It´s almost Christmas!!! I can´t
belive that! Time is going by WAY too fast! But I´m loving it here!
On Monday we had family home
evening at a members´ house. L (recent convert)´s friend came. Her name is E,
and she is super cute. She is really interested in the church and is willing to
do a lot of things to follow Christ. Tuesday we had a lesson with her. She said
she knew the Book of Mormon was true, and we set a baptismal date with her.
Unfortunately, she isn´t in our area, or in our ward ): Areas. They stink.
She´s in the 1st ward, and we´re in the 2nd. It´s sad,
because it´s not like we want her for the baptism, but we want to teach someone
who´s sincerely interested in changing their lives. But that´s alright, as long
as someone teaches her. We also had a lesson with M (recent convert) about
service. He is such a great guy, but the members seem apprehensive about him
for some reason. I think he´s great, but that´s just my opinion. We also had a
lesson with G. This woman is super special. I love her so much!! We taught her
about the 10 commandments, and she loves how they are the same as in the bible!
What a cutie! Wednesday was a little rough. But that´s alright, I´m learning
how to be more patient. While we were following up on old investigators, we found
a new one. Her name is J and she is 12. She is really cute, and likes what she
learned it seems like. Today, we taught a few people about hope. I found a talk
by Pres. Uchtdorf about hope and I love what he says in it. He says, that
Heavenly Father will always provide a way for us to escape the darkness in our
lives. We also read from the Book of Mormon in Alma 58:10-12! I liked it a lot!
Tonight was really good. I had an interview with President Deere! I just love
the time I have with him, even though it´s only 15 minutes or so! He made me
feel so good. He said he feels like I am
stable. It seemed like he was spot on! I
like that he can see that I am steady. It makes me feel good. The next day
(Thursday) we had Zone Training.
I got a little bit frustrated, because I was
in the back, and there was a loud machine going on outside so I couldn´t hear
or understand what Pres. Deere was saying. It didn´t help that it takes a lot
for me to translate from Spanish to English, but it was alright. He is such a great
teacher. He taught us about the Book of Mormon. He asked us the question, What
has the Book of Mormon done for you? If you could... I would love for all of
our family, to write back ´´what the Book of Mormon has done for you´´ That
would be awesome!! (: After zone training, we ate at Dominoes and then came
home, dropped our things off and left again for our lessons. We taught a 15
year old girl who is ´´Atheist´´. I could not believe the things she said. It
made me so sad to think about how sad our Heavenly Father is when he hears
things like that ): I was really sad for this girl, but one thing that she
promised she would do - was pray every night for one week, to see if God
exists. I know she´ll get an answer, I just hope she recognizes it! After this lesson,
we taught G again. We taught her about fasting and tithing. I thought she would
be hesitant about keeping this commitment, but she said she would! She really
is awesome! After her lesson, she walked with us to the church for English
class. Before the class started, she and I talked for a little bit and it was
so great. I told her how much I appreciated her and she told me how grateful
she is to have known me! She is adorable! After English class, we went to visit
a less-active. Friday morning, we had a lesson with MC. She is 8 and very VERY
interested in the church. Her grandma is a member, and her mom too, but both
are less-active. MC told her dad, ´´I believe in God, and it doesn´t matter to
me if you believe or not, but I do and I want to know more´´ She really really
wants to learn about the church. It´s really cute, I just don´t know if she´ll
be able to get baptized, because her dad has to have a say in it. After that
lesson, we visited A again. She is the member that can´t come to church because
she has a phobia of people. A little strange, but yeah she is always really sad,
so we try to visit her a lot. We had a lesson with L and M (investigators) and
it was not very fun. He tried to contradict our testimonies and it was a little
frustrating. He wasn´t very nice. After that, we went to the chapel for a
lesson with M. We talked about teaching and learning in the gospel. It went
really well and we had lots of members there with us. That always helps! After
we had a leccioncita with a member who is having a hard time, and then with a
member in the young women´s to help her learn how to share the gospel. It was
good! The spirit was really strong when she spoke! Saturday Morning we had a
thing called a ´´cosecha´´. It´s when all you do is FIND FIND FIND and talk to
EVERYONE in the street. We were all assigned an area to proselyte and then we
just go. I was partnered up with an older woman in the ward. This made it a
little hard - no one wanted to listen to us. It was a little frustrating, but
that´s how it goes. At least we tried! Did I tell you Hermana C (Hermana J´s
trainer) and mi abuela, is in this area. She is the SHE here, and she is the
cutest! I like her a lot, and now I know where Hermana J gets a lot of her
things from! After the cosecha we came back to the piso and I fell asleep, I´ve
been a little sick this week, and I needed to rest. After wards, we went to the
church and the primary was practicing for the program. The music leader was
trying to play the piano and lead at the same time, so I offered to play. Then
we had a little lesson with a member named M and her family. She made us hot
chocolate and we talked about our mission plan. Sunday was great! Today we had
a lesson with G about following the prophet. Before we started she was telling
us that she couldn´t find work. So before we started I had a feeling I should
ask her something. I asked her if she remembered when we talked about fasting.
She said yes, and then I asked - ´´Do you think we can receive blessings from
fasting´´? She said, yes I think so. So then I asked if we could join her in a
fast one day this week so that she can find work. She was a little surprised,
but I knew it was what I needed to say. I have faith that this can happen...
we´re going to start the fast with her on Wednesday, and finish with her on Thursday!
(; I´m really excited!! After the lesson on prophets, she walked with us to
church. She is super cute and just loves
everyone! The primary had their program today and it was really cute. They had
two of the older girls, play the piano and lead during the whole thing. They
did a good job! After church, we had correlation and Elder E , our district
leader, was a little stressed out because it was such bad timing for him. Everyone
was stressed out, and his companion, Elder F, thanked me afterward for being so
calm and acting like a missionary. Later, Elder E called me and told me that he
and his companion think I’m the peacemaker in our district. It was nice! I
don´t have to play the piano in this ward though.. only for Relief Society.
This morning, I heard that G (from Huelva) was baptized yesterday! And guess
who I heard it from... S (his mom)! (: She sent me an email and pictures, and
it made me so happy!! I just love her so much!
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| Before Zone Conference |
This week has been great!! We´re
finding new people, and G is progressing so much!! I´ve been reading in the
Book of Mormon and I´m almost done with 3rd Nephi! I love it SO MUCH!! I just
read a chapter that I love.. and now I don´t remember which one.. I´m not sure,
but it´s when Jesus Christ prays and all the Nephites witness it and it´s such
a great moment for everyone! I just love it!!! (:
I love being a missionary of the
Lord. I know I was sent here at this time for a reason! I love you all so much.
LES QUIERO MUCHO
Hermana Sara Brown
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