This week was really good. We didn´t get as good of numbers as last week, but something President said the other day really sums this week up: No todo que cuenta podemos contar y a veces lo que contamos realmente no cuenta. Translation: Not everything that matters can be counted and sometimes not everything we count really matters.
So the other day we found a new less active Miguelina. She, her parents, and her brother were all baptized like 25 years ago. A few years after being baptized they moved and the chapel that we now go to hadnt been built, so they went less active. We are now teaching her, her dad, and two of her children (not members). The other day we talked about the Restoration and asked them to pray about it. During the week between visits, President assigned us to study chapter 11 of Preach My Gospel in preparation for the Zone Conference that talks about Commitments. So I studied it. When we went back to Miguelina and her family to teach them about the BoM a few days later and I remembered what I had studied about commitments and the last point the chapter talks about stood out in my mind: Follow up. So I decided to ask them if they had prayed and if they felt they got an answer, thinking I´d get a ¨se fue la guagua¨ or ¨Si puedo no senti nada hasta ahora¨ Which basically means nope. But their response was completely different. Miguelina started by saying that their house felt different. She said it is calmer and kinder. She also told us that the Jehovah´s Witness missionaries had been coming as well, but that she felt something different with us. Ahh I was blown away!!! The her father commented that he too could see a difference in the family. Then her 22 year old son Isaac began to talk. He started out by saying, "Look, I don´t have patience," and I thought he was going to say he hadn't received an answer but he said, "I have had so much patience this week. It does feel different in this house." We asked them what them feeling this way could mean and they were all agreed that it was an answer to their prayers. It was absolutely amazing!! I´m so excited to teach them :) Tonight we are going to set baptism fechas with Isaac and Ashly (her two kids). They have been prepared so much to receive the gospel.
On Saturday we had a Cosecha (a ward activity to find less actives). My comp and I went with the bishop and one of his councilors. We went to find this one lady, Katerine, who they have been looking for for a while. When we went to her house, she was there! So we started talking with her and she told us how she was offended when she was 14 by someone in church and hadn't returned for about 10 years. We talked and got to know her more and just as we were getting ready to say the last prayer, she said, ¨Last night I was crying and asking God to help me find the right church to go to (she has been visiting the Evangelico church or something) and now you guys show up at my door. I didn't call you. I know you were sent from God.¨ Wow it was crazy to hear her say that. The bishop was almost skipping as we left her house, although she was like the only person we found that day. We answered her prayer without even intending to. God didn't say ¨Hey so she has been praying to find my church, go rescue her.¨ We just happened to have the Cosecha that day and her name was on our list. That experience really strengthened my testimony on the power of prayer and acting on simple promptings. This gospel is awesome :)
Yesterday was a great day as well. We had Elder Zivic of the Seventy visit our ward with his wife. They spoke and I think everyone really enjoyed it. We had 6 investigators come to church which is the most I've ever had on one Sunday! Something that really caught my attention that Hna Zivic said was ¨if the Savior came to visit for a few days, what would you have to change?¨ It was close to the last sentence she said in her talk. Then Elder Zivic spoke and almost the last sentence he said, quoting President Kimball, was, ¨It didn't matter to me if I died because I know my life is in order.¨ Both my comp and I were kind of floored by those words. It really got us thinking. So I will ask you consider their profound words as well.
So on Wednesday night, the guys from the power company shut off our power. They needed the light contract, but since the office has it and not us, they cut the power... So we were without electricity for about 5 days.. Not fun. All of the food in the fridge went bad, we couldn´t wash, we couldn´t use the fans, nothing. Talk about annoying!! Our landlord must have felt bad for us today because he FINALLY hooked us up to his power. Hopefully the problem will be fixed soon.
I really love being a missionary. :) Even if we have to rough it sin luz (without light) for a few days. I saw some beautiful miracles this week and I can´t wait so see more in this area. :)
Love, Hermana Perry
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