So, we had a week of miracles!
First of all, zone conference was amazing. Second of all, I felt an earthquake! First one ever. So I can check that off my bucket list now.
Let me tell you about some of the AMAZING people we have taught this week.
Maria has a daughter in Mexico who's a member of the church, married in the temple and everything. Maria doesn't have family here and her daughter keeps telling her to look for the church. Maria didn't really know how and has just been hoping and waiting that missionaries would find her. The English elders happened upon her a few weeks ago and referred her to us! We've been teaching her for 2 weeks. She came to church last Sunday and the week before and loved it! She got done up all pretty and just had the biggest smile on her face all day. She asked one of the members to pray that her boss would give her Sundays off so she can stay for all 3 hours! She's been able to stay for 2 1/2 but want to stay the whole time :) she's amazing!
Felipe is SO elect. He's been going through a hard time, and Hno. Pinto invited him to a baptism a couple of week ago and introduced him to us there. He came to church last week and said he really liked everyone there and wants to keep coming. We had our first real lesson with him last Saturday. We taught the Restoration and he loved it and accepted everything. When we read Amos 8:11-12 about people hungering for the truth he was like, "That's how I feel! I want all of these things, but I need someone to guide me and help me find them." It was so cool. He talked about how he has this pain in his heart and he wants to be free from that. We testified how the Savior can ease any burden, and told him how our purpose is to help him get there. He readily agreed to baptism and said he wants to be clean. He so willing to act on the message, he wants to do whatever it takes to follow Jesus Christ and be clean again. When we taught about the Book of Mormon and gave him one, he received it as if we were giving him diamonds. He recognized how precious it is and he was so grateful. He is so prepared by the Lord! He is so grateful to have found this church and to be meeting with us. Felipe wanted the truth but just didn't know where to find it. Imagine if Hno. Pinto had never invited him to that baptism? You never know who of your friends the Lord is preparing. Invite! :)
Raquel is Ana's mom, (of Ana and Venancio who are preparing to be baptized this Saturday. *prayers please!!!!* the adversary's working hard on them). Raquel is visiting from Mexico and going back home on Tuesday. She said she's been wanting to come to the states to visit Ana for a while but it just hasn't been working out. She prayed to God that if He wanted her to come, that He would make everything possible so that she could come - and He did. She said that she knows the reason why now. She knows she was meant to come at this time to find the church. She said there should only be one flock and one shepherd. She's been reading the Book of Mormon and knows it's true. She said if she didn't have to go to Mexico she'd be baptized with Ana and Venancio this weekend! But she's going to contact the missionaries when she gets back to Mexico. Which is amazing because their whole family's there, and she's the grandma and the example to everyone, so she can share the gospel with all of them too! Amazing. The Lord is hastening his work so much. And it's all because a 16 year old member of the church invited Manny (Ana and Venancio's son) to mutual and seminary and he joined the church. Then his 14 year old sister Carolina got baptized, and now it's spreading to the whole family. Absolutely incredible.
Also this week I've been learning a lot about love and obedience. I've been told that I talk a lot about obedience in these letters - sorry if it gets old haha. But I've learned something new this week. I've learned that obedience should never get in the way of loving someone. Likewise, loving someone should never keep you from being obedient. Obedience has taken on a new meaning for me. The first commandment is to love. That's what is the very most important thing to God. If I am not obedient to that commandment, all of the other commandments don't mean as much. It was a really good lesson for me to refocus on what's most important. Love and obedience are one in the same, "if ye love me, keep my commandments." They should always go together.
I love you all so much! Have an amazing week!
Hna. Cannon
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| Here's some cute members we had dinner with at the park :) |
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