Well it was a week full of
rain. It has been nice and cool so we have enjoyed it! Tuesday we
spent all day at the mission office having interviews and we had our zone
conference. It was a great meeting! We talked about having exceptional
faith and using our imagination to think of the promises already being
completed and imaging that we already accomplished our goals. This principle
is actually taught all throughout the scriptures. Some examples are
Mosiah 3:13, Alma 5:15-19, Ether 12:19-22. He had us write in our
journals like it was the first of June and we were reflecting on the things we
did in May. It was a great exercise and I am really looking forward to
the things this month!
This week we contacted
the references we received and when we were contacting one her mom started
yelling at her saying that they were of another church and that she didn’t want
us in her house right in front of us. Then she started walking towards us
calling her child the devil. I just don’t think it was her day. So
hopefully we can go back and present ourselves and catch her on her good
day. This reference is golden because she goes to activities with the
members that live next door, so we are really hopeful!
The same day we also
had an investigator hide from us. An experience that every missionary has
sadly. And in the same day we had a lady yell at us. It was a
really weird day, but we just keep going with smiling faces!
We had a great lesson
with a mom this week. We were teaching the Book of Mormon and also started
talking about families being together forever. When we started talking
about that her family can be together forever her eyes just lit up. The Spirit
was there and we could just see the hope in her eyes! It was a beautiful
moment. She didn’t think that families could be together after this
life. This is an important message we share and a beautiful one at
that. The family is so important and they really can be eternal.
What amazing knowledge we have of this truth!
I had my companion
exchange this week with Hermana Birch from Ephraim, Utah. It is always
fun to go for a day with another missionary and learn from them.
As I said it has been
raining pretty much all week and the streets have been a little flooded.
We were in a house and she lives below the street a ways back and the water was
just rushing in the yard part of these houses. It started to fill up and water
began coming into her house. We tried to help her keep it out, but it is
normal where she lives. We put cement blocks in front of her door to help
keep it out though. Then we had to go to another appointment and it was
still pouring rain so we walked out in mid-calf deep water. It was quite
the adventure. Everyone was in their house and I think they thought we
were crazy being out in the rain. Dominicans don’t like the rain and we
were a little crazy for being out there. But it was a fun adventure!
We had a lesson with
Yuni this week. It was adorable when we asked him what he wanted to sing
he said I am a child of God because he is memorizing it. So he sang the
first verse by himself and then we joined in for the next 2 verses! It
was adorable! He knows the church is true and asked his mom if he could
be baptized and she said yes, but we are having a couple of other challenges,
but I know that through the guidance of the Spirit we will be able to help him!
I also received some
excellent news this week from Yamasa! Franchesca is getting
baptized! Her parents gave permission! I am so excited for her that
she can finally take this step and make a covenant with our Heavenly
Father! When my old companion called to tell me I just leapt for
joy! I am so excited and just can’t even stand it. She is an
amazing young women and daughter of God.
We all have such a
divine potential to one day become like God. We are to learn of Him and
His Son Jesus Christ and follow Him. This Gospel is perfect, the people
are not so as Joseph Smith once said, “We must be merciful and overlook the
small things.” Another quote I enjoy from Joseph Smith is, “If men do not
comprehend the character of God, they do not comprehend themselves.”
We have such an
amazing gift with this Gospel and have our Savior Jesus Christ to help us along
the way. I hope you all have an amazing week and keep smiling!
Love,
Hermana Steed
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