April 4, 2011

Hello everyone!!

This past week was the final week of the transfer. We had a ton of lessons and we worked extra hard to get ready for the upcoming transfer. My companion and I are not moving, we are staying the same. The only difference is that I am now the driver. Our entire zone around us changed and we have a lot of new faces and just plain exciting changes! This week we met with a potential investigator, his name is Jose. We had set up this meeting a long time ago and we finally got to teach him. The lesson was so spiritual and he told us how he just wishes he could have a loving family again, because when he was young his fell apart. We bore testimony on how the gospel of Jesus Christ will help him find happiness and it will bring his family closer together, and that he will eventually be able to live forever with his future family. It hit him very strongly and he accepted a baptismal date! We had a few investigators call us this week and tell us they no longer want to meet with us. That is really sad when that happens but it always gives that much more faith to go find those that are TRULY prepared and that will follow Jesus Christ with unwavering faith. This work has truly changed me and my relationship with my heavenly father and his son Jesus Christ. I have realized that the little things DO matter. I find comfort in that the Lord has promised us he will always be by our side when we keep his commandments...I don't think there is any greater promise than that, but it is a promise that is often overlooked. All we need to do is keep his commandments...and the creator of all things, will be on our side and be blessing us. That is enough knowledge to keep me going in any situation. This Saturday and Sunday we had General conference and sometimes it is hard to get investigators to come to it, but we had 4 that came. One of them in particular told us they were only coming for the Saturday morning session, and when the Saturday afternoon session came and we walked in, we saw her sitting there. She said "I felt like I needed to come again". Then she came to both on Sunday!!!! There is nothing that strengthens my testimony more than to see an investigator who is following spiritual promptings! Conference was amazing and I learned a lot and so did our investigators. I am excited for this transfer and I know it will go so well!! I love you all! Until next week!

PS: I haven't got a letter in a while, from anyone. Write me ;), I promise to write back if you do!