Buenas Dias!
Today I
am just exhausted, in the best way of course, missionary work is the
very best of times. We have been busy busy busy, and just loving all
the cutest little Hispanics around. I know I always say that, but
really they are so cute and so loving, and we are here inviting them all
to have the best life ever, so life is good.
We had an AWESOME zone meeting this week. Really
just a tear jerker. Elder Unga is my zone leader again, he was also
with me in Harrisonburg, and he is just a top A missionary. He gave a
training about inviting people to baptism, and gave me a whole new
perspective on it. In our mission we invite to baptism at every single
lesson, but they way he presented it was that when we don't invite
someone to be baptized we are denying them the opportunity to have real
peace and happiness in the lives. There really are so many people that
are just wandering, and sad, and lonely, and we have the best gifts in
the whole world to give to every single one of them. Missionary work is
the best.
This week we got a random/kind of weird member
referral...there is a very elderly man in the ward, Hermano
Cuadros...and he called us up very excited and said, I have a golden
referral for you, call her right this second and set up an appointment,
she wants to meet on Thursday,
she is going to be baptized. So naturally we call her, Veronica, and
set up said appointment, and it was perfect. We invite Hermano Cuadros
to come with us to the lesson, but turns out this girl is 17 years
old...we were a little confused...but went with it. They had been on
morning walks and started chatting, he had felt prompted to talk to her,
and they had a really good chat. She is looking for more in her life,
and wants to change and feel loved. We are on it. Miracles are real.
She is awesome, and has a cute dog named sneakers, literally the
cutest.
We actually had a couple of conversations this week
with friends of other faiths, and it was a really good opportunity for
me to get back down on me knees and ask for reconfirmation of everything
that I know to be true. I think we should all do that regularly, it is
amazing what it does to your testimony and conviction. Yesterday I
explained the gospel of Jesus Christ to a man named Mike, and it was
short and sweet and simple, and just so true. I am so grateful for the
truthfulness of the gospel, for the opportunity we have to live it and
love it and most importantly share it.
This week was fun, just classic. We got invited to
an investigators 8 year old daughters birthday party, where they grilled
150 lbs of carne asada, and Hispanic music. Knocked some doors.
Sweated to death. Ate ALOT of rice. Caught a firefly. Gave a last
minuet sacrament meeting talk about enduring to the end. Chatted with
7th day Adventists. Found 8 new investigators. Loved being in
Virginia. Life is just so happy.
xoxo Hermana Riley Jane
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