December 23, 2013
Good Morning best family in the
world!!
I cannot believe only 2 days until
Christmas!! (: I am so excited! This week has been great! It was our week to
find the elect of God. Last week was our preparation week, and this was our
week to work!! We witnessed many miracles and I am so grateful that I can be a
servant in God´s hands. We had a goal as a mission to find 800 new
investigators in one week. We found 847 new investigators in ONE WEEK!! It´s
been amazing! I´ll start at the beginning like always (:
Monday! This day was so great.. and
I think I began to forget the miracles we witnessed this day as the week went
on, but it really was miraculous the things that occurred! After p-day was
over, we went to see E (15 yr old Atheist) and at first she didn´t want to let
us in, she said she felt nothing when she prayed only (NERVOUSNESS). I couldn´t
help but think that, that is kind of the feeling I feel when I feel the need to
bear my testimony, or when I feel the spirit. There isn´t really a great way to
describe the way I feel, but sometimes it´s a feeling of nervousness. I don´t
really know, but I tried to explain that to her, and she didn´t think it was
the spirit testifying of anything. She is going to pray for an entire week,
without missing a day, and then she will talk to us again. This lesson was
special, the spirit was really strong. For someone who doesn´t believe in God,
she sure seemed to feel something in that lesson. The miracle that we
witnessed, was that as her mother was in the kitchen cooking, she was
listening. She then came and asked if she could listen. Her mother is religious
and wanted to know more. It was such a neat experience. We ended up having 2
new investigators on Monday.
Tuesday I had a really good
personal study. I studied specifically for G
and M, but we ended up not seeing either of
them. We went to visit an old investigator named G. She is a little old, but
she loves to hear the word of God. She turned out to be a new investigator too.
We went to visit a less-active woman and as we were looking for the piso
number, a woman opened the door and said, ´´are you looking for someone´´? in English.
We talked to her and asked if she would be interested in hearing the gospel.
She replied with a happy ´´YES´´. Her name is J and she is awesome! After
eating with some members, we went to visit a member, A. Outside her door was a
woman named C. She is a ´´begger´´ I guess you would call it, but she is really
just trying to provide for herself. She is really sweet, and has a big heart.
We had a lesson in the street with her and planned another one in the house of
A. We taught the Family Home Evening for our ward. We taught about the
scriptures. We had everyone take 5 minutes and write the last letter of their
lives to whomever they wanted. After they wrote it, we took the letters - and
ripped them up. Their faces were quite sad, because that was the last thing
they left behind before they died. It´s like the sacrifice that was done so
that we can have the Book of Mormon. I think the lesson went really well, and
people seemed to enjoy it!! So this day we had 2 new investigators also.
Wednesday we had district meeting
and after we ate an interesting lunch. Lasagna, Hot Dogs, Bread, Cheese, Dr.
Pepper (yeah I found some) and chicken nuggets.
Thursday we had a lesson with a new
investigator, I. It was a really sad lesson, we taught the restoration and he
told us he didn´t want to return to live in the Kingdom of God. He wants to be
in his own kingdom. I was really sad, I couldn´t believe that. I don´t know how
much of our time we´re going to spend on him now. He doesn´t have a desire to
be in the presence of God right now maybe later on he´ll realize what he´s
missing. Later that night we had a lesson with an old investigator named R. She
is really sweet, and said we can come to dinner whenever we´d like! So nice! We
ended up with one new investigator this day.
Friday was rough. Every one of our
plans failed. We ended up knocking doors ALL day, trying to find someone that
wants to hear. But we knocked an ´´atheist building´´ and a ´´super catholic
building´´ We have yet to find the ´´building of gold´´ but we know it´s out
there somewhere!! We went and saw G later that night, and I´m so glad we did,
because she just boosted my spirits with her sincere desire to change. Then we
went and had dinner with R (less-active) and she made us Soup.. it was SOUP-er
yummy!! We didn´t get any news today.
Saturday we had lunch with J, a
non-member who comes to English class every week. He and his girlfriend and her
daughter. They made, tortilla de patata (my favorite spanish food in the world,
chicken, sliced tomatoes and green olives (which I ABSOLUTELY love now)
and bread and meat. It was so good! and after everything, J would say!
´´This is typical Spanish food´´ I told him how much I love tortilla de patata
and his girlfriend MA said she will make me one of my own!! Later that night we
had the Ward Party. Christmas Devotional, Talent Show and Dinner and then
Dancing! It was really fun!! After the talent show, as we were getting ready
for the dinner, Hermana Parrilla yelled my name and I turned and saw E. I have
talked about her before in my letters. But she is a friend of a recent convert
in our ward. She came to church and family home evening and really liked it.
She had a lesson with us and we set a baptismal date for her. After that, we
tried to call her to plan for another cita, but we could not get a hold of her.
This happened about 3 weeks ago. We were discouraged that she was not
interested anymore. As we talked at the ward party she began to tear up and
said she would like to talk. We went into the classroom in the church and
talked with her. She said that she wants to be better and she knows she can be.
We talked about repentance and she said she is going to do everything possible
to change. One thing I love about her, is that she asks questions when she
doesn´t understand something. Even a word like restitution (she was soaking up
everything, and we know because she was asking questions) After we talked, I
looked at her and I began to tear up. I told her that I have been thinking
about her since we last had a lesson. I told her that when I saw her in the
chapel today, I was filled with happiness. We all had a good cry, then she
said. ´´What do I have to do to be baptized´´ She´s amazing, and I love
her so so so so much. The only sad thing is, is that she isn´t in our area,
she´s in the area of the zone leaders. She´s happy to be taught by anyone, and
now she has a date for January 4. They have to meet with her everyday for her
to be prepared, but she´s ready for it!! Even though we didn´t end up getting a
new this day... we helped someone on their way to baptism!
Sunday we had a plan to see the
future, J. But she said she couldn´t come. ): Hopefully this week we´ll see
her. G came to church and really enjoyed it. Then we had a lesson with her...
and HER BOYFRIEND, M.
We wanted 8 new investigators this
week, and only ended up with 6. I was really bummed that we didn´t meet our
goal, but as I´ve been thinking back at this week and remembering the miracle
that have happened, there is no way I can be disappointed with our effort. I´m
so grateful for the miracles and the mercy of the Lord. I know that I am
nothing, and I will boast of the strength of the Lord. I will do all I can to
be obedient and bring souls unto Christ.
I hope all of you have a VERY Merry
Christmas, and remember all that the Savior as done for us. We are servants in
His hands, and I hope we can all live to our potential. I know this church is
true, I know my Savior lives and He loves and knows me. I am so grateful for
this time of year to serve others and remember the birth of our Savior Jesus
Christ.
I love you!
Have a Merry Christmas!
Love,
Hermana Sara Brown
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