The Missionary Life of: Week 40

Mis amados hermanos y hermanas

So this week was kinda crazy, I hit 9 months this week and we celebrated by eating crepes!! Halfway through the mission! It's actually a super crazy thought, definitely doesn't feel that long.

The Spanish elders had to take their car in to be fixed so we had to drive them everywhere. It was like having children that needed to go places constantly, it was slightly stressful and we had to help them fix bikes so they could ride them.

We did however get to teach a man named Martin and his wife for the first time and it was super awesome! We've been trying them a lot so it was nice to get in and see them. And we got to visit with a part member family! We meet with them on Tuesday and read in the Book of Mormon and they shared such awesome insights about the chapter and it was amazing to see their testimony growing just that much. And after they invited us to come back again that week which like never happens so that was very very exciting.

The next lesson we had was a great one as well and they talked about how they do really need to come to church. And let me tell you as a missionary this is something so exciting and amazing to hear.

We finally got to meet with Maria as well! She's gotten a job so meeting has been harder but we caught her and had an awesome lesson about the atonement. The elders gave her a blessing and she was amazed at how they answered and said all the things she needed to hear. Her ex ended up barging through the door and made the lesson take a quick turn of events, he was more on the contentious side and wasn't totally understanding to the gospel is the least to say.

He did end up leaving and we were able to talk with Maria more and offer a prayer, it was so nice to offer that last prayer as well because you could feel the spirit slip it's way back in after all the contention that had been there. What beautiful gifts we have from our father in heaven friends, the priesthood, and the Holy Ghost.

We traveled to Dixon this week to try and contact some referrals! We meet many nice people and were able to find a woman that was interested! We showed her the Easter video and she said that we could come back and we also meet a women that asked us to come back this Wednesday with the elders that night, exciting things! It's the best when we find people to teach.

We were also able to attend zone conference this week and I wanted to share something that stuck out to me. It is a story that was shared: a man walked a tightrope across Niagara Falls. After he made it he threw his balancing pole into the water and asked someone to bring him a wheelbarrow. He asked the crowd watching if they believed he could cross the rope with a wheelbarrow and they all answered yes. Then the tightrope walker said ok then I only need one volunteer. The crowd stood aimlessly and nobody offered to volunteer and the man said I thought you said you believed I could do this, but yet nobody will volunteer?