aug 19

2013 08 19m2

Hello,

You might not think "Hello" is Spanish, but you'd be amazed by how many Hispanics (who only speak Spanish) answer the phone by saying Hello. I'm sorry it'll be a short email this week; I just had other things I needed to do, so I don't have time for a long one.

Monday Miracle: A couple of weeks ago we were contacting a few people right before we went home for the night, and it turned out that one of them was a menos activa who had moved here and stopped going to church about 6 months ago. That in and of itself was a miracle because her records are not in our ward, so there's no other way we would have found her. (It really is true when they say that the FBI can't even find these people, but the Mormon missionaries can. :) The miracle on Monday was that we called to invite her to a ward Noche de Hogar (FHE), and not only did she say she would come that night, but she actually did, and had a really good time and was even able to make some friends in the ward.

Tuesday Miracle: Interviews with President. Nuff said. :) It was also great to be able to do practices with the Assistants, and with our Zone Leaders while we waited. They are so good at sharing their experience with us, and answering the 100's of questions I have as a basically new missionary training new missionaries.

Wednesday Miracle: We met with one of our investigators named C. We taught the Plan of Salvation and were able to set a baptismal date with him! He is reading so much, and praying, and really progressing in the gospel. We had a member with us, and he was able to share such a powerful testimony about the Atonement. I love when investigators start to understand the atonement, and you can see their eyes light up at the idea that they can repent, be forgiven, and return to live with God again.

Thursday Miracle: To understand this one you need a little background on our area. Our entire area is on a slight hill. It's one of those hills where most of the time you look at the road and you wouldn't think it was a hill, but then you start up or down it on your bike and realize that it definitely is. We live in an apartment near the top of our area. We have several investigators who live at the bottom of our area. On a normal day we go back and forth 2-3 times every day. Thursday, we only had to go up the hill from the bottom of our area to the top once. Plus we were on time for correlation at the church, which is even further up the hill than our apartment.

Friday Miracle: We were able to meet with a menos activo, and also start teaching his son-in-law and he became a new investigator. I love finding new people to teach when we didn't think we were going to. That was a special miracle because we'd set a goal to find 2 new investigators that day, and had only found one when we had to go to our last two appointments which we thought had no potential for new investigators. I love seeing God's hand helping us meet our goals!

Saturday Miracle: We had a great lesson with R- and found out that she is reading like crazy even though she never went to school and doesn't read very well. I love seeing those blessings of the Book of Mormon in people’s lives!

Sunday Miracle: We had an investigator who we hadn't been able to contact for almost 3 weeks show up at church, sit with a member, and then leave all without even talking to us. Hopefully now we'll be able to contact and teach her!

That's all I've got for time! Love you all!

Hna Marin Hardy