Our Ward Mission Leader's name is Hermano Bianco, so we found this -
Miracles, they are real!! Here's just a few miracles we had this week:
We were able to teach an amazing mom in Coronado. We had tried by, set an appointment, had to change the appointment, and were SUPER late due to a man we spoke with on the sidewalk in front of her house, but she was still there, waiting for us! She had even made us empanadas, which are fried pastries stuffed with chicken or beans, depending. She is so prepared - she believes that what we teach is true! We invited her to be baptized this week, and she expressed her concern: her husband may not approve. He's open to us coming over, but he's always working when we go, so we haven't yet been able to teach him so that the Holy Ghost might touch his heart and they all can be baptized together.
We then went to visit a less active member, a woman we'd been trying to get a hold of for weeks. We were finally able to talk with her! As we sat in her living room, her cousin came home who was staying with her from Columbia. We said hello, and she gingerly poked her head out from behind the wall of the kitchen. We smiled REAL big and waved her over. At first she was shy, but she gradually became more comfortable and started asking us a bunch of questions. She was genuinely curious, and we were able to teach her a lot of things. She went back to Columbia this week, and we will pass her off to the missionaries there soon. We sent her on her way with love and a Libro de Mormon (Book of Mormon). She was awesome!
Tuesday we were able to have an awesome lesson with one of our families, the Quezadas. Some members in our ward, the Mieras, were friends with them from when they were taught before, and the investigators had always been hard to get in with because of their crazy work schedules. But we were able to set a set time to see them each week, and bring the Mieras with us. We actually just invited Hermana Miera to go with us, but once we got there, the dad asked, "Where is your husband?" :) So she called him and we waited for a few minutes for Brother Miera to drive over. It was such a powerful lesson; we shared the message of the Restoration. Members make all the difference - I think that the Holy Ghost is more comfortable when there are members around. :) It is always so cool to see when the Spirit is truly working. The dad had been a bit more quiet in the past, but that night, we were able to see him open up. He shared an experience of how he had remembered our first message, Helaman 5:12, and was super worried about losing his job. So he took it to heart, and prayed. Not long after, he got a phone call from someone he hadn't talked to in 10 years, who said something that put his mind to ease. His wife told him later that she felt we were inspired to come, that we were an answer as well, and he agreed. They are SO awesome. It was our last appointment of the night - gotta love those 8:30 miracles!
The next night, we were able to teach the husband of another investigator. Finding the two of them together has bien dificil, but after weeks of trying by, and canceled appointments, we taught them both. They both work on Sundays, but the husband is trying to find a new job, specifically TO go to church. It was one of the quickest lessons I have ever taught, but almost because we didn't have time, it was more concise, and powerful!
Then we went out to Coronado for an appointment that we had been a little worried about. There is a less active family with some problems, and the husband has turned VERY anti. I honestly thought they would stand us up. All the members warned us about them, and told us just to love them. We were able to talk to the wife who was SO friendly. She isn't allowed to go to church right now, because of her husband, but she still has a strong testimony. It was so relaxing, to just get to know the family, and to be able to talk with her. We are hoping to go back and just do simple things with the family, to try to bit by bit work with them.
Late another night, we were rushing, and had only about 20 min before our next appt, but decided to try a former. She pulled up as we were praying, and we were able to share a short message with her, and set a return time. Miracle!
We also met with a family who is in another ward, but the husband is the High councilor assigned to the branch, and the wife is bilingual. They gave us a few referrals, and even set up a dinner for last night with a nonmember friend. It went pretty well!
Sorrygottagoloveyouall!!!
HS
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