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| Funny pics happen when you arrive early to your appointment! |
Hola!
Seriously
time could not be going any faster! And believe me, I don't want it to.
Yesterday was non-stop business all day starting at five in the
morning, until nine at night. Being over two wards is really a lot of
work when we are being asked to be part of the fabric of the ward, but
let me tell you it is so much fun!
Actually
it has been pretty crazy since Sister Hobbs and I have become
companions. We have a lot to do and we are being pulled in so many
different directions at one time. Don't worry we are being taken care.
This week was one of those reward weeks. One of those weeks that
Heavenly Father says, "Don't worry, there are people here that are ready
and waiting to hear the Gospel. You are doing a great, just keep
going." And He actually said this in an unexpected way. He gave us
another thing to do. We started teaching Isabel.
She
is an absolute golden! She has a childhood friend who recently got off a
mission. He had mentioned to her that she should check out church
again. So she told him that she would pray about it. Well she did and
decided that if she called and someone called her back, that she would
go. She looked up a number and thought it was for the church but it was
for the bishop's home number. The bishop's wife was able let her know
about the times of the meetings. She was at church on Sunday a whole
hour before church started.
Tuesday-
Was just a testament to us that our trials are but a small moment and
that if we endure it well, keeping our heads held high and being an
example of the believers, we be blessed. And like many blessings and
answers to prayers, this blessing came in the form of another person.
Isabel. So earlier in the day we met with a man at the library. He had
showed interest in the church on time when we were there before. He had
called us earlier in the morning and asked if we could meet him there.
We thought that it was a good opportunity, but soon realized that he had
different intentions with meeting with us. He was there because he
thought we were under the power of the devil and he wanted to save us
from the spell that we were under... I won't say what church he was
from, but I will say that he was not very nice about his approach. We
left the library feeling nasty. It was very spiritually draining to be
talked at so much and in a not so nice way. It was a neat experience for
us to be able to share our testimonies with each other.
I
didn't however, find out how much he had effected me until later that
night when we met with Isabel. It was a completely different experience.
She wanted to learn and the Spirit was there. Then when we asked her to
pray (for the first time), she gave thanks for us as missionaries and
then she asked for us to feel better about the day. We hadn't told her
as much about the situation or what happened, but she prayed for us and I
automatically felt of Heavenly Father's love for me. I felt uplifted
and edified. Isabel was the answer to my prayer and the way that
Heavenly Father was able to show His love for me.
Wednesday-
We learned how to make another Salvadorian dish, Fried Yuka. It is
actually really good. I guess a good way to describe Yuka is like
potatoes, but denser and more dough like. We ate it with our fingers
once again and with a cabbage and carrot salad over the top with
homemade salsa. We visited with a bunch of people, one of the perks of
two wards is there are more people to visit all the time.
Thursday
we had another wonderful lesson with Isabel, this time with the
Bishop's wife. We talked about faith in Jesus Christ as our Savior. We
were each able to bear our testimony about Jesus Christ and His
Atonement.
Friday was one of those Spiritually uplifting days. We had Zone conference.
We
had two lessons with Isabel this week, but really she is teaching
herself through her studies. It is actually a really neat experience
because she is doing the homework assignments in the little pamphlets
and so are we (we aren't going to give her anything that we wouldn't be
willing to do.) I am learning more and my testimony is growing. It has
been neat to be able to study more on the Life of Christ, of the
miracles He preformed and of the power of the Atonement.
We are going to family Home evening with her at the Hererra's house tonight, maybe we can get some good pictures.
I love you all!
Love always,
Hermana K. Brown
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| early morning studies! Primary childrens' cards in the background on the wall! |
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| A rewind picture of when Sis Hobbs asked Isabel to be baptized. She accidentally called her Jasmine! |
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| Sis Biggs gave new quilts to the missionaries. The apt. was so cold, the quilts came in handy. |
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