When I had to wear an eye patch this week and Christin was all jealous because she wanted to be a pirate too, so we stuck a bandaid on her hahaha!
Cutest baby ever Andres
Amanda's super cute watercolor!!
Me in Casco Viejo
Hola Familia!
We had a great week this week, minus the part when my eye was swollen shut for a few days and I had to wear an eye patch. But other than that, we did have a great week! I think the eye patch must have helped because we placed 5 fechas this week, and all were from really awesome investigators!
Something I learned this week is how the keeping commitments and Book of Mormon really play a role in conversion. We had been teaching Family Gomez forever, and while they always seemed positive in lessons, they never would come to church. We knew that they needed to gain a testimony of the Book of Mormon, so we read with them the introduction and invited them to read chapter 1 together. Our next appointment with them, they all were super excited. They told us not only did they read chapter 1, but chapter 2 as well! Their 22 yr old daughter, Kimberly, told us she is wants to be a missionary like we are. They also had invited other family to come meet us in this lesson and asked if we could teach them about the Book of Mormon. We started teaching about the Restoration, but the family kept inturupting to share their testimonies about prophets and the priesthood power and especially about the book of mormon. In the end, we hardly said anything and they taught the entire lesson, including how Joseph Smith "vio una columna de luz mas brillante que el sol" :)
Somehow reading the Book of Mormon helped them realize that Thomas S Monson is a true prophet and that through all of that, this is the true Church of Jesus Christ. I know that the Spirit helped them to grow that faith when they kept their commitment and read the Book of Mormon. I know that the Book of Mormon is a testament of Jesus Christ and when we read it, we can know exactly what God's plan for us is.
Training Hermana Canedo is so fun! I have learned so much from her! We are still working on talking so much (I don't understand it, but once she starts talking about food, she will talk forever), but over all teaching together is really great. Overall I am really glad to be a missionary. I love the work so much!
Love you allll soooo muchuchuch!
Love,
Hermana Hallsted
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