E-mail (Dated: 9/11/2017) THE SPIRIT WILL BE THE JUDGE

This week was pretty tuff in the way of missionary work, but we had a lot of good as well. As far as appointments and contacting, it was sad. We probably got rejected this last week in just about every way possible. But like I said, there was also a lot of good. Good always outweighs the bad, right? So, this week it rained super-duper hard. The streets were flooded but we decided to stay out and contact anyways for a bit. Sad thing is that I thought my backpack was fully water proof, but I found out the hard way that it isn´t. It’s okay, I got my things inside to dry. It´s been awesome having a camera that is water proof! (thank you, mom and dad)

We then visited a lot with other less actives and members this week. It was good to bond with a few more families. What is really cool is that they load us up with a ton of referrals. This week in fact we went and contacted a few of them. Some of which were at 9am in the morning. Truth be told, when we arrived, they didn´t answer. We will keep on trying to contact them.

We also opened up the Area Book this week to do some deep digging. It went really well. We called over 30 numbers and about half accepted our call. They also invited us to come to their homes this week. How awesome is that? One of them actually answered and said, “The Elders??? Awesome! Glad you guys called! When is the soonest you can come?” That made us feel really good! So, we will be going to those appointments this week!

Let’s see--we got haircuts this last week, ha-ha. It was done by a member that just opened a business and doesn´t know how to cut hair super well, ha-ha. He learned from his wife. I wanted to see how he would do, so we went and let’s just say the next day we went to another barber to fix some of the errors. I guess we learned a good lesson that day.

On Saturday, the assistants to the president had an interview that we needed to do for a baptism. On the way, they asked if we wanted to go to IHOP with them. I was like, YES!!! So we went there and it was really good. I never liked IHOP before my mission, but now it has a new significance being here.

On Sunday, we had the chance to go to the baptism of these new converts for the assistants because we have grown close to the two investigators there were being baptized.

Now, today I had a zone activity with the President and it was really fun! We played volleyball and basketball and a bit of frisbee and then had Costco pizza. I have grown a lot closer to a many of the Elders and Hermanas here, it has been a cool life experience.

After the activity, we left and got on a bus. We were standing next to two older ladies who were seated. Then one of them started shaking and passed out and the other people around couldn´t wake her. In that moment, the bus driver pulled over the bus and evacuated everyone, but Elder Macias and I decided to stay. We both had this overwhelming feeling that she needed a blessing. Elder Macias asked her friend if we could and at first, she said no. Then, I knelt down and said, “we are MISSIONARIES OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS. We can give her a blessing if you let us, it won´t cost anything, but I promise it will help.” In that moment, she said yes. Elder Macias and I put our hands above her hand and gave her a blessing. It was short, but we could feel God using us as his instruments in that moment. A couple minutes after the ambulance arrived but the friend didn´t want to take her to the hospital but then in that moment, the lady that had passed out came to and was able to walk off the bus. She still probably needs to see a doctor, but in the moment, we were able to see the work of our Father in Heaven. We saw the miracle of his power.

It was a refresher to know that God will guide us, and we can be his hands here on this earth, but we need to learn to trust and act in the moment.

I love you family and friends, take care and remember to follow in the steps of our Savior!

Video1 - Working in the RAIN

Video 2 - Working in the RAIN