Had a sick day this week, so after making my companion some chicken soup, studies, and cleaning the apartment I had a little time to tape up some pictures of Jesus. Sure brightened up the place! :)
We also decided to have a Makeover last night:
There are those with talent in the makeup department, and then there's others... :)
Wow! What a week. We've been trying to do splits to cover more appointments, but haven't been able to yet; things come up and people cancel. But we did have a lot of miracles!
We went to a lesson with an investigator who's renting a room with one of our members. We found out that the member's nurse, Yolanda, also has an interest in the Gospel! It was a miracle that we came just before her shift ended - and because we planned on seeing Marisol, we committed Yolanda to live the Word of Wisdom the very first lesson we ever had with her. :)
The church is true. The more we testify to our investigators, the more they receive their own testimony. Two lessons this week, we were able to see the Holy Ghost work in people.
We had an awesome lesson with Irma - we testified that Joseph Smith was a prophet and, therefore, the Word of Wisdom was a commandment from Heavenly Father. We committed her to live the Word of Wisdom and she said of course she would! She agreed with us: "Yes, I know it's true!"
Marisol had a similar reaction. We were pressured for time, so we had to teach the Plan of Salvation in 15 minutes. Hermana Gaytan, an awesome member, testified about life after death. We told Marisol, "We want to see you there in the Celestial Kingdom!" After the lesson, we asked her if she had any doubts or questions. She told us, "Well, it's all true, isn't it?" :)
Another miracle that we saw this week is that our investigator, Fernanda, brought a less-active friend from school to Mutual! She stayed with her the whole time and invited her to the lesson that we had afterwards. It was awesome! And, on Friday, she passed her baptismal interview - she's all set to be baptized next Saturday! Her dad even came from Mexico to be at her interview. She's been to Church 3 times, to Mutual also 3 times, and she told us she knows the church is true!
We had an interesting experience on Wednesday. Hermino, our new investigator from the previous Sunday, had changed - on Sunday, he was very humble and sincere. He expressed mighty faith in God, and in Jesus Christ. On Wednesday, he fired doctrinal questions at us - such as did a physical hell exist, wasn't the church established by Joseph Smith and his Brother, and did we believe in Saints. I was inclined to try to answer his questions, but the Spirit whispered to me, "Leave." So I told Hermino, "We cannot teach you if you don't let us speak. What we'll do is we'll leave this pamphlet with you, and we'll come back tomorrow at 4:00." Then we left. He missed his appointment, and then on Friday, he told us not to come back. It happens - but we are the Lord's representatives. We're not here to mess around.
We found Nelli, an investigator we hadn't seen in a long time. She expressed some concerns to us - she really wasn't sure she wanted to give up her Catholic beliefs. It was a miracle we got to see her. We talked to her about personal revelation and how we weren't here to take away her faith, but to help her learn for herself if these things are true. She had held onto her Book of Mormon and her pamphlets - she told us she would try to pray to know.
On Zone Conference day, we saw no less than 10 people. We didn't have a full-length lesson with all of them, but we did pass by Celeste and Julio on our way to our appointment with Irma and Sergio. We parked the car to see a young couple arguing and crying - when we drew closer, we recognized them. I said to them, "We can tell you're having a hard time and probably don't want to talk about it, but can we say a prayer with you?" We did so, and went to our appointment. When we walked back to our car afterwards, we saw them sitting together, talking. We waved goodbye, and Celeste called out, "Thanks for the prayer!"
We brought Obispo Gardea to a lesson that fell through. We followed our back-up plan and went to see Jahayra, who wasn't there either. Outside Jahayra's apartment, we saw Silvia, a potential. We went to talk to her, and she accepted a Book of Mormon and baptism! Obispo Gardea told her, "We were sent here by God. These two angels (points to us) are sent by God and are here to help you."
Many more miracles happened this week, but for the sake of time, I must quit.
Tune in next time for more miracles!
Love, love, love,
Hermana Smurthwaite
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