Happy Christmas in July!
| From: | Callie Horton (callie.horton@myldsmail.net) |
| Sent: | Mon 7/08/13 8:57 AM |
Hola familia!
This was a lovely week of course! First things first, July is definitely holding true to being the rainiest month! But it is beautiful rain! Its not like the rain that makes you sad and depressed. Its the rain that makes you want to be outside in it singing or something! It didn't rain the last couple days, but it picked right back up again today! Oh what a beautiful place Virginia is!
Happy Christmas in July!! This morning me and my companions woke up a little early and had Christmas surprise waiting for the Sisters we live with that included snowflakes hung by floss, a sticky note Christmas tree, Christmas music, crepes, and talks of our favorite Christmas memories. It was a beautiful site.
So last Tuesday was mission conference which was SO good! The new mission president and his wife are just amazing! I already feel so close to them and I am so grateful that I get to serve with them for the next year and a half. (Or however long it is now!) My most favorite thing that President Wilson said was, "Love is the great force behind all that we do." I love that so much I want to frame it and hang it up! A mission is about inviting others to come unto Christ, but we can not do that without love. One of my favorite things that Hermana Mendez said to me one of my first days is, "I love a mission because it gives you a reason to love people that you don't even know." Love really is that great force behind all that we do. We need to see someone, love them, then preach them the gospel. A mission doesn't work without it.
Sometimes (or all the time) we feel so inadequate and why the Lord keeps giving us miracles is beyond me! Last week we were trying to visit some people in this apartment complex. We were about to leave and we saw this guy listening to Spanish music in his car. My thoughts were, "We should go talk to him. We should really go talk to him." Hermana Sasser gets back in from backing the car and she says, "I'm debating whether we should go talk to him or not." Without another word I pull the car back into the parking spot. We go over and start speaking Spanish to him. He actually doesn't speak spanish, but just likes spanish music. We start talking and he motions to his triple on the dashboard. We find out that he was a member way back when and he sometimes likes to read the BOM. We keep talking to him and he tells us how he randomly stopped drinking not too long ago. This guy was seriously so prepared to have us talk to him that day! The more he kept talking, the more of a miracle he became! He actually doesn't live in our area unfortunately and we gave him as a referral because he wants missionaries to come over! After we were just so happy and so amazed. If he wouldn't have been listening to Spanish music we probably never would have gone to talk to him. The Lord works in mysterious ways!
The 4th of July was fun! The Elders in our ward had a baptism so we went to that. The guy they baptised is amazing! He just has such a strong testimony and he seriously glows! It was such an amazing experience. That night we went to dinner at our bishops house and made s'mores. I was very grateful to be at an english dinner appointment since we never have those. Our investigator Marcelo is starting to read the BOM which is soo great! We also met this cute daughter and mom who are now progressing. They read in the BoM and we had a very spiritual lesson about families with them. They are really cute. Almost as cute as me and Mom.
We had zone meeting on Thursday and the zone leaders asked us to teach the zone a little spanish so that they would know what to do when coming in contact with spanish people here because they all do. There are lots of Spanish people here! I'm super surprised at how many there are! So that was good and we have been getting referrals out the wazoo these last couple days! And our zone leaders are so great. They learned all this Spanish and they like to come out and knock spanish doors with us.
I just love it so much here! My companions are amazing! I am sad that Hermana Sasser will probably get her visa soon and that Hermana Mendez goes home on Aug. 30th. But Hermana Mendez is from New Jersey so she promised to come visit. The work of a missionary is so hard, but so amazing. I have learned so much about myself, including weaknesses, but that's ok! It helps me to improve every day.
I love you all so much! I have been very very grateful for the knowledge of eternal families this week. It really is amazing! Thanks for all you do! Have a GREAT week!
And now I close mine epistle. I am Hermana Horton.
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