Miracle Family!

Hello!

How are you all doing? Shout out to Cassie who's birthday is this week! Happy Birthday!

So, we just had one of the hugest miracles of my mission this past week, no big deal. Alma and Abran were referred to us from the Lompoc Spanish unit. We went over this week to give Abran a blessing, who has been suffering from cancer since February. After the blessing we opened our eyes and both Alma and Abran were sobbing. The spirit was so powerful. The 2 men who gave the blessing felt such a special connection with them and vice versa. Abran was just saying, "gracias...gracias..." between his tears. He said he couldn't express his gratitude fully for what they'd done for him, and what we'd done in bringing them and teaching the gospel. The lesson that followed was one of the most powerful lessons of my mission. I know the Lord was filling my mouth. The words I spoke were not my own. The spirit was so strong. We pointed out the spirit to them and they recognized it, and knew the holy ghost was testifying to them of truth. We talked about authority and what it all means. By the end, they said they believe this really is Jesus Christ's one and only true church, and they need to be baptized into it. We talked about temples and they know they want to be sealed as a family. We gave them a picture of the Salt Lake temple and they said they want to go there and be sealed, and they want us to be there after our missions. I've never seen someone develop such a powerful testimony after only 2 lessons. We also talked a lot about faith, and how they need to nourish their faith by keeping their commitments. We went back a few days later to teach the plan of salvation to the whole family, and the youngest son was really interested and asked good questions. Between Tuesday and Saturday Alma had been reading the Book of Mormon at every spare moment. She was so captivated by it. She holds it in her lap while she drives and reads it at red lights, as well as during her lunch breaks. They are such an incredible miracle family. We are so excited for them!

Also One night this week we had a dinner and they didn't know they were feeding us, so they sent us to the restaurant where the mom works. We were on our way over when we got a call from a member that said, are you coming? I have dinner for you! We thought, oh no, we mixed up the dinners! So we rushed over there, but it turns out both members were mistaken. We were indeed scheduled with the first. But the dinner we went to, the member's non-member daughter ended up being there and we were able to teach her the restoration! She said she believed Joseph Smith was a prophet! That was exciting. The member told us afterwards that it must have been meant to be. Yay!

I love you!!!!

Hna. Cannon