What a blessed week

From:	Callie Horton (callie.horton@myldsmail.net)
Sent:	Mon 3/31/14 9:28 AM

Hello everybody!

 

This was a very very blessed one! The Lord really showed us His love through the success that we had. I just have to say, through obedience and faith, success comes. We didn't have like a baptism this week or anything, but we definitely saw the miracles and the tender mercies. Sometimes we miss those little things along the way if we aren't looking for them, but they were definitely seen this week.

 

There is this this ADORABLE less active lady who has been in El Salvador taking care of her mom the last couple months so last week was the first time that I met her. All of our plans had fallen through and we were near her house so we decided to stop by and see her. We had a great lesson with her about the plan of salvation. Then she came to our English class the next day. We were so happy that we were able to get her into the church building. And then the next day she called us just to tell us that she hopes that we have a great day! It was so cute. All of that in and of itself we were thinking of as a huge tender mercy. She works on Sundays and she had already told us that she wasn't going to be able to come to church that week. And then after church she comes up to us! We were so happy! She was only able to come to the last hour, but hey, that's better than nothing! Hermana McRae says that she hasn't been to church since like the beginning of January and there she was! And it all started with our plans falling through. I am completely positive that Heavenly Father made that happen so that we could go and visit her. To add on to that, another less active family that we've been teaching also came to church and they haven't been in a long time.

 

So a couple of weeks ago we found this mom and her daughter while we were knocking. We were definitely led by the Spirit to go there. So we had had a couple of lessons and they didn’t really seem like the GOLDEN investigators, but they were nice and seemed to be soaking in the stuff that we taught pretty well. We have our lessons every Friday with them, but during the week I felt like we should go and leave them a note on the door. When we were there, the daughter was just coming home from school so we just gave her the note, a hug, and told her that we loved her. And then when we were walking away she yelled, "Hey! I love you guys too!" It was so precious. So then we were to our lesson on Friday and it was just different. There was a different feeling there. They told us how since we've been coming they have been thinking more positively and have just seen a lot of blessings in their lives. The mom said that she had never thought about going to another church until we started teaching them. They expressed so much gratitude to us. And then they invited us to a fiesta the next day which is always a good sign! And they handled the Book of Mormon so carefully, just the way it should be handled. It was like they had just received the best gift ever. The Spirit was there so strongly.

 

We also have these kids we've been teaching! They're related to a member in our ward. They are so great. They have pretty much no religious background and they haven't given a lot of thought to who God is. All of our lessons have kind of been like you would think any lessons would go with teenagers that don't really know about God. But both Hermana McRae and I saw so much potential in them. We knew that if they did what they said they would do, that these things could really change their lives. So last time we gave them a Book of Mormon and a chapter to read with some questions to answer. Kind of like homework. That's what we call it. And then when we went over yesterday they had done it! And even better, they had helped each other do it. Their answers were perfect. I was so impressed with the answers they gave especially considering how little they know about God. And then they agreed to be baptized!! The smiles on their faces were priceless. They have to ask their parents before they set a date, but we kind of tentatively set it for May. It was so great. And then the girl said the prayer at the end and she asked in her prayer in the Book of Mormon was true. The Spirit just flooded into the room! I hope she felt it.

 

The women's broadcast on Saturday was amazing! I had tears in my eyes for most of it. I just felt so united with all of the women all over the world, especially with those that I love that were watching it at the same time. I realized right before that Lillie would be there and I think that's where the tears began haha. And then when they had all of the little girls stand up I just lost it haha. I'm so proud of that little human. She's a keeper.

 

Well I hope that you all have a fantastic week! I love you! The Church it true!

 

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