This week has
been ok! It started off really slow. The
whole week we pretty much only saw 4 people besides our dinner appointments up
until Saturday and Sunday. It was kind of discouraging, and we kind of started
to doubt it would get any better until I was reading in Moroni 7:37. This
scripture talks about how miracles are only possible, if we have faith. If we don't have faith, then miracles won't
happen. So I decided that I needed to have faith even though the beginning of
this week was really rough. On Saturday
we saw the miracle when we were able to see pretty much all of the people we
wanted to see! It was amazing!
We are making
progress with one of our investigators sort of. She's a 9 year old girl whose
stepmom is an inactive member and dad isn't a member, but their uncle who is
living with them is active! They have a really great family, and they all know
a lot about the gospel. It's just the
struggle of getting the mom to church. This week we invited the whole family to
church. The good news is the uncle was speaking in church yesterday and managed
to get both the mother and his mom (who isn't a member) to come. Sadly the girls didn't come. But at least the step-mom came! She seemed to
really enjoy it, and so did her mother in law who isn't a member so maybe we
will start teaching their grandma! We are going over tonight to try and do
family night with them. We went over to their house on Thursday or Friday for
dinner and the uncle fed us and was telling us how much he wanted to start up
family night with them. He's a really
great influence on them, so hopefully with some work we will get the 9 year old
to get baptized. We pretty much visited their family 4 times this week because
they were the only ones who were ever home.
This week I
have been studying a lot about charity. Probably because I have been reading in
Moroni and that's like his favorite topic! Oh yeah, I finished the Book of
Mormon! I read through Alma in the MTC and read Helaman to the end this
transfer (clearly I slowed down a bit). Anyways I really like learning about
charity. I've also been reading the Book of Mormon Institute manual along with
it, and it's helped me learn and think about the Book of Mormon a little
deeper. It talks about how charity requires us to forgive unconditionally and
to assume the best of people. Charity is Christ like love. I decided I wanted
to work on having more charity for everyone around me. Tomorrow I am going to
start the Book of Mormon again and mark all of the references to charity.
Also
apparently it was a really good thing that I took a marriage and family prep
class this past semester. I don't think I've ever had a class that has helped
me so much. It's so funny because we will be in lessons or talking to someone and
they will bring up topics about the family proclamation and stuff about
families. It's helped me answer a lot of
people’s concerns and questions. There was this one returning member in our
ward who has been struggling a lot with something, and she brought up a topic
about temples and I was able to help her understand something that has been
bothering her for a while. It was so cool to see her countenance turn to relief
right before our eyes. I am just so grateful for the guidance and knowledge I
have been able to receive in this, because I am able to see how it helps
others.
Also last
night we went to go visit the Quijada family which is 2 families each
consisting of 7 children. It's a bit
crazy, but we love it and go every Sunday. This week we sat down and listened
to the grandpa talk for a long time. He only speaks Spanish and feels very
alone because most of the grandchildren barely know any Spanish and everyone
just speaks English all the time. He told us about how he can't really
understand the Book of Mormon ever since the death of his wife, but that he
knows that it is true. He also told us about his conversion story and I
understood a lot of what he was saying. When the English Elders who visit them got
there I was even able to translate for one of them and the grandpa so that was
good, because half the time I feel like I have no clue what they are saying! He's
a really funny person, and I was so grateful for the opportunity to talk with
him last night and help him feel a little less lonely. I guess that's part of
the job of being a missionary, ministering to those who need it, and being
instruments in Christ's hands.
This week is
transfers week. It's a bit sad because Elder Oviedo is being transferred to New
Mexico, but I guess its ok. He has been here
for the past 6 months and probably needs a change in scenery. Luckily Hermana
Budge and I will still be together since she's still training me!
Anyways I
love you a lot! I hope you have a really great week!!
Love,
Hermana Burgoyne
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