I'm so
excited for Zach! That is super cool! We should probably just take a trip to
France once he gets back :).
There have
been a few really cool miracles this week! So for one, I told you about how we got a
referral from a member in El Rio last week for his mom and sister. Well his
mom's name is Ramona. She is a super sweet little old lady. We had a couple of
lessons with her this week. At first she didn't seem all too interested in our
message, but she would let us teach her a bit. Then Saturday she went to her
granddaughter Arely's (me and Hermana Flake taught her when we were serving
together) baptism. It was really cool because we were all so excited that Arely
was finally getting baptized after almost a year of investigating the church,
but also because the last transfer I was in El Rio her dad got baptized, and
finally now we are teaching his mom! It would be super cool if she got baptized
too! Anyway, when we originally asked Ramona if she was excited about Arely
being baptized she was really indifferent to it, but during it the spirit was
super duper strong and she was in tears. It was cool to see how it changed her
just by being able to see someone she loved take that step. After, we went up
and talked to her, and she just kept telling us how beautiful it was. It was
also fun, because I got to see a bunch of the people I have been missing since
I left.
Another
miracle this week is that we finally had another lesson with our investigator
Liz. This month we've had a goal to teach the restoration every single day, and
we are very lucky that we haven't had a lot of problems teaching it. One of the
blessings that I've seen from it was with Liz. Hermana Townley and I were
knocking about a month ago, and we ran into her. She had been suffering a lot
at the time due to some things going on in her family. We went over and shared
some scriptures occasionally to try and help her, but we never really got the
chance to sit down and have a real lesson. Originally we didn't feel like we
should start by teaching her about the restoration, because we didn't think it
related well to her situation. We
decided to plan to teach her about the Atonement and the gospel of Jesus
Christ. But obviously God knew better because for about a month we were unable
to get in contact with her and we were super upset about it. But then when we
got the challenge to try teaching the restoration as much as possible we
decided that if we saw her we would just teach her that.
We were going
to a lesson that we had planned with her next door neighbor last Tuesday, but
she wasn't there. Right when we were about to leave, I felt prompted to go and
try Liz one last time. So we went to her door not really expecting her, but
when we got there she opened it and let us right in! The even cooler part was
that she opened up to us and told us about how she had been looking for some
more direction in her life for her and her family, but she felt that the church
she was baptized into wasn't providing her enough of that. She told us how she
was looking for answers and praying for God's guidance. It was really cool,
because we were able to testify to her about how we knew the restoration would
change and bless her life so much, and how we knew God had sent us there as an
answer to her prayers. She had us come back the next day, and we were able to
teach her the restoration. She is super interested and just wants to do
anything she can to start living the Gospel. Anyways we have a lesson with her
tonight so we are hoping to put her on date for baptism.
Anyways lots
of other really cool things have happened this week too. I've received a lot of
answers to my prayers and a lot of direction on the things I could be doing
better to magnify my calling. I'm so grateful for the chance I have to serve God
right now and help bring others to him! I just hope I can always do the very
best I can!
I love you!
Have a good week!
Love,
Hermana Burgoyne
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