Hi!
I'm good! This
week has been good. We've been able to find lots of new people to teach and
have been dropping a lot of investigators. The problem is that we have people
to teach, but none of them progress, or they stop answering so that's always
fun! But it's all good! Saul is still progressing! He is really excited about
learning more and just has a strong desire to know for himself if the church is
true!
This week we
also had exchanges again, so I got to go visit people with Hermana Parker who
is Hermana Child's comp. She's really awesome and taught me a lot about
testifying right when we begin a contact. They just dropped or gave the elders
all of their investigators this past week so we ended up doing some finding and
found a few potentials.
On Friday we
had a ward party! It was really really cool because I think there were more
people at it then show up to our ward parties at home, which is amazing! The
best part about it was probably that they had the primary children act out the
nativity, and they had an actual sheep on stage with them! It was really funny
because they had members singing these really beautiful solos during it, and all
you could hear was a little black sheep bleating haha.
Saturday we
did some more tracting. We actually ended up walking into a less active member
from one of the English wards around here, and she let us share the Christmas
message with her. It was really beautiful because after she said maybe this is
a sign I need to start going back to church.
It was also
great because there aren't very many service opportunities here because most
people just stay inside or work, but Hermana Domignuez prayed specifically for
service opportunities, and God answered by placing about 7 different
opportunities in our path. It just shows that when we pray for something good
in order to help others God will provide. Then on Sunday, I decided to pray for
us to find someone who was ready to be taught that would be a referral from a
member. Later that night some sisters in another area texted us to tell us a
member in their branch had a referral for us! Anyways God has definitely been
blessing us with work here.
Yesterday, we
found out how difficult it is to plan a fireside for your ward with 8 other
missionaries, not very productive, luckily though in 2 weeks they will probably
take out 2 sets. I'm just really grateful I only have to work things out with
one companion usually rather than 9! Yesterday we also took some members out
caroling with us to less actives in our ward. I think it was one of the
greatest experiences I have ever had! There were about 10 of us, and it was so
fun! We ended up getting in contact with a less active we had never even met.
It was funny because she opened up the door and she was in a bath robe and had
a towel in her hair, but by the end of it her and her little boy were smiling
so big! It was so beautiful to see the joy that just simple acts like bringing
members with us to go caroling can bring such joy into other people's lives.
Also our members helped us find a potential investigator, and they wanted to
keep going all night! It's seriously too bad we have a curfew. Anyways, we
ended the night by going to visit a family who was supposed to come with, but
never showed up, so we just rang their door and sang and then we went into
their house and made hot chocolate and ate some Mexican pastries that our
mission leader had brought! It was super fun!
This week I
finished the little packet our mission president gave us to study about the
Savior. I think my favorite thing that I learned from it is that what God
promises will be fulfilled will be. During the Savior's ministry he taught the
people how he was there to fulfill the prophecies of the prophets and
scriptures. I especially love how that applies to us in little ways like when
we feel peace that something is going to work out or we are promised something
in a blessing we receive. We need to have faith that all things will be
fulfilled. I really like how it talks about that in 3rd Nephi 1 when it
talks about the Nephites waiting for the signs of the Savior's birth. Sometimes
it takes time, but all that God promises us will be fulfilled as long as we do
our part, I'm so grateful for the Gospel and the knowledge I have that Christ
did live and still does live and that He provided the way for us to come to
earth, learn, grow, and to become clean from all the mistakes we've made. I
know he lives and loves us! I love you! And I hope you have a very merry
Christmas!
Love,
Hermana Burgoyne
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