I love this work more than anyone else.
Monday: We have been praying for a way to get in with this Less Active, part-member, half atheist family. We have tried so hard, but they just keep telling us they are atheist. So we made them pumpkin chocolate chip cookies and stopped by. We were able to talk to Maria, one of the daughters who is a member, she was baptized when she was 8 but doesn't remember, she only remembers being in water. BUT we tried to get to know them and be their friends and we gave them the cookies and asked for a return apt. They TOTALLY SAID YES! I could not believe it!
Tuesday: We went to the temple, I love that place with all my heart, the spirit there is so sweet! There was actually two weddings going on so we probs may have popped up in a couple of their picy's. Then that night we went and taught a couple, on is a member, and his girlfriend isn't. They have been taught by missionaries for a long time, and they elders have tried to tell them they are living in sin but the member wouldn't listen. But then we taught them, told them straight up they are living in sin and that they have no excuses, and they shut their mouths hahah it was AWESOME! They actually have been making a plan, a plan to be married or separated. They ended up moving in the other sisters area so we cant teach them anymore. But we definitely showed love to them too, no worries!
Wednesday: We had a lesson with a girl named Claudia, she was 16 and had her first child. She said she almost went on 16 and pregnant, she is now 22 and has 3 kids, and just walked away from her relationship. That girl had no support growing up with anything. She believes in God but doesn't know anything about him. It made me realize how grateful i am to have been born in the covenant with amazing parents. And then for News Years we played soccer:) It was awesome!!!!!!
This is what happened the rest of the week, i don't remember what day it was hahha:
So we went and taught this family, they have this awesome parrot named pacito, he ate a banana for us, and sat on my shoulder for quite sometime haha we are still trying to work with that family, they are going through really hard times. We went and saw Juan and Elizabeth and they surprised us with matching black leather boots! They told us that they wanted to get us something to remember them, and since its been cold, they got us boots:) They are the most amazing couple and help us with anything! There was one night that we came out of a lesson and la familia Martin popped up in my head and i felt sick about it kinda. I told hermana Lindsey and we decided that something was wrong, so we went and visited them. Marina, one of the girls tore her ligaments in her knee falling off a quad, and she was so depressed. She had been praying for us to come over. We had such an awesome lesson with her, and helped her recognize all that she has learned from this experience. I love that family with all my heart. NEVER NOT FOLLOW A PROMPTING. We also met this guy named Rigo this week. He was involved in a church in Texas but was lied to so much that he lost a lot of his faith in God. We have the most amazing lesson with him on faith, and he committed to come to church. He actually showed up 20 min early, and loved church. We were in Gospel Principals class and Hermano Pravia gave us a list of 17 things the true church has to have and told us that if we see, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has all they points. After the class Rigo asked me how he can get to the point of baptism. It was the best question anyone has ever asked me. We also had an amazing experience in Relief Society. We have been working with la familia Sanchez, a less active family, and Saturday we talked about sharing our testimonies. We told Hermana Sanchez we thought she had an amazing testimony and that she should share it. So in relief society, with the time they gave us to bear our testimonies, she was the first one up and shared her testimony with such confidence and power, and her daughter came to church for the first time in a long time. After relief society she came up to me and thanked me for helping her know what kind of testimony she had and promised to share it the next time in sacrament meeting. She is an amazing lady, she reminds me of you mom! After church we were pulling out and remembered that we had to print off a ward list, we took a min to decided whether to get it right then or wait so we decided to go back. We ended up meeting this lady who is a member and her non member husband, we immediately got a BOM for him and invited him to read it. That guy had the biggest smile on his face. I don't think he has much of a religious background cause he has never read the bible. We are so excited to teach them! I know that we didn't just go back to get the ward list, but that God had prepared someone else for us to teach. This we has been amazing. It definitely has been a challenge with Hermana Lindsey, but she called the nurse and is getting all the help that she needs, along with our 3 hour comp inventory everyday. I love that girl so much, and she is teaching me so much everyday. I know God loves each and everyone of us SO much, I am so grateful to have the companion that i have and to be able to see all the miracles each and everyday. Could this gospel be any more amazing?
Love you!!!!!
Hermanita Gates:)
This is pacito!!
our new boots!!
and someone stole the fence haha this is a really ghetto area.
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