Hello one and all!
LA LOVE:
We are reading Preach My Gospel as a mission for the next two transfers! Let me tell ya I love how much President Cordon loves Preach My Gospel because you all already know how much I LOVE Preach My Gospel. Our goal is specifically to become more persuasive teachers and more spiritually mature missionaries and Sister White and I can already see ourselves improving.
Every time Sister White and I are about to go super fast on the bike, we say, "We're gonna zoom," and then we start speeding like Lightning McQueen through the streets of Reseda and it's my favorite thing ever.
We have been doing a lot of Come, Follow Me lessons with our ward members and they are causing miracles. The messages we share with them are always needed by our ward and they can almost always think of someone they want to share the gospel with.
EVENTS OF THE WEEK:
We got pizza last p-day so that was a party!
In district council this week we practiced a lot of roleplays about extending commitments, promising blessings, and using the Bible in our teaching and contacting. I love being able to meet with other missionaries each week and talk about how we can help our areas better. Plus I made no-bake cookies for the district and zone leaders and let me tell ya they were a big hit.
Us missionaries were invited to watch the Face to Face broadcast with Elder Soares and Elder Christensen! The even was in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. They also started the meeting by greeting us in all manner of languages. It was wonderful getting to see so many of God's children be spoken to in their native language. It was an amazing event and we learned a lot. It is great to learn from apostles and authorities that love God so much. A common theme was that if Jesus Christ is in our lives, we always have hope. What a true statement.
FRIENDS:
We finally met with Lui again! We taught him about the Restoration, and let me tell you, the Spirit of God was present in that lesson. he is going to read from the Book of Mormon so he can make his own judgment of it and learn for himself that it is true.
This week we showed Sukki a favorite Bible video of ours, "Wherefore Didst Thou Doubt?", about Jesus walking on the sea. She loved it so much; before anything even happened in the video she said, "Ohhhh my gosh!"
We taught Guido about the Restoration and invited him to read Enos in the Book of Mormon. Sadly, he told us a few days later that he doesn't want to read the Book of Mormon and he renounced all religions but his own. He would still like to study the Bible with us, and we told him we will, but we also told him the Book of Mormon would help him understand the Bible better. We hope he is ready to accept the message soon.
We taught Carmen about the beginning of the Plan of Salvation. She has a lot of questions about why bad things happen in the world, but she has faith that someday God will show her why. She is so awesome and we love her!
We taught our new friend Jose who we met at the bus stop. He was very interested to learn what the Book of Mormon is all about, so we taught him more about how it came to be! He loves God and is eager to learn more.
We taught the Lee family, a less active family in our ward! Their faith in God is so strong. We love talking to them and feeling the Spirit in their home.
I love being a missionary! It is such a miracle to watch people get happier day after day by following the gospel of Jesus Christ, and seeing myself happy as I do the same!
Thanks and much love!
--Sister Day
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