Hard work pays off!‏

From:	Callie Horton (callie.horton@myldsmail.net)
Sent:	Mon 9/09/13 9:27 AM

Dear wonderful people of my life,

 

I know that it has not been long since you have recieved an email from me, but so much has happened! Since last Wednesday when I emailed you all, we now have 3 progressing investigators! This is the most up to this point that Mechanicsville has ever seen! Last week we worked HARD. We had to do a lot of ground work, which was very helpful, but we also were able to get in a lot of lessons! Our progessing investigators are Osbel, Sebastiana, and Veronica. All AMAZING people! You wanna know why? Because they are reading the most precious and wonderful Book of Mormon!

 

Last Friday, we had the most amazing restoration lesson ever. It was with Veronica and a new investigator Claudia. The Spirit was so strong, our spanish was amazing, and they just got it! Claudia basically perfectly described back to us why Joseph Smith prayed to God after he read in James 1:5. They had lots of good questions and it was just so powerful! We were like on cloud 9 after that lesson! And then we spent the long drive home from Ashland talking about how much we loved being missionaries, and how its experiences like those that make the hard times worth it. I decided that being a missionary is like having a baby (not that I would know what that's like) but it seems like nothing but painful and yet every mother says, "Oh but you don't remember the pain because having the baby is so wonderful." There is a lot about missionary work that is really hard, but the amazing experiences are just SO amazing that it overpowers the hard experiences. I'll let you know if I think the same thing after I actually have a baby.

 

So I spoke in the ward yesterday! We got a call Saturday night from a distressed bishopric counselor who was needing some speakers so all the Sisters and us spoke yesterday. It was great! I really do love speaking in front of people for some reason. Now in Spanish, that's a different story. But it was in English so it was great! Our ward is really so amazing. Especially now that I know them better! It makes me miss the amazing ward back home, because I feel love similar to the way I did there. I am very grateful for this ward and their amazingness!

 

On Saturday we were doing walk and talk around all of there stores like Target and Home Depot and places like that. When we went into Home Depot this worker came up to us and asked if we needed any help, she then preceded to ask us what church we were from. After we told her she said, "YES! JESUS ROCKS!" It pretty much completed our day after a very unsuccessful walk and talk. It wasn't completely unsuccessful though! We ran into this lady who lives in a ward that our area covers and after talking with her for a couple minutes, we find out that because of her husbands job he knows where all of the Spanish hot spots are! So we got some goods from her.

 

Thank you so much for all of your love and support! I am so lucky to have the friends and the family that I have. I am so grateful for this opportunity to learn and grow as a missionary. OH! I almost forgot! I realized the other day that I am already 1/4 of the way through my mission!! My how time flies! Take care everyone! I love you!!

 

And now I close mine epistle. I am Hermana Horton.

 

P.S. 2 Nephi 22:2. Look it up. One of my new favorites.