Whew! What a week, what a week. This week, we saw many miracles.
First, on Monday, we met Jacob and Rosa, a young couple who just recently moved into our apartment complex. Jacob's brother is a member, and Rosa has gone to church a few times with her friends in Oregon. They're so prepared! We taught them the first lesson and they both committed to read and pray about the Book of Mormon. Jacob told us that when he was young, his dad would always chase Mormons off their porch. "But you're not... weird people," he admitted. ^.^ Thanks! We try. :)
The second miracle was a young man named Joe. We met him in Subway last week, and before we'd even taught him the first lesson, he texted us out of the blue, saying: "Im at work get off at 8 if you would like to talk here about being baptised and so forth." He has a TON of questions, which is good! The Lord truly is preparing the hearts of the people.
(Notice my companion's reaction in the background) :)
Our investigator, Yolanda, and her husband, Octavio, are so amazing! It's been a week, and already Yolanda has read up to Alma! She had a lot of great questions, about Lehi's vision of the Tree of life and whatnot, and by the time we were ready to teach her the Law of Chastity, she had landed on Alma 39, which was perfect! We've taught them with the Bishop twice (no small feat) and once with the Relief Society President. Their biggest struggle that's keeping them from being baptized is coming to church. The reason they can't go is that Octavio, at 97, cannot sit for too long without falling asleep. When his wife tries to wake him up, he gets angry. We talked to the Bishop about it, and he spoke of how there were certain people in the ward who were too old to leave their house, and to these two sisters, the Bishopric takes and administers the sacrament once a month. We'll see what happens!
That's all for this week - sorry for the short letter! Love,
Hermana Smurthwaite
Some SUPER exciting news, and what may be the greatest miracle of all the miracles, my new baby sister was BORN this week!!!!!!
Sierra Quinn Smurthwaite
Born: September 9th, 2017 at 6:55 PM
10 lbs 5 oz
23 1/4 inches
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