Esta semana fue muy bien! Vimos muchos milagros! I learned a lot this week but most of all I have learned the importance of being a first responder and listening to the promptings of the spirit and acting immediately on them. My companion and I had many experiences this week that have changed my life forever. For some reason I had the prompting to bike more than usual this week. The weather is only getting hotter but I felt like it would be a good finding opportunity to bike to each of our appointments. While biking there were many promptings that I received that we should take a different route to get to our appointments. We met so many different people who were put in our path for a reason. One miracle that happened because of a prompting followed was that we ended up stopping by a less active member because we saw him through his window vacuuming as we biked past, and they are usually never home. I called out to my companion to turn around and for us to go back. When we knocked on their door he answered and came outside to talk with us. After about 15 minutes of talking and hearing the things he was going through recently, we asked him if he had been able to pray and talk to his Heavenly Father. He told us he hadn't even thought to pray but that he would that night. I have a testimony of following the promptings of the Holy Ghost and acting on them even if you're not sure exactly why. You never know what the outcome might be.
Jason got baptized this weekend! It was a wonderful baptism and boy he was so excited! One of the young men from our branch got to baptize him and Jason said to me after when I was giving him a hug that he was so happy to be closer to God now! I love that kid. Pearl
and Ana are doing so well. Pearl is loving Young Woman's and wants to invite all the neighborhood girls who are beehive age to come to church! Their family has been watching a ton of church movies and they've been watching them over and over again. We did a family night with them this week and we taught them how to do family night on there own, they are super excited to do that. Pearl was so excited and happy for Jason. That family is doing so well! Ana recently told us that one of her other daughters, Brianna, wants to start meeting with
us. We went over and taught her last night and she was super involved and excited to learn more!
Kris Poff is getting baptized this weekend on the 17th! She's doing so well! When we went by on Tuesday this week she told us amazing news! She told us her husband Jim's heart has been softened and he is willing to learn more. This is a miracle because just a little while ago he avoided us all together and wanted nothing to do with any of it. He's seeing the changes his wife is making and sees her so happy and the miracles and blessings that are coming into their lives! We are so excited for them both!
I had the wonderful opportunity this week to go on exchanges with one of my lovely sisters Hermana Reeder. She is one of the most positive, kind people I know. We saw a lot of miracles together. I loved that I got to work with her for a day and see how amazing she
is.
The members here are great! There aren't very many of them but they help us out whenever we need it, which I am very grateful for! Almost every day this week we had a member come with us to a lesson. One of my favorite experiences was inviting one of the members to come to a lesson with us and help us help our investigator start her family history. It got our member to look more into her family history before our lesson, and on Sunday she gave a talk on family history and how us inviting her to the lesson helped her have more of a
desire to look into her family history. She ended up finding names that she thought their work in the temple had already been done. I know that as members go out with the missionaries their testimony is strengthened. We love member missionary work! We can't do it alone, we need the members help. Our members relate so much with our investigators. If you have not been out with the missionaries, or even if you have, I would invite you to do so! Your testimony will grow, you will see miracles!
One last miracle I want to share this week. While we were at church yesterday a man showed up. His name was Brandon. He had been taught by Elders about a year ago and decided not to keep meeting with them. He said he had the feeling that morning that he needed to come to church. He told us afterwards that he had felt the spirit and wanted to start meeting with us again! I know God is aware of us and everything we are going through.
I read a scripture this week in 1 Nephi 4:6 and the phrase “Led by the Spirit” stuck out to me.
6. 'And I was led by the Spirit, not knowing beforehand the things which I should do.'
Sometimes it takes courage to be led by the Spirit. There will be times when the world’s logic and reasoning will suggest a course of action that is contrary to the Lord’s teaching. Elder John H. Groberg of the Seventy challenged us, “Be willing to take reasonable risks. We live in an age of reason, logic, facts, and figures. These can be useful if kept in subjection to faith in the Lord, Jesus Christ. But if they ever take precedence over faith in Him, then they are not useful and can be very harmful.“ … Nephi was determined to do what God wanted him to do even with
logic to the contrary. The scriptures tell us in 1 Nephi 4:6 that he went forth not knowing beforehand what he should do but knowing he should obey God and get the plates.... "I suspect had he listened only to reason, Nephi and his brethren would still be waiting outside the walls of Jerusalem. I sometimes wonder if by our listening to reason and logic too much, and not
trusting God enough, we may find ourselves waiting outside the walls of His holy city.”
I love y'all, I hope you have a wonderful week! Be safe.
Con Amor,
Hermana Mann
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