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Mon 6/24/13 10:52 AM
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My dear family!
It is so good to hear
from you! One thing though, both Dad and Laura commented on how I have 4 hours
of walk and talk on saturdays. That isn't the only day that we tract though.
But we aren't supposed to be making any appointments or plans during that time
on Saturdays so that we at least do a little tracting ever week. Just to clear
things up!
This past week has been
quite a wonderful week! The miracles just keep on coming! One day a couple
weeks ago we were going to visit a less active member and we ran into this guy
named Gabriel. He told us how he wants to change his life and we had our first
appointment with him last Tuesday. During the lesson his roommate came out and
wanted to listen. And we challenged both of them to baptism and they accepted!!
Woo woo! It was so great! Gabriel is trying to get work off on Sundays so that
he can go to church so we'll see how that goes. Later that day, we met with
Irma and Miguel (the ones who came to church even though we didn't have a
lesson with them yet) and they talked about how much they loved church and how
they have such a huge desire to go to the temple! There is a sealing for
someone in the ward this Saturday and they are going to try to go! They
understand that they can't go in, but they want to feel the spirit that
everyone bore testimony about the Sunday that they came to church. It was so
awesome! They are so interested! And we were hoping and praying that we could
go with them, but unfortunately we can't.
So my companions and I
started doing something where we are praying for miracles and things like that.
We have a little sticky note that has faith and miracle goals. We have seen so
many little miracles here and there! We were doing a car fast one day and so we
walked about started knocking doors and we ran into this cute little old lady
who is already a member of the church. Her name is Grandma Sharidan. She was so
cute and sweet and made all of us so grateful for eternal families. It was
something all of us needed that day! Later we decided to go quickly see Corina
who we haven't heard from in a while and we ran into another investigator who
lives right by there. When we saw her walking and we saw her we all looked at
each other and said, "There's our miracle we were praying for!" We
talked briefly with her and her daughter Jane and we knew that the Lord had led
us to her for whatever reason.
There is also another
investigator who's name is Marcelo. He lives 2 doors down from us and they
Spanish Elders gave him to us. He is so great! He is struggling to have faith
and to quit smoking. We decided that we would all give up something for a day
with him if he would give up smoking for a day. He didn't exactly have the
right faith. We had a member of the bishopric come with us and he went into
another room and gave him a blessing to have strength and while they were gone
we knelt down and just prayed so hard for him. We went back the next day and he
lowered the number of cigarettes from 14-20 to only 10 which was great! But he
showed up to church the next day with his cigarettes in his shirt pocket which
wasn't too promising haha. But we are praying so hard for him! He is so great
and nice! And he's from Guatemala which is a plus.
The broadcast yesterday
was great! I learned soo much and it helped me to appreciate even more that I
am a missionary. I am so grateful to be a missionary! My favorite quote was,
"The most effective missionaries are the ones that act out of love."
That was such a comfort because I don't understand half the things these people
say, but I just love them so much! So I know that the Lord understands my lack
of Spanish, but he has helped me to love these people anyways!
Well life is wonderful
in good ol' Virginia! I am so grateful for the ward I am in and for my
wonderful companions and mostly, that I'm a missionary! I love you all very
very very much!
And now I close mine
epistle.
-Hermana Horton II
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