We had a little opportunity to help a sister in our ward decorate for a Hawaiian-themed birthday party. Gotta love surprise service projects! :)
Wow! This week was full of miracles. We visited Elder Winkie in the hospital last P-day.
He's now back on his feet and fully functional! :)
We had dinner with a sister I didn't know all that well and had never had dinner with, Hermana Canton. She's not on the ward list, so I assumed she was supposed to be attending a different ward but just decided to hop on over to our ward (which happens a lot in this area.) We told her that her referral from several months back was on date to be baptized. "Que bueno!" she said. Over the course of dinner, we discovered she was a convert of about 3 years, and that she was working with several people, inviting them to church and whatnot. Her son, Cesar, was a prospective Elder, and her daughter in law was interested in learning more about the church! She set an appointment with us right then and there for the following Saturday to introduce us to Karen. She's so awesome! Finding members like that is like finding a pot of gold. :) I hope to BE a member like that when I get off my mission.
We found a less-active recent convert of my trainer, Hermana Martin. His name's Kevin. We knocked on the door, and he came outside - he was a 20-year-old with a flop haircut and a tattoo on the side of his neck. We didn't even ask him why he hadn't been coming to church, he volunteered the information. "I've been struggling in my faith, sisters!" he told us. "I feel like a hypocrite when I go to church!" He went on to explain that he didn't really feel ready when he got baptized, he just kind of took the plunge. He said he didn't feel like he had any faith in anything anymore.
My first instinct was to say, "What are you talking about? Of course God exists! Come to church, ya crazy!" But I did not say that. Instead, I asked him some questions: "What is faith? How does one get faith? Where could we get more ideas?" (Yes, I directly quoted Adjusting to Missionary Life. Highly recommend reading it - that booklet's inspired!) We also read Alma 32:28, about how faith is like a little seed. He concluded that he needed to pray and reach out to God. :) We're seeing him again soon!
Our investigator, Fernanda Castro, went to mutual for the second time this week. At mutual, the youth were playing a game where they passed a basketball and whoever caught it had to bear their testimony - and Fernanda bore her testimony! :) She knows that the Book of Mormon is true and that Joseph Smith is a prophet!
Hermana Blow's been feeling pretty sick all week. Hope the new medication she's on works!
That's all for this week. Tune in next time for more miracles...
Love, Love, Love,
Hermana Smurthwaite
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