikes with
a bunch of the missionaries, but the wind was so strong and they couldn´t
really get the rental place to work. But we ended up going by the port and
taking pictures! It has been a pretty fun week!
I love this work. I never want to
take my chopa off! I love being a missionary and I love being able to help
people be happier.
Love you all so much!
Love,
Hermana Sara Brown
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