The other spanish Hermanas had a baptism this weekend and that was so amazing!! we did a special musical number and I got ot play the guitar, so that was awesome, basically the best part of the service...hahah no, the baptism was awesome. He just lit up afterwards, and when he came out afterwards he did a little leap and shout for joy. The gospel is real. It should make everyone feel like that. And the week before that- I don't remember if I mentioned it or not, our district leader had a baptism, and that was awesome as well. Baptisms are the BEST!!
So anyway, we were thinking in our trio, because sure teaching and stuff is great, but we want baptisms, that's our new standards of excellence, Find, Teach, Baptize. And so after zone training and starting planning on the iPads we've tried to focus in our companionship on the spirit and committing to do the small and simple things that bring blessings, and we've been working really hard at talking to everyone and trying to follow the spirit, and this week was the coolest.
We went to find this woman the elders who had our area before had met, and she answered the door, but was like " hola, espera." so she just said, hi. wait. and then left and brought her 14 year old daughter to the door. And we were like well uh ok. Btu turns out this girl had been given a book of mormon by the elders about a month ago, AND SHE READ THE WHOLE THING!!! And we set up a return appt with her and she freaking rocks!! She accepted baptism and she says that this book feels different and she can really vizualize everything it says, it's so deep, and it's just amazing. She says she feels warm when she prays, and that she's seen too many signs to deny that God knows who she is. IT's totally awesome to have the Lord just give you someone who is so ready. Hopefully we can start teaching the rest of her family soon. She's coming to church next week hopefully too :) :) :) SO EXCITED
Then we added another family the elders had found before, but they'd had trouble teaching them because the husband wasn't alwasys there so they couldn't go in., But we're sisters, so hopefully thigns will work out better this time.
We've also seen a lot of progression in a part member family. The sister who is not baptized, has a brother who is super active recent convert, and also his wife. And then her own husband was baptized a few months ago, so she just told us about how much he's changed, and how she has changed towards the missionaries, and she wants to get baptized, but she wants to change first. So hopefully she'll understand when we teach that baptism is what helps you achieve that change, and she doesn't have to keep waiting. It's just cool.
WE added 5 investigators this week, so that just makes us feel good haha. Hopefully we can keep them all and get them progressing. We've also been able to send a lot of referrals recently, so that just feels like good karma hahahah, it's got ot come back to us sometime, haha it' already has. That girl - her nickname is Andy- is the coolest. Teaching teenagers is actually really fun. I like it a lot.
Mkay, that's all mas o menos
LOVE YOU!!!
Hermana Nube
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