#LightTheWorld
December 5, 2016
Hello Hi Hola Buenas dias mi
familia!!
Happy
December!!! Holy cow. I cannot believe it is already December. I am SO
HAPPY. Christmas time is the best time of year. Everyone is so
happy and busy and open. Doing missionary work during Christmas time is
so easy. Everyone is expecting to talk about Christ and His life.
This
last weekend was Demopolis' Christmas On The River! Demopolis is right
next to a big River and every year they have floats that go by and people from
all over Alabama come to see them. Its a big deal and we have heard all
about it non stop from everyone here. It was super cool! We got a million
#LightTheWorld cards and stapled candy canes to them and handed them out ALL
DAYYY. We must have talked to a million people and it was so fun.
Not to mention I bought a foot long corn dog because IT WAS A FOOT LONG.
More pictures about that to come.
2
Miracles to share this week!!
1)
We got a referral from our Branch mission leader last week, we received the
records of a recent convert from Tuscaloosa, and so we went to go find
her. Long story short, we got lost trying to find where she lived and
just started asking people if they knew her. We overheard some kids yelling
"ITS MISSIONARIES!" and then they ran away. So we went to their
house and these kids and their family just moved from Georgia and used to have
missionaries over. An older girl came out and asked if we were from The
Church of Latter day saints. When we said yes she started crying.
We asked her what her name was and this was the recent convert we had been
looking for! She has been here for 5 months and was praying to find the
Latter day saints church to go back to. She was baptized along with her
niece a year ago in Georgia. It was a miracle. The Lord truly does work
in mysterious ways!!!! That family was so precious!!!
2)
This week Sister Danes and I were really focusing on finding more people to
teach. We have been praying nonstop for the spirit to direct us to find
those people who are prepared right now to receive the message of the restored
gospel. And ya know what folks? HEAVENLY FATHER ANSWERS PRAYERS. We
had just come out of an appointment and Sister Danes really had to use the
restroom and so I told her we should just knock on someone’s door and ask if
she could use theirs. IT WORKED. Not only that but the lady we met, *****, she let us in and we sat down and just got to know her. She
asked aton of questions about our missionary work and was very impressed. As we
had a very friendly and light conversation I felt an overwhelming feeling of
love from our Father in Heaven for *****. I just wanted to be her
friend and tell her how much God loves her and her family. During our
conversation, my companion and I both felt prompted to talk to her about
baptism. In my mind I pushed the thought away because it was our first
visit with this lady. But the prompting came again. So i followed
it. She shared with us that she was baptized when she was alot younger
but mostly for her grandmother and she said that she wants to be re-baptized in
this other Baptist church she has been attending. We shared with her the
message of the Restoration of the Priesthood of God. After we explained
it we asked if it made any sense, she looked right at us so intently and
said "That makes so much sense. That sounds so right." We
invited her to be baptized by someone who holds that priesthood authority that
Christ held and was baptized by and she said she would. At that moment I
was so grateful for the spirit. It wasn’t us but the spirit touched that
her heart and she felt a witness that it was true. We left her with a
pamphlet and will be seeing her tomorrow with a member.
Missions
are full of joyous moments. But more often than not they are full of
disappointment. Alot of it. but you know what is interesting is
that I cannot remember them! I know I have had alot of them but I
really cannot remember them in full detail. But the joyous moments? I
could talk about them for hours. I can't quite put my mission experiences
in words. I have tried and it is SO HARD. All I can come up with
are these cliche lines but they are true. So sorry if that makes no
sense.
Quick
funny welcome to Alabama for Sister Danes! This is just her 7th week in
Alabama so she has been getting used to the South. I held the door open
for a gentleman the other day and he said "thank you baby girl!" I
looked over and Sister Danes had her mouth wide open haha! Here in the south
they say "baby girl, sweetheart, darlin, honey, baby" you name it,
they say it. Even if they don't know you. It doesn't mean anything but kindness
haha. Then at the parade I shook an older man's hand but he held on and
kissed my hand and said "Ma'am you have mighty fine eyes." It was the
weirdest thing but tender too. Another great welcome to the South for Sister
Danes!
There
was just so much that happened this week and not enough time to write it all
down. Remember to visit mormon.org and do the Christmas
Initiative!
LIGHTtheWORLD
Since a new star first
appeared above Bethlehem, Christmas has been a season of light, reminding us
that Jesus Christ is the light of the world. Together, we can celebrate His
birth by making the world a brighter place, just like He did. #LIGHTtheWORLD
Steadfast in
CHRIST. ROLL TIDE. SureloveyaMolinesRockandmissionairesrule
con amor,
Hermana Mo Mo
