Hello!
We've
had a great week with lots of miracles! Elder Garns, our area seventy,
asked that we all pray and fast for rain last fast Sunday. It rained all
week! It was such a miracle.
We also found lots of great people to teach.
Jorge
and Alma - we found Jorge out walking and set an appointment to come
visit him and his family. They were amazing! They were so involved and
just asking questions left and right. They loved the message of the
Restoration and wanted to find out for themselves if it's true. They
said they would read from the Book of Mormon, pray about it, and come to
church this week!
Adrian, Sherise, and Gracie - oh my goodness, the
cutest little family. They were so nice to let us in and sat down to
have a lesson with us. We shared the Restoration, and throughout it cute
little 4 year old Gracie kept giving us little presents. We are now
each the proud owners of a decorative green bunny, two water bottles, a
fruit cup, and some cookies from Costa Rica. She was the cutest thing
ever. She said the closing prayer and said, "Dear God, thank you for
these beautiful people, because I love them. In Jesus' name, amen." It
was adorable. They're not sure yet about some of the things we taught
but they invited us to have dinner with them next week! And they are way
way interested in family history! They said they really liked us and
are excited to meet again. The Lord uses us to touch hearts in various
ways - I'm excited to see them hopefully feel the spirit and come to
accept the message one day :) when we started to walk outside little Gracie
yelled, "Wait! I want another hug!" Cutest child ever.
Saul - here's a fun one. We had a wrong number call us,
he was looking for some business or other. I said, "Sorry I think you
have the wrong number. But we are missionaries from the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints, and we teach people about the gospel of
Jesus Christ." We started talking and he said he lives in Oxnard. I
asked if he'd like missionaries from our church to come visit him and he
said, "You know, the Lord works in mysterious ways. I had no idea I'd
be calling missionaries today, but I would actually love some people
from your church to come talk to me about it." Then he gave me is
information and we passed it along to have the missionaries come visit
him! So that was a fun little opportunity :)
Ana - our first or second week here we visited her on
the day she was going to have surgery (I think maybe I told you this
story?) On her teaching record it said "The wife is the key." We've met
her husband as well, it turns out she is a member and he is not. We had a
great meeting with her this week and she said that day we came she
decided to postpone the surgery because she just didn't feel good about
it. She remembered that we prayed with her, and she felt it was the
spirit guiding her. We shared a message from 1 Nephi 8:20-24 about the
iron rod. It talked about some going astray but coming back. She read it
and said, "I am coming to church next week." That will be the first
time in 40 years. She is so excited. She said she is going to bring her
husband and grandson, neither of whom are members. She said she feels
like it's her time, and God is calling her back home. It is so fun to be
a part of that. The Lord send us to bring His children back.
So those are some of the miracles we've seen this week.
Hope you all have a great week! Pray for miracles! With faith in the Savior we can do anything! 1 Nephi 7:12
Hna. Cannon
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