J.- recent convert- is the 2nd counselor in the YM's and is
loving it! He helped put together a great activity this week to raise
money for the youth to go to the temple and is a great home teacher
already! Spending Sundays making visits! He is wonderful and I am beyond
proud of him- preparing to recieve blessing patr. and to serve a
mission!
E.- paid tithing and is on track to
get the Melchizedek Priesthood! doing great and helping us find and
teach his friends! E. BLESSED THE SACRAMENT YESTERDAY FOR THE FIRST
TIME AND I CRIED! IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL! HE AND J. CALL US EVERYDAY
WANTING TO BAPTIZE, WITH REFERENCES, AND WANTING TO FEED US! SO PROUD OF
MY SOON-TO-BE ELDERS!
D.- received the Aaronic Priesthood yesterday and he and his wife will get a couple
calling this week! He is happy! He is doing FHE this week!
T. will stay with the young women because I felt like the RS was too
advanced for her even though she is 18. She is happy and will also
receive a calling with the YW!
A.R. will get married to the member named S. this week on Friday
before the ward Christmas dinner! I asked P (returned missionary- daughter of D.) to do her makeup for me and I am planning on helping with
her hair for her big day!
MY RECENT CONVERTS
ARE ROCK STARS AND ARE DOING SO WELL! ANXIOUS TO FIND AND BAPTIZE MORE
WONDERFUL CONTRIBUTORS TO THE LORDS KINGDOM!
This
week we found more people to teach and marked a date for baptism with a
13 yr old girl named G. She was a referral from the Sisters in the
other ward. We went there and taught her and her mom. They were so
receptive. I brought P. (rm) with us to teach and Sister Anjos said that
it was her first ever lesson with a member in the mission! I was shocked
because I love teaching with member and love teaching the members how
to teach others- the Spirit is always so strong and the investigator
automatically has a friend to follow up with them and to fellowship. THE
LESSON WAS INCREDIBLE..if I may... and we taught the gospel of Jesus Christ. G. accepted to be baptized this upcoming Sunday
and her mom was great as well. Her mom was actually a pastor of another
church for 11 years, but told us that she always felt like she was missing something, that in that other church she felt like she has been
suffocated- that her agency had been taken away but strict rules and
doctrine of men. She felt the Spirit and accepted our invitation to pray
about her own baptism! We are hopeful that she will be baptized with her
daughter! So happy!
We also found a widow
named E.- she has been visited by the elders years ago but they
could not enter her home because she lives alone- hey left the Book of Mormon but didn't explain.....HHHMMMPHHH...they also didn't leave her in
the area book--shocker again--- and so we found her knocking doors. She explained that she read 11 pages of the Book of Mormon and knew that it
was true but lost contact with the missionaries. We are working with
her and are hoping to baptize her soon as well! So exciting!
This
week we know we need to do divisions with the sister to help them to
baptize and with other difficulties, but we also know that we need to
baptize in our area to set an example for them...its a tricky
balance...we are deciding with Presidente to see if we
will go out to train/work in the sisters areas this week, or stay in our
area to build up our area to be ready to go to the Christmas conference and
do divisions next week.... we will see what he decides.. either way I am
excited!
Our goal for the month of December with our sisters is 25 baptisms!! Lots of work and prayer ahead!
I studied in Matthew 10 today- I loved the promise that if we lose
ourselves during this time doing His work, we will find ourselves- and
that whoever proclaims His name unto men, He will speak for us to the
Father--- so special! I am trying to do this- with this new assignment, I
am under even more pressure- the Lord is putting me in the fire to be
refined-, and I am grateful, because in order for a ordinary stone to become a diamond, heat and pressure is needed--- I am excited to continue
learn lots and help serve the Lord and other missionaries-I feel so
humbled and inadequate, but I know that this is the Lord's work and he
will help me!
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