Saturday we were able to take some investigators to the temple with the ward. It was an excellent experience that kind of turned into a disaster. We went with the ward and they said that we would be back at 12:30 and we didn´t end up returning until 4:30 because they decided to do 2 sessions. Keep in mind that we left at 7:30. Well, that´s great except for the fact that we couldn´t enter and we didn´t bring any lunch or anything. The kids of our investigators were crying because they were so hungry. On top of that our investigator Felisa had an infection in her tooth. By the end she was crying in pain. She got a phone call that her mom got put back into the hospital. Anddd ya, Satan was attacking in every single way. When we returned they went to the hospital and they said she needed to buy an antibiotic but they didn´t have the money for it. She asked if there was anything we could do, but we tried to see if the members had this antibiotic but had no luck. The kids still hadn´t had anything to eat all long, and all they had was tea and bread.
Fast forward a bit to Sunday night when we stopped by to see how she was. She had asked us if somebody could come and give her a blessing, so the Elders had stopped by. In a summed up version all these down moments all ended up for the better. Regardless of all her pain she had seen some sort of light (she asked what this meant) and felt a moment of peace and the reassurance that everything was going to be alright. Then when the Elders put their hands upon her head she said she felt a peace in all of her body that she had never felt before. She shared a few other things that had happened, but overall she said that she knew that this was the right path. All this was through writing because she can´t talk because the infection is so bad. On top of that, she can´t write very well because she just recently learned how to write. Fua, it was so amazing to hear that through all these trials she had gained more than what she had lost. The Lord works in mysterious ways :)
Good news of the week. Jose was baptized! :) He was telling everyone how if I could baptize he wanted me to baptize him. Anddd that I remind him of his wife. If it was anybody else I´d be a bit creeped out by now, but it´s just how he is. Haha he´s just Jose. He understands everything so well, but just doesn´t quite get the fact of why only the men can hold the priesthood. Ha but anyway, at the end of the baptism the daughter of the less active we have been working with informed us that she is going to accept the discussions. WHICH MEANS that she probably will be getting baptized in the next few weeks :) YIPEE!
I wanted to share a story that one of the Elders shared in church yesterday. I´m going to try to write it quick so I hope it makes sense. He spoke about 2 angels (friends) who had received their callings for life. They were super excited to open their calls to see what their life would entail. The first friend opened his call and read that he would be born into the church with a wonderful family, he would have wonderful friends, and tons of other blessings from the gospel and such. The next friend opened his call to find that his parents were not going to support him. He would live with his grandparents or maybe nobody at all. He would have terrible influences of drugs and alcohol and live a life full of temptations. He would never have the opportunity to be invited to listen to the gospel. It was now their time to depart. The 2 friends hugged one another crying as friend number 2 said please please come and find me. Friend number one said I will do whatever it takes to find you and share with you the gospel. Wow, I probably didn´t describe the story super well, but it was sooo powerful. How important really is our job to share the gospel. We promised people before this life that we were going to find them and share this message with them. I´m not sure about you, but this put many things into perspective for me. One, I recognized really how important my calling of this mission is. Two I realized that we already have a calling for this life. The person who we are is what God wants us to be. Many times in the mission I fall into the trap of wanting to be other missionaries, or at least wanting their talents. It´s easy to desire the things that we don´t have. ESPECIALLY when I am new to a country and don´t quite know how to speak the language. I desire many things that I haven´t quite developed yet, but this story made me think differently. God knows which things I need to learn, what things I need to do in this life. All he requires of me is to try my best, and if my best isn´t the same as somebody elses, it doesn´t matter. Aww, I just love this story. It made me think a lot of Kim as well because she is so hard on herself. But really, this more than ever describes that God really does have control over all things. He knows best. Moral of the story= SHARE THE GOSPEL and BE WHO GOD DESIGNED YOU TO BE. :)
Well, sorry for the rambling but this week was a week of MIRACLES! Mostly a Sunday of miracles! Haha Hope all is going well for you all. Love you all so much! Have an excellent week!
Love you all so much,
Hermana Kaitlyn Elyse Wright :)
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