anyways! preperation day once again! :) This week has been
such an awesome one. I must first say that I LOVE CONFERENCE. just love it. I
could always use another 2 or 3 more sessions though ;) but it really was so
awesome. Man. I love the church of Christ. it really functions in the way of
God. I mean every talk-just seriously was one of my best and most favorite
conferences ever. There is nothing like being a
missionary and watching conference. A really neat experience to
be listening at the feet of the prophet with my fellow family that is
trying to push the work of the Lord forward. I think one of the most major
themes that I got out of it was that the world - the people in it need to step up
and be preparing for the second coming. that we need to get our act together
and experience pure and lasting joy instead of the temporary and fake
happiness. That we are truly going to see a difference between the
true disciples of Christ and the world. and we need to shape up and
pick what side we are on. hot or cold. no lukewarm option is available. and yet
they were messages full of love and just awesomeness!!!!!
Besides conference this week we also had some really cool
experiences happen:) Where we have really felt like we have been instruments in
the hands of God as his mouthpiece.
Last Friday we went to an appointment with some recent converts who
are preparing to serve missions :) and they are teaching us the lessons from
Preach My Gospel which has been so awesome because they are gaining confidence in the
stuff they know and are sharing it with their friends. So we go to this appointment
and their dad who isn't a member happens to be there. I have never met him
before nor anything about him. but he came and sat down for our lesson on the
plan of salvation and Silvia and Nolberto are missing a few things from the
plan and soltero(the father) comes in and ends up fixing everything they missed
out on. like he knew the plan of salvation. even Silivia and Nolberto were
super surprised at that . but while he was talking about the spirit world I had
the impression or thought come to my head that I needed to invite him to be
baptized. As I began to question whether this was a prompting for the spirit or
just my own silly thoughts another very distint thought popped into my head
saying "Dont question me. Just act." very distinct like and
overpowering all the other thoughts in my head, and so i said OK I will do it.
and so I asked. hahaha kind of funny to see Hermana Noyes's face in my
peripheral vision-one of complete no way she's goin for it. yeaah....and do you
know what he said?! you got it! YES!! turns out hes been reading Silvias gospel
priciples book and after Hermana Noyes told me that he came to their baptism
and was so happy for them but that they hadn't been able to teach him since
because he was always working. So he's praying to find out if God wants
him to be baptized on the 29th of this month. :)
Then just yesterday we went to an appt with Carlos's nephew
Victor-and this is our second lesson with him and Hermana Noyes and I were bien
in sync for this lesson it was so awesome. we were just truely listening to the
spirit and invited him to be baptized as well and he said YES! :) hes really
got a desire to change and knows that the Book of Mormon is true and is really excited for
it. and not to mention that we have an appointment with Carlos's kids- Carlos jr and
Karla and are going to be putting them on date for this month as well. and you
know who's gonna be a busy priesthood user? yep thats right Carlos! the
recent convert is gettting to work! :) Just seriously so awesome and I know that it's
gonna be such a sweet experience to see the rest of the family enter onto the
path of Chist:) my first family that i get to see completely converted! :)
sweet stuff huh?
Another sweet project that we have been doing--and i totally
get this from mom :) but there is this member in the english ward and her name
is kiki and she is seriously one of the most loving people you could ever
meet-she speaks not a lick of spanish but she comes with us to some of our
lessons which has been awesome. She clicks really well the people and she also
lets us go over to her apt on wednesdays to do our laundry at her place so we
don't have to pay for it at ours. and well kiki does have one flaw and that she holds onto everything. like still has
mail from 1987 some of which has yet to be opened. so we have been going over
every once and a while and helping her de junk and just get rid of all the
things shes not using or needs. fun huh?! man i seriously love it. its like a
house make over! and kiki is trying to move to florida :( and as such this has
put her in the mood to just get rid of stuff. so it has been really cool. we have
gone through so much and there is still so much to do but man is it weird to
say that its like refeshing and relaxing for me to go through peoples junk and
make their house look and feel better? so here are some kind of before pictures
of her bedroom. we had already done quite a bit of work on it before i thought
to take a picture....so :) when its done ill be sending the after picture! :)
That's pretty much it for this week! Transfers are next
week and today we are going to be playing monopoly and settlers of catan:)
and doing some boot shopping for Hermana Noyes!
I love you all so much! and hope you have a great week!
paz y amor
Hermana Maughan
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