FAMILY!!!!
It is the year of
2014! Happy Happy New Year to you all. I know and will forever know that this
is Christ's church on this earth. We can know that and feel of his love by
reading the Book of Mormon and praying to know if he is there.
Update on the investigators:
Brother Betancourt is
entering the waters of baptism this SATURDAY!!!! He is so nervous and we are so
excited! He has been out of town for the past couple weeks in Mexico with his
phone off so we haven't had contact with him by telephone, only through
Heavenly Fathers assurance that he is doing well. But last Sat we received a
text "Sisters, I'm back." And then we freaked out just a bit. We set
a time to see him that evening and he is prepared and so ready. His heart is
overflowing with joy and desire to come closer to Christ.
Claire just got back
in town this past week also….it has been a relief that all these individuals
are safe and doing well.
Bruna is receiving
blessings like crazy. We just need to open her eyes a bit more to help her see
them all. She was offered a new job, and loves it, but is super busy. Feels so
strongly a desire to learn about the gospel and truly wants to take it
seriously. It is now a matter of putting the rocks in the jar first now, and
then the sand.
Oh, we met a gentleman
named George Colorado. Yes 100% true... His last name is Colorado.
Rey is soaking up the
gospel like crazy. He read the chapters we assigned, and came with pages of
questions written down. He has such a willing and humble heart. Doesn’t want to
take this learning process light in any way.
So this little girl
passes us on a tandem bike with her father and says in her little girl voice
"Hi guys, we're riding on a bike too." Thank you Heavenly Father for
blessing us with children who never forget how happy and how great life truly
is.
Sister Lawson attended
church yesterday!!! Say what? We met with her afterwards and she said
"Whatever was in that room I was feelin’ it." I didn't see her but
she expressed that she may have had a few joyful tears come down her face.
Brother de la Garza
(not a member) and Sister de la Garza (member) READ the Book of Mormon
TOGETHER this past week ON THEIR OWN. Sister de la Garza expressed to Brother
de la Garza her testimony of the whole chapter of Moroni 8. (How we believe we
are not born with Adam's sin, and that we have the opportunity to choose to be
baptized when we reach the age of accountability.) He sat there in silence
during her testimony and then responded "I feel that I can't argue
with that, you say it with such confidence." IT’S THE TRUTH
Oh man I wish I could
go on, the list of miracles never ends. BUT we know that these only occur because
of everyone's effort to fight for what is right. Your prayers helped these
miracles occur. Thank you, thank you. So what do you we need to do...keep
praying! And ACT on the answers we receive. We are studying some of Elder
Bednar's talks right now....they are called "Seek Learning By Faith"
"Ask in Faith" and "Converted Unto the Lord" They are
awesome!
Ok, One last miracle, about a gentlemen named George ...the brother of the Taxi driver who picks us up. We went over to their home to have some "hot cocoa" and we were able to "oddly enough" talk about the gospel. Brother Mendoza was able to share with George his conversion story and Sister Riaz (George's sister) shared her strong belief in the church and what it means to her. He feels it, he knows it’s true and he knows it is good. Just a matter of helping him recognize and have confidence that this is the answer and the truth that he has been looking for.
Great quote of the
week…….."Don't think less of yourself, just think less about
yourself."
And one last
story...we had dinner with a family this week and we read a verse from the
scriptures and asked the family a question...the father of the home (who is
very reserved and quiet) then speaks up and discusses a gospel principle and
then continues into a speech of the importance of missionary work, and what our
responsibility is as missionaries, and starts to tell his kids the
effectiveness of working with members and how much of an influence they can
have on the work and how he has been thinking of doing missionary work lately
and what his plans are and on and on and on....Sister Whittier and I were both
like, "Yep, just keep it
comin."
So glad to hear that
everyone made it home safely. Enjoy the fresh start of a new semester of school
and work and everything that will occur in this new year! Have a wonderful week
and work as hard as you can! I love the Book of Mormon, another testament of
Jesus Christ.
Love you all so very
much! Sister Davis
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