How is everyone doing? I hear that Lindsey is getting big and that Ben is moving off to college. Big changes are happening in our family and it is really exciting! How is the weather in Texas? Hopefully not too scorching hot haha.
This week was fantastic and we saw a few miracles! We have a new investigator, Rosa (I sent her picture last week), that accepted to be baptized September 21st. She works and lives in a very, very nice house for some people very very well off. She basically is a butler or servant. I have never seen the movie ¨The Help¨ but they say that the rich part of our sector is like it. It is definitely very different than the rest of Santiago. Rosa is alone almost all day long in the big house and she loves it when we come. We went with one of the young women to visit her and she just shared with us how lonely she is and more of her problems. We shared about the Atonement and that as she draws nearer to the Lord, her problems will be more manageable and she will be happy. THe best way to draw closer to the Lord is to make and keep covenants with Him, so she easily accepted a baptismal date. She can only go to church every other week (for now) because of her work, so she will come to church this week.
This week we also went by a contact that we made a few weeks ago. A little old grandma was sitting outside of the house and she almost immediately let us in. We listened to her for a little bit and then her daughter came home and we shared a short message with the grandma, mom, and her two grown kids. We have another appointment this next week and they are very open. I am amazed at how easily people listen to us and want to hear more sometimes. There truly are people prepared to listen to us wherever we go.
We also starting teaching a part member family this week that we just found in the ward list. The grandma is active, but her son no, and her daughter in law is not a member. THey have a little 7 year old girl that told them that she wants to get baptized so we agreed to teach her. The mom, Quirian, basically is a member that is not baptized and does not go to church because as we watched the Restoration she explained everything to her daughter. The daughter, Cote, just absorbed it in and is such a sweet, innocent spirit. We hope to see miracles in the family and that the family can go to church, get baptized, and go to the temple (we have big goals for them and they do not even know yet haha).
Saturday night, all of our plans fell through and we were talking about where to go and my companion said, ¨hey lets go visit Luis Ponce (a recent convert and also less active).¨ I told her that he should be working Saturday night so we kept walking. We went to go for another person, but happened to pass through the very street where Luis lives and he was sitting outside of his house, sad, drinking a beer. He saw us and just started crying. He just felt so depressed and turned back to his old ways instead of turning to the Lord for help. It is amazing how instantly we only felt love for this poor man instead of judgment like I may have done before. The Lord granted us a bit of His charity and we were able to talk to him and help him out. Obviously the Lord put us in his path because taking his street was a longer route and we did not even realize it until we were already walking it. We were able to pray with him, give him homework to read and set some goals with him. Hopefully he will keep his commitments and confide in the Lord. If not, the Lord still loves him and listens to him and his time will come. That is probably one of the greatest things that the Lord has taught me in the mission, is to just love everyone. That is what the Lord wants us to do.
I still learn lots of things every day in the mission. At one point this week all of our appointments fell through, and the back up plans so we decided to pray. The answer i got was that it does not matter where we go, there are always people that are ready. I think it applies in our lives too. No matter where we are, the Lord is preparing people to listen and accept the Gospel. All we have to do is open our mouths and invite them. I know that this is true. The Lord wants everyone to return to Him so He is actively helping every child of His to accept the Gospel. He loves each and every one of us sooooooooooooo much! I know that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is how we can find happiness in this life and eternally. I know that Jesus Christ is our savior and that he has restored his church through a modern day prophet, Joseph Smith. I know that as we read the Book of Mormon we will come to know our Savior more, because this is exactly what has happened to me. I know that our Father in Heaven loves us and wants us to return home.
Les quiero un montón!!! i love yall a ton!!!
love
Hermana Taylor
I guess the next time that i will talk to yall will be when i go home. See yall next week!
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| Us outside of President Wright's house |
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| The well-off part of our sector |
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| P day!! |
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