Howdy!!!! How are things going there in Texas? I hope that everyone is doing well and staying close to the Lord.
This week was FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Monday was awesome because we really felt the Spirit guide us. We had an appointment with a less active but she forgot that it was her granddaughter's birthday and they were celebrating it. She lives at the edge of our ward, so we figured we would go visit a part member family that we never end up visiting because they live kind of far. We had lunch with the grandma that lives there the next day, so we figured we would just confirm lunch and go on our way, but when they saw us they invited us in and all sat down to listen to us. We were not expecting that, and we had not planned to visit them, so we just shared what we had planned for later on that night. We read The Living Christ (el Cristo Viviente) and shared our testimonies and invited the dad, who is not a member, to read the book of mormon because it testifies of Christ and we left. The Spirit was so strong that I almost cried when I bore my testimony (that has not really happened in my mission). That sunday, the mom (less active) and her daughter and the grandma all came to church and that dad drove them. This is a miracle!!! We have an appointment with them again today. Then we had a family home evening with our investigator, Marcelo, and another family in the ward. We stopped by his apartment to go to the family home evening and his mom answered and almost invited us in to talk to her (this is not normal). We left and felt strongly that we had to talk to her even if it meant that we would be late to the family home evening. We talked to her and had a strong but short lesson and then went to the family home evening which was strong too. The Spirit guided us perfectly and we really are trying to listen more closely to the Spirit now.
Wednesday, we had exchanges and I went to Macul with Hermana Sharp. She is awesome and we have done quite a few exchanges now, so it was great to have another day with her again! We worked hard and at one point we stopped in the street to count which address was correct, and all of a sudden I felt something wet on my legs. Well, a dog peed on me, on my skirt, legs, feet and shoes. We used our water bottles that were half full to try to wash it off, but it did not wash it all off. Luckily I did not smell too much like pee that day (or at least no one told me I smelled bad). That night I immediately took off my skirt and shoes and washed it all haha. It was pretty funny. There truly are a TON of dogs here in CHile!
Saturday was the baptism of Ghislaine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She got baptized, her dad was able to attend and many people from the YSA in the ward came to support her. It was beautiful and absolutely amazing! Now she is preparing to serve a mission in one year and already told her parents that she is determined to go and serve. She is an example for me. She also got confirmed Sunday and was just glowing!!!!
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| Ghislaine's baptism this past Saturday. |
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| The missionaries with Ghislaine and her dad. |
Marcelo and Juan Carlos came to her baptism (two investigators) and this week accepted baptismal dates for May 4th. We have to work hard to get them ready, but we are excited to see their progress!!! This Sunday we have another baptism of the son of a family that is reactivating. His name is Martín and is 11. He understands everything so well and is super excited for his baptism!!! We are excited too!!!
Sunday was fast sunday and we always forget to start after lunch saturday, so we started sunday in the morning since no one signed up to give us lunch. In Relief society they announced that we did not have lunch and one sister immediately raised her hand to give us lunch. We were thinking about canceling since we were fasting, but we felt that we should go and that the Lord would understand if we started over again afterwards. We got there after church and the sister told us, "man yall sure are special." She said that the spirit told her yesterday that she needed to clean her house because someone would be coming the next day. She did not know who, but did a little bit deeper cleaning than normal. When they announced in Relief Society that we did not have lunch the Spirit told her, "that is why you had to clean." We really are not that special, but it was cool that both us and the hermana listened to the Spirit.
This week I have been learning the importance of keep on going even when times are rough. A year in the mission starts to take its toll, and this week I felt it like never before. I kept on going and it was this week that the SPirit guided us more than ever before in my mission. I really am trying to listen to the Spirit, even though sometimes I am still really dumb and do not recognize the spirit or do not listen, but I am improving. The Lord only expects improve not perfection in this life.
Les quiero un Montón y espero que tengan una semana llena del Espíritu!!
con amor,
hermana taylor
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