Hey Familia!
Did you know I have a permanent lump
on my head now from hitting it on doorways so many times? I now have an
automatic reflex of stooping every time I walk through a door, even if it’s a
big one.
We had a temple activity for our
investigators yesterday with all the missionaries from the misión, and I felt
like a normal sized person there, even a little short! It was
great. The investigator that was going to be baptized
Saturday had a lot more things to resolve than we first thought.
We had a
few lessons with him about the Palabra de Sabiduría (Word of Wisdom) this week.
He really did want to change. Yesterday we went to the temple for an investigator activity and couldn’t get a
single one of our investigators to go. We were feeling pretty sorry for
ourselves seeing all the other missionaries there with their families, and
felt even worse when we realized the whole message was about families and
marriage, which is exactly what every single one of our families needed.
We had started our fast Saturday to Sunday for this same investigator. We
asked for a miracle.
When we got back to our área after the activity, we
started walking to our cita. We took a weird route to get there and ended
up meeting this same man along the way. He opened up like I’ve
never seen before and told us all the bad things that are going on in his
life. He told us to give him hope from the Book of Mormon. We went
back to his house and shared Alma 36 and some scriptures from Doctrine and Covenants
121 and 122. I have never seen someone be so sad, so low in his life, and
then after reading and talking for half an hour be so happy and so determined
to change his life. He said he felt the Holy Ghost so strong when we were
reading, so peaceful and full of hope. He said he would
start going to church and reading and praying every day. He said he would
start that moment to be a different person, for himself and his son.
This is why we’re here!! The gospel is good news! It is the only true source of happiness on this
earth! It is the only way you can find peace, hope, everything you
need! People NEED the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
That was some serious motivation. This is why we don’t mind getting doors slammed on us, and dogs chasing
us out of neighborhoods. We know what people are searching for, even if
they didn’t know they were on the search in the first place. I love this
work, so much. I can’t express it in an email, but it’s just the
best.
Love you guys!
