This week has been LOCO,
and I really love loco. Also I received the Bournes Christmas Card, and
I about died of laughter, and once again it has been confirmed that
Eliza and I are soul sisters, and we have a happy life full of spanglish
ahead of us!
But really this week has been the best. Full to the
brim with milagros. Every time we turned around there was something
else awesome happening.
So last week we were
looking for a less active family in our ward, but naturally there was
only a building number, and no door number, so clearly we decided to
knock the whole building. So we knock the first door, and they let us
right in. They had millions of questions and just wanted us to stay
forever and teach them all the things. They are the cutest little
family, and their daughters look like dora and boots, so that is just
perfect. We were just beaming and so excited. Later in the week we had
another lesson set up with them, and Hermana Crisp, who is my idol and a
member in our ward, was going to come with us. But at last min
she couldn't come, so we decided to call hermana Henderson, another
awesome member and she agreed. But when we got there they weren't there
and we were really sad, but Hna rosen said we should try and see some
other people, as long as we had a member with us. So we attempted a few
others that we had been trying to see, and finally one of our
investigators let us in! Hurray, her name is rosita. And we had the
perfect lesson, hermana Henderson was just perfect, exactly what rosita
needed. We know that she was supposed to be in that lesson with us.
And we also reschedualed the lesson with Alex and Roxanna, and Hermana
Crisp came, and it was perfect too. So the Lord has his ways!
Also we found 2 other very prepared investigators.
Well the english elders did, they knocked into them, and gave us the
reference, so we went and visited them. Their names are Manuel and
Norma, they are an older couple and they have all the questions. All
the ones we want them to have, and they are just eating it all up. We
have had two lessons with them, they came to church, and last night we
had a noche de hogar (FHE) with them at a members house. That was the
best. Do that! He is very educated, and kind of asked questions that
are hard, mostly because his vocabulary is so large, but we have had
members with us, and also the spirit and he is just loving every second.
We have just been living up the missionary life, and
we have been so busy. Running here and there, but I have been learning
so much. We have been very blessed.
I have been reading the bible for personal study, and other things
too. Genesis was hard for me, but now i am in Exodus, and it is
starting to make more sense. It is amazing that if we have the faith,
we can really be vehicles for the power of God.
Hermana Rosen and I have made a goal to be more like Women of God. There is a quote by MARGARET D. NADAULD, that says "Women
of God can never be like women of the world. The world has enough women
who are tough; we need women who are tender. There are enough women who
are coarse; we need women who are kind. There are enough women who are
rude; we need women who are refined. We have enough women of fame and
fortune; we need more women of faith. We have enough greed; we need more
goodness. We have enough vanity; we need more virtue. We have enough
popularity; we need more purity." So we have split up the words and we
are working on one or two every week. Last week we worked on Tender and
Kind. It is sometimes hard to be those things. But I thought about
all the tender and kind women example that I know, and I just want to be
like them. Mandy Bourne is one of those examples, being able to see
the way that she treats her children, just makes me want to be a mom
some day. I am still working on it, but good thing to think about!
We
had an awesome week. I know that Heavenly Father is here with us, and
is helping us always in our work. He wants all of his children to be
happy and to receive all of the blessings that they deserve.
And honestly I think I am just starting to skim the surface of
those miraculous blessings. He is just too good to us. I am just so
happy to be here, doing his work, and learning.
I
love you all very much. I loved the pictures of Sharons baby, he is
too cute! that is just so exciting. I hope all is well there. Keep
being the best! Les quiero mucho!
con amor, Hermana Riley Jane
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