Hello family ! Happy December !!
Seriously the time is just going by way too fast! I feel like it was
just Monday a couple days ago, that's stressful. But the good thing is
only 3 more weeks until we get to SKYPE :) woot woot ! I am excited for
that :) the weather in Tennessee right now is very nice. It feels like
the beginning of October and I love it. I don't know if I can come back
to cold November and December months... We will see how that goes... As
for this week I will try my best to remember all the great things that
happened !
One day last week, I don't remember
when, we were driving down the street and stopped at the 3 way stop
light thing and our light was red and there was a car turning, whose
light was green but he wasn't going and so I looked over and there was
just this guy sitting in the driver seat like knocked out! Head tilted
all the way to the side, mouth wide open... And I was like "do you think
he is okay ???" So we pulled over and his window was down so Hna Dansie
was like "hello? Are you okay? Hello ????" And nothing ! I was like
freaked out a little bit because I was like "is he dead???!!!! What
should we do ?! " so we pulled over behind him and went and knocked on
the window and he like woke up and we were like "are you okay ?" And he
was like "woah. What? Yeah" then he just drove away.... Hahaha it was so
funny and so weird.
Okay another cool experience I had
this week was we have occasionally been teaching this family , la
familia Cervantes, but they aren't progressing much so we only see them
every now and then, but on Wednesday night
we decided to go and visit them. So we go over and there and their
house is just full of people. All of the wife's cousins and stuff just
got here and are staying with them. It was crazy ! But they were so nice
and we sat down at the table and at first there were people outside,
watching tv in the living room, doing dishes in the kitchen, just like
people everywhere. But we sat down and they all came into the dinner
room area. It was cool!! So we started talking and getting to know
everyone and such then we shared the new Christmas video and started
teaching them about the restoration. It was crazy. It was like the
Cervantes family, mom dad and 4 kids, and then I think 10 men just
standing / sitting around the table listening to us ! I felt like that
picture mom has of the first missionaries in Denmark, seriously it was
so cool! I felt the spirit so strongly as we testified of the Book of
Mormon and the restoration. :) such a powerful moment !! Then we asked
them if they would like a copy and they all said yes !!! :) we gave out
10 book of Mormons at one lesson, it was awesome :) and we have another
appointment with them this week. Let's just say.... Christmas miracles !
As for our investigators go, things
are going well. We had another good lesson with the Gutierrez family,
the single dad the two sons. Sadly they didn't come to church last week
or yesterday do to work and such so we had to move Eric's baptism but we
are still feeling pretty good about it all :) Eric is awesome and just
is a seeker of truth ! And something I love is if feel like they are
actually learning. Like people are actually listening to what we are
teaching ! Haha it's such a struggle. It's so hard because here everyone
has their church, everyone has their beliefs and everyone knows their
church is true.. Most of the time when we share the message of the
restoration we just get "yup the church is on the earth, praise the
lord. Go talk to someone who doesn't know about Jesus Christ." .... But
it makes me happy to know at least one family is learning and growing in
the gospel :)
We also set another baptismal date with our miracle investigator Romelia ! For January 2!
I am pretty excited. She is so awesome too and is just READY for the
gospel :) she has to work on Sunday so we are in the process of her
switching shifts and whatever and finding a new job. Please pray for her
!! :)
This last week was a great week,
but at the same time a little rough. Sometimes I just can't understand
why people don't understand the message we bring, or why they won't just
give us 2 minutes to testify about Jesus Christ when they say "he's my
best friend!" Or why it's so hard to get people to come to church. but I
read this quote from President Monson today about patience. He said,
"Life is full of difficulties, some
minor and others of a more serious nature. There seems to be an
unending supply of challenges for one and all. Our problem is that we
often expect instantaneous solutions to such challenges, forgetting that
frequently the heavenly virtue of patience is required.”
As I read that quote today I could
mom say, "Patience is a virtue, Elizabeth. " And now I feel like I am
truly learning what that actually means while serving my mission. I love
the Lords counsel he gave to the sons of Mosiah when he told them "...go amongst thy brethren, the Lamanites, and bear with patience thine afflictions, and I will give unto you success." I
know that is the same for each of us and our afflictions that we are
each faced with in this life. When we can really obtain the Christlike
attribute of patience, patience truly does become a virtue :)
I think that's about all for this
week.... I hope y'all have a great week !!! And enjoy all the Christmas
parties !! I love y'all soooo much ! Thanks for all your prayers and
support. Know that I am praying for y'all !!
XO
Hermana Brown
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