Familia!
Well...still no hot water to shower. But...we did start
heating water up on the stove and mixing it in a big bucket to shower out of
the bucket. A million times better. Now I don´t want to cry every time I have
to shower ha.
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| "Our tree...it's so cute!" |
I´m not doing anything." She knows that it´s what God wants and
that it´s true. Her mom wants her to be baptized in her evangelica church
instead of the "mormon" church. She´s 21 years old and has a kid, so
she doesn´t need permission from her mom necessarily, but they all live
together and so she´s worried about what will happen if she goes through with
it. We´re trying to help her increase her faith and trust in God, knowing that
this is the best thing for her. To be continued next week...
Sister Evans paragraph on Maritza: "Also, in my area here in Los Naranjos one of our
investigators, Maritza is preparing to be baptized this weekend!! We are so
excited for her!! It is amazing to see how this gospel can bring so much
happiness and hope into people's lives. Whenever we read the Book of Mormon
with her she is so happy because she always finds answers to her questions and
finds peace when days are hard. She is the only one in her family that will
accept this gospel right now. Her mom does not want her to get baptized and
this has been really hard for her. However, we experienced a little miracle
while teaching her. One night before we taught her, she had a really hard day
with her mom and her mom was pretty upset. She said that before we came
she prayed that we would not talk specifically about her baptism, because her
mom would be even more angry. That night during the lesson, her mom was
standing next to us and listening intently to the lesson. We had plans to ask
her specific questions about her baptism but we felt prompted to just talk
about the Book of Mormon, so we read a chapter with her in Mormon 9 about
miracles and faith. Mormon 9:21: Behold, I say unto you that whoso believeth in
Christ, doubting nothing, whatsoever he shall ask the Father in the name of
Christ it shall be granted him, and this promise is unto all, even unto the
ends of the earth. After the lesson she was so grateful and her faith was
strengthened. We are going to continue to pray for her and help her. SHe has a
strong desire to be baptized, and we have hope that we will still have a
baptism this weekend!"
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| "Armadillo anyone...delicious!?" |
And she told me a story that was great to hear...
She went on interchanges to Orquideas one day and was able
to see our fruits. Here´s the background story...one day about a year ago we
saw a man who was throwing water out of a hole on the street to clean up so we
offered to help him. We stopped and just helped him by serving him and chatted
with him a little bit as we helped throw out all the dirty water onto the
street. He told us we could return and teach him. We tried going back about 5
times and never found him again. I even tried going back after Hermana Najera
left and never found him.
Well fast forward to an interchange Hermana Najera had in
our area a couple months ago and they passed by this man´s house. He was
outside and he yelled at her and said, "Hey Hermana Najera..." and so
she went to say hi. Long story short, he told her that he remembered her and
her companion, Hermana Wright, and that he will never forget that day when we
helped him. He was sad that we never returned and she explained how we returned
varias veces (several times) but never found him. He said that he was so touched by that day
when we helped him and that it left an impression on him and he will forever
remember our names. The hermanas are now teaching him.
I feel bad that I don´t even remember his name. But it made
me really happy to hear that and realize that ningun esfuerzo (no effort) is in vain and
that we are making a difference, even though we often don´t see all the
fruits.
Little things like that really give us mas animo como
misioneras para seguir adelante (more encouragement as missionaries to go ahead) and keep working. It was really great to hear
that.
Aside from that, this week I studied a little more about
consecration and what the means and how to be more consecrated. I remembered
the quote that Melinda always has in all of her emails, that says something
like, "the day obedience becomes a desire and not a burden is the day you
gain power." And it´s so true. I learned more about how when we consecrate
our time and ourselves to the Lord, we receive power. And that is my goal.
Hope you have a glorious week getting your last minute Christmas gifts!
Love,
Hermana Wright
-fire night lesson
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