This week has been a week of miracles! I will try my best to deliver this so you can understand.
So these past couple weeks we haven't had too many teaching opportunities to teach investigators, just because we dropped all those who weren't progressing. Which is always really hard but it just isn't their time right now.
So on Thursday we went on exchanges with the STL's. Sister Crane went to Ontario for the day with Hermana Rosas and then Hermana Mills stayed in Diamond Bar with me. Let me just preface this... Hermana Mills is from Georgia and has twice the energy and excitement for sharing the gospel as I do. I am probably at a 10 on a scale of 1-10 and she is an 11! So we make a great team... plus she is fluent in Spanish which is a bonus. (I need to learn spanish FYI) SO from the start Hermana and I are so pumped to with each other because we have always wanted to be companions with one another since we met.
We started out our day with Vicky at 10. We read the Book of Mormon with her and had a really sweet lesson. Then we did some service with Sister B who is inactive due to her husband but we were able to set up an appointment next week to teach her family! Anyways - we had a lunch planned after service but instead we both felt impressed to go contact these former investigators we put as our back up to service. So we did! When we got out of the car there was a family in the car in front of us... so I went up to them and asked how they were doing... they speak spanish so Hermana swooped in and they ended up having a sister who was baptized mormon and has been looking for the church here and doesn't know where it is and then they said they would love to have missionaries come teach them!!!!!
Then we kept walking and a man drove by and yelled, "Are you Sister Missionaries??" (this never happens) We ended up talking and praying with him (Carlos) because he was going through some stuff. Then we saw a guy go in his house during our conversation with Carlos so we went and knocked on their door. They weren't interested after talking for a while but they gave us two referrals. Then we ran into Jazz who is a 16 year old boy who said he would love to come to check out our church with family. Then afterwards we started walking towards the Former investigators house when we saw a young guy in his car. So we went and knocked on his window. He got out of his car (chase) and his friend who is Jazz's brother Justice came out of his house who is Chase's friend and we ended up teaching them both the Restoration and giving them copies of the Book of Mormon and telling them about the YSA ward. They were pumped! Then we finally got to go to the Former Investigators house - and they didn't live there anymore and the lady wasn't interested. BUT that was 3 hours later. We got so much work done!! Those are MIRACLES to me.
Then we had a lesson with Madeline a returning member. She just got back from her trip with her husband from Germany. He said that if he gained 5 lbs he would go to 5 Sundays of church with her. (he isn't a member) and GUESS WHAT! He gained exactly 5 lbs!!!!! The Lord is amazing!! hehe Totally had his hand in this one.
Then we had dinner after this lesson then we hit up the park I discovered in Diamond Bar. I have been here since February and had NO IDEA there was a park here.
We started off talking to a lady sitting under the tree name Elizabeth - We briefly went over the Restoration and she said we could come to her house and teach her more. SO we did on Saturday and she said she would be baptized once she comes to know what we taught her is true!! She said that she knows God will answer her and if its true she will know that it is true!!!! #miracle
Then we met another Hispanic family who is totally ready for the gospel. Then we taught the Restoration to Mick - who is a young rock band song writer dude. Who ended up not being interested because he believes that after Jesus Christ nothing happened. He was just forgiven. Which is cool :)
Then we met a chinese family, mothers name is Catherine and she spoke good english. We invited them to learn about Christianity and come to church. and THEY DID! They loved church on Sunday and had such a nice time. But they have to go back to Beijing, China this week. :( But they said they are going to tell all their friends what they learned.
Then we met Slyvia. She is amazing!!!! She started telling us how she isn't super religious or much of a church goer. She is just starting to study the Bible but just on her own because she needs it at her own speed. We said GREAT! thats amazing! She was a little hesitant to talk to us but I just bore simple testimony about the Book of Mormon and once she felt that she got the Bible down and wanted to expand her knowledge and relationship with the Savior and Invited her to read the Book of Mormon. We shared 2 Nephi 28:30 and she started to get choked up and said "Isn't it funny how God works?? by putting certain people in our path to help us." She told us to call her next week and come over. Before we left we sang her I am a Child of God and the park instantly got so quiet and she could feel the Spirit. IT WAS AMAZING!
Oh my I love being a missionary :)
Basically that was just Thursday this week BUT Friday and Saturday were the exact same way. We met so many prepared and loving people and set up many appointments for next week. I am so grateful for the faith and trust Heavenly Father has in us as missionaries to teach his Children!!
I hope y'all had an amazing week and continuing to do your best! <3
LOVE YOU ALL!!!
Sister Holt
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| Hermana Mills and I on splits |
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| Sister Crane and I #twinners |
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