Week 49
On Tuesday morning we got a very special wake up call. One of our friends called us and yes it was at 7:30am just after we had finished our exercising and were planning for the day. But we shared a great lesson about the gospel and thinking of the challenge we had received the night before in a meeting with mission, we asked him if he wanted to be baptized and he said yes! So he is now praying about whether he should be baptized on the date we gave him. That same day I could see that Heavenly Father was answering our little prayers. A member passed us by on the road and gave us a ride home. We didn't have to walk down a hill for an hour in the middle of nowhere!
We also got to serve less active members more this week as we helped organize blessings and visited another less active member who came to church yesterday for the first time in a long time. What was even sweeter was that yesterday we asked another member to invite this less active member to church! So we had the members helping in the work as well and seeing the fruits of their labors.
On Friday we had a lesson with the primary aged kid we are teaching. It was so cute because normally the mom is in the lesson but we also had his older sister in the lesson too. The whole family is trying to come back to church and it is the sweetest thing to see all their faith growing. The faith his older sister has is so strong. Yesterday in church, after learning about tithing on Friday, she asked us to help find the tithing slips, fill one out, and give it to the bishop. She understands that it's not the amount that matters…what faith! And a sweet member also had an extra white shirt and pants to give to the primary boy we are teaching. It is so powerful to see the different ways people are serving this family and helping them because the covenant path is not an easy one.
In equipo de los suenos one of my favorite lessons this past week was after saying an opening prayer, they asked if they could say a prayer for us. We ended up saying 2 prayers for them and they said 2 prayers for us, thanking us for doing what we are doing because there are not many people in the world who would do what we do willingly. I was very touched by the gratitude of this person.
¡Pregúnteles a los misioneros; ellos pueden ayudarles! In 2012 President Nelson gave this talk about missionary work and it is such a great talk! He talks about how as representatives of the Lord Jesus Chrsit, we strive to fulfill that divine command to take the fullness of the gospel abroad and bless the lives of people everywhere. We share the good news of the gospel that will bring true joy and everlasting happiness to all who heed our message. I love the trust that President Nelson put in the missionaries in his talk as well as the trust he continues to put in us now. Ask the missionaries, they can help you. I have loved trying to be better at living up to these standards of being able to help everyone that the Prophet has for me and all missionaries.
Mucho amor,
Hermana Warburton
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