AWESOME!

This week was AWESOME!  It is really starting to get cool, especially at night. Something super exciting about this week was finding 10 new investigators.  Nine of them we actually taught, and one we haven't taught yet, but is GOLDEN!

On Monday night, we had such a sweet Family Home Evening with Ana and Isabel and their family. We had them all write their testimonies in copies of the Book of Mormon to give to our investigators. We played a fun scripture charades game. And then, of course...we ate! :) I know I say this every week, but I LOVE this family. They both speak extremely fast, but are some of my best friends. Isabel cut off all of her long, gorgeous hair and donated it. She still looks amazing of course. Jorge was the funniest I have ever seen him be. He is usually so quiet and reserved, but he had no problem jumping out of his shell for our game.

Tuesday was the first day we had without our second hour of companionship study, or 12 week hour. Because Sister Gubeli is technically trained now, we only study for three hours in the morning. I have been loving our language studies lately, because we are teaching each other a certain principle that we are working on and we are both improving a lot more.

Tuesday night when the sisters dropped us off at a bus stop, Sister Gubeli and I were laughing and crying at the same time because it was so cold, haha. :) It was kind of like the same thing I did when Ness and Ash were carrying me out of the ocean when I stepped on sea urchin in Hawaii. That night ended up being such an awesome night though!  The bus was super late and our plans were kind of ruined, so we decided to stop by Marta and Leo. They are friends of some members. Earlier in the summer we tried teaching her but she was SOOO COLD to us...soooo cold. Then two weeks ago we went by and she let us come in and teach her kids. She wasn't there for the lesson, she had to leave, but her husband came in and asked us a ton of questions. We were talking about baptism. They got to a Christian church and are REALLY awesome people. Leo told us that he had a really great boss when they lived in Arizona who was Mormon and they have really only had good experiences with them.

So back to Tuesday night, we decided to stop by, not having any clue what was going to happen. It was so perfect! They let us come in and fed us oreos (my favorite thing ever) and then we talked to them. Marta opened up about a dream she had about us. We were teaching people in her dream. She doesn't know what it means, but to them, dreams are very special. Then they gave us a ride home!  Later as we talked to their member friends, Julia (the mom) goes on to tell us that she had made a special fast for that family that day. How amazing is that! Heavenly Father is definitely guiding our paths.

 

Route 66!

The next day we decided to fast for them as well. We stopped by again the other day and Marta just started crying about how much she loves us and thinks what we are doing is amazing. She feels like she needs to take care of us while we are away from our families in the dangerous city. I started crying too, because I just love the girl and then we talked about why we are here on this earth...to have joy. When I asked her that, she didn't have an answer. I think she realizes that we have answers to questions she has. I am very excited for this sweet family in the coming months.

Alfredo came to church! So, he will be getting baptized next weekend!  We taught him about tithing and are reading with him out of the picture book, Book of Mormon. He is remembering a ton and loving it.

Refugio quit drinking coffee so she can be baptized the weekend after Alfredo! Her daughter Maria still needs to quit smoking, but she told us that on the day of Refugio's baptism, she will tell us when she will get baptized. She knows everything and believes it is true, but addictions are really hard to quit.  

Oliver and Gloria: We didn't have a lesson with them this week but stopped by on Saturday and gave them The Testaments to watch together. Oliver is SUPER excited about everything is learning.  He always tells us of new videos he has seen of the prophet and other church videos. He is asking off work to be able to come to church.

Last night we had a very sweet experience at the bus stop. We had forgotten that the busses stop running on Sunday nights so we were waiting for a member to come pick us up. This super cute lady, Soledad, came up to us with tons of groceries. We started talking and realized she speaks Spanish. She had to walk home because she forgot as well that the busses don't work. We told her that we would ask our member if they wouldn't mind giving her a ride home and she was so sweet about it. When the members came, of course they said it was ok. Soledad got in the car with us and we drove to her house which is totally in our area. She kept saying that she doesn't think we met by coincidence...that God put us in her path! We are so excited to go back and visit her! She gave us croissants and she has a cat that looks like Biebs. It is a match made in heaven. :)

At the bus stop!

 

Thank you for all the prayers, so happy Jax is doing better. I sure love that kid. :)