August 24, 2015
We
have had so many meetings recently, I feel like I spend most of my time in the
church buildings! This week was Zone Conference and we learned a lot. What we
focused on most this time was on working with the members of the ward. It was
awesome! We even got to do a little bit of training for everyone else! We
trained on having an effective member present lesson , involving how to prepare
them, who to bring, and how to make sure to always have a member there. It
turned out really well and it was an awesome discussion that was super
revelatory for everyone. It's probably one of the biggest differences between
English and Spanish, so we shared a lot of ideas. One thing that President
Huntsman shared blew all of our minds. Did you all know that it talks about
member present lessons in the Book of Mormon? Alma's ministry among the same
people as Abinadi is so much more effective because he came from among the
people. Alma didn't have very much success in Ammonihah until he started
teaching with Amulek, one of the members from the city. And finally, Lamoni
helped Ammon get in to all of the doors that he wouldn't have been able to
enter alone. The members are so important! It’s like a catalyst for the
missionary work.
I
went on an exchange this week with Hermana Brown! We just moved the areas
around again, so these Hermanas went back to where they were working before,
but with almost zero investigators, so we spent the day knocking on doors. We
were able to talk to a few people, but they all tried running away,
so they were very short gospel conversations. But we left them with
our number and a Restoration folleto and we wrote down their addresses so
that we could come back. It was pretty fun, even if there weren't many lessons
taught.
We
went to the Visitor's Center one night this week with Adan! It was pretty good,
the lesson went alright, but the spirit was strong at the temple and we had
really good conversations in the car on the way there and on the way home. We
might be dropping him this week though because he isn't keeping any
commitments, which is really sad. But that may help him realize the difference
the gospel can have in someone's life.
Things
are progressing with Sindi! She is super awesome :) She is living with real
intent. This last week we taught the Word of Wisdom and she sent us a text
asking if a certain kind of tea was good or bad because she didn't want to
drink it if it was against the commandment. She is so great. She learns
everything super fast and remembers it and puts it into practice. Now we just
have to help her parents see her progress and be confident that she is ready to
be baptized like she wants to! Please pray for her! Also for Angel. Satan is
working hard with him right now. It’s a really big change in his life and it’s
been a hard adjustment, but he is trying!
We
had lesson with a family on Thursday night. It started off with just one man in
the house, but when we left we taught about 6 people. The spirit was so strong
and almost all of them were feeling and agreeing with the message of the
Restoration. It was so cool, and it happened mainly due to the fact that
Gerardo and Katie (two members from Bella Vista) were there with us. It
was so cool!
Saturday
was one of the best days of my mission! It was so much fun! We had a ward
sports activity were we played volleyball and soccer. We had a ton of people
there and we got to play for a few hours. It helped the ward get to know
us because we had a missionaries vs ward game (naturally we won) and there were
lots of non-members as well.
Sunday
we had a baptism where the Spirit was so strong and there weren't enough chairs
or space for everyone that came. But Rolando, from Little River came and I was
so happy so it just topped off my day. Then we went to a member's house for
Chimichurris, which are the Argentine form of hot dogs and they were delicious.
Summary
of the week, good food, lots of Spiritual experiences for everyone, lots of
love, and time is going way too fast. Love you all!
Love,
Hermana
Moberly
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