The Work of the Lord by Hermana Horton
| From: | Callie Horton (callie.horton@myldsmail.net) |
| Sent: | Mon 7/15/13 9:27 AM |
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Hola familia!
This has been such an amazing week! We were so busy every single day and it was awesome! Well first to start off with something sad... My companions are being transferred this week :( But I am staying here. Which I am very happy about because the work progressed so much last week and it would have been really sad if all of us would have been transferred. But they are leaving me and I am really sad about it. I had no idea transfers were such a hard thing! We have learned so much from each other and have had an AMAZING time together. Their new areas are very lucky! And one of the sisters that we live with is staying so I'm really happy about that too! We have created a cute little family in our cute little blue house. Oh before I forget! One of the sisters we live with is going back to temple square next week! Her name is Sister Espanto and she is a little Philipeno (I have no idea how to spell that) and I love her so much and I told her that you guys would go visit her for me. So will you commit to go and see her for me? She only has a couple months of her mission left so you have to go soon! She is hilarious.
Well highlights of last week... Marcelo has a baptismal date!!! We are soooo excited!! We decided to pop by and see him one night because we hadn't seen him all week and it was the most amazing lesson ever! We asked him if he read and he said yes and then just opened his Book of Mormon and started reading to us. Hermana Mendez was able to relate one of the verses to baptism. And we asked him what he thought baptism was and he explained it back perfectly! So we extended the baptism invitation and he said he was ready!! His baptism is set for August 31st. We are praying so hard for him everyday so that we can work out those things he needs to by that date. He has so much of a desire now to change! We taught him about fast and we are fasting with him this Saturday. He is so great! We had dinner at a members house and he came and he just laughs so hard at everything. I love it. We played this way fun game called Headbands that you guys should get!
We also met this lady named Ana who is just a miracle. Most of her family is members and they were telling her how she should join the church and she wasn't really sure about it, but she was thinking a lot about it. And they go to the store when they get home from their trip and the first people they see are Mormon missionaries so it was then that she knew she needed to try it out so she asked where the nearest church was. We are now teaching her and her sons!
Our investigator Gabriel gave us a bunch of referrals to his work so we are now teaching half of the people that work at the restaurant. Not a joke. We went there the other day to teach one of them during the break and we knew like half the people there. Our goal is to convert the whole restaurant so that they can come to church on Sundays!
I am so grateful for everything that I am learning on my mission. I think of how everything I've learned just up to this point will effect me for the rest of my life. And there is so much more to come! I am so glad that I am here and learning all of this stuff because it has seriously made a HUGE impact on me. I will be crazy little Callie for forever, but my appreciation for God and Christ and their teachings has grown so much. I don't know where I would be without everything I've learned so far. My challenge for all of you this week is to think of Christ in all you do. Your relationships with others, the words you say, the things you do, and the service you give to others. We would be no where without Christ.
I love you all! Have a very amazing week!!
And now I close mine epistle. I am Hermana Horton.
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