In our district meetin on Tuesday we made some goals to find people to reach our goal of baptisms this year. My comp and I decided to try and find a family to teach. Which is hard because 99% of the parents here arent actually married, and they cant be baptized unless they´re no longer living together or get married. So that´s hard. So my comp and I started a fast, to find a family ready for our message. So we went to work, and ran into a lady and her son. We gave them a mini lesson of the restoration on the street, and invited them to be baptized. They accepted, so we went through out "filters", like if she´s legally married, things like that. She said the is legally married to her husband, and then we asked how many kids they have. And guess how many? 12. 12 KIDS!!!!!!!!!!! My comp and I literally started crying on the street. Hahahaha So we asked for her number and address, and guess what? They live ONE BLOCK outside of our area, in the Elders areas.. Of course. So that night when we were doing verifications over the phone we told our district leaders and the elders in our ward about finding the family. The were freaking out when we told them there were 12 kids, and then when we said they lived in the Elders area they started screaming over the phone. Literally not even 10 seconds after hanging up verifications, the Elders called us and I aswered and the first thing they said was "WHERE DO THEY LIVE" So we hung up. Haha but no we went to find them and try to teach them together with the Elders. We agreed that they can have 6 and we can have 6... No but really I think we´re leaving them for the Elders. Anyway the point that whole story was that the Lord is aware and is working with us. We fasted to find a family that is ready for our message and we did! We just found them for the Elders instead. Next time we fast we need to be a little more specific of where the family lives :)
But we did find a girl and her brother who accepted baptism and came to church, so they´re scheduled to be baptized on the 29th!
Dana, who was baptized last week was confirmed yesterday. She said she felt the spirit so strong. She´s so awesome. I wish I could expres my love for her. She is a perfect example of someone who the Lord prepared beforehand and was just waiting for us to come to her.
On Thursday night we got a message from the assistants that we were going to go to the temple as a mission on Friday! So at 4 in the morning we woke up to head to the temple! It was the most amazing thing. President said he felt that we all needed to come to help us personally and figure our how to help our investigators. It was a much needed chance to relax and think. And the temple here is BEAUTIFUL. And everything being in Spanish was so cool.
This week I´ve been studying attributes of Christ. Preach my Gospel has a way to study so I´ve been using that. I´ve focused a lot on charity and love. And it´s made me think about the people here. These people are so so so incredibly humble. Most of them literally have nothing. But they give us everything they have. Whether its a glass of water or lunch, we are well taken care of. The people here are prefect examples of charity. Read Moroni 7:46.
Also, though it´s only been 4 weeks, I´ve learned a lot. Never in my life have I ever had to rely only on the Lord. I´ve never been so alone that the only person I had to talk to was God. God asks us to trust Him and then places us in these stuations that just break us. And for me, He is practically breaking me to the core. But He does this so that he can build us back up into what He needs us to be. I was told by a sister of a missionary here that we are a lot like the bread in the parable with the bread and fish. We are being broken into pieces, but for a reason. To help others. Christ and God are breaking us so that they can give us to others. So that we can be the Lords hands here on the earth in this work. The mission is a mountain. But I get to climb this mountain side by side, shoulder to shoulder with the Savior. It´s incredible. And It´s not easy. I dont think it will every be "easy". But it will be worth it.
I love you all and hope you have an amazing week!
Love,
Hermana Prestwich
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