Buenas dias familia…
Spiritual or funny?
Funny first: Well this wasn't
funny at the time but now it is. When we got to the area they gave us a
name of a few less active members and told us all their stories. One of
them they told us about had this "experience" where while one of the
missionaries about a year ago was bearing their testimony. This member
stood up and was "taken over by the spirit" and starting yelling and
convulsing and passed out and they had to carry her out of the chapel...and
ever since she was embarrassed and didn't want to come back. (Side note:
I heard about this lady last year when I was in another area) But they
gave us so many names I forgot who was who. So we went and visited this Sister
“O” and she starts telling us she wants to come back to church and that she had
a dream. She said that she was doing missionary work and felt the spirit
so strong and she asked us if that was how we felt doing missionary work.
We said of course...and she asked if she could come with us to a lesson one
time to see. So we were all excited that not only did she want to come
back to church but she wanted to do missionary work!!!
SO we bring her to a lesson with
this investigator “J” who is awesome. Before we go into the lesson, “O”
is like “Don't worry I'll just bear my testimony and let you guys teach”.
So we thought “SWEET this lady is awesome.” ...haha noo...no no
no… We walk in and “J” has all these questions. The last lesson we
had with him we committed him to read and pray to know if the church was true
and explained how his answer from the spirit would be SIMPLE. So “O”
jumps in and starts talking about how she knows things are true because of the
visions and dreams she has. The next 2 hours we can't get control of the
lesson and all she is talking about is how she is "chosen" to receive
visions and dreams by which she receives revelations. How his answer
might take YEARS to come to him if he isn't chosen like her? YEP…and so she's
telling all her dreams and visions in detail and “J” is just soaking it all
up. OH and the best part was after she would say something crazy and the
end she would say "and I say these things in the name of Jesus
Christ"… she said that like 6 times. ahhhhhhh sooo
baddd!!! So I'm freaking out and trying to do damage control and
pretty much telling “O” to shut her mouth and telling “J” that everything she
is saying isn't true. You probably will not have God come sit on the edge of
your bed, the spirit will be gentle. But then she would interrupt again
and go off on another story…ahhh. Hermana K doesn't understand a word
either of them is saying so she can't help. So nightmare lesson, and “J” was
all freaked out by the end and wouldn't commit to come to church...
So after we get out of the lesson
and drop “O” off I call the ward mission leader and he is like yep “O” is the
one who had the freak out in church....AWESOME. That would be our luck
haha. So we have a lot of damage control to do with “J”...I love crazy
members.
The "don't marry an
idiot" theme continues...
This week we went to the temple and
this English member took us and the English sisters. So the car ride to the
temple she breaks down and starts telling us about her rocky marriage and mean
husband. Meanwhile I think everyone of us in the car was thinking “I’m
never ever, ever getting married’. I don't know what Heavenly Father is trying
to teach but it's not working.
So after the temple we had a
training in Tempe for the greenies to check on them, which was perfect timing
because Hermana K had a rough night the night before. We went and got ice
cream and told her to get a blessing from President Howes the next day.
We went and talked to President and
he pulled us in his office (I love President...he is like a father) he calmed
her down and gave her the a blessing. It was so cool how dead on he was, it
just showed how much Heavenly Father knows Hermana K. It was crazy. The
priesthood is amazing. It was cool. Afterward Pres talked about how much he
loved his wife… which we needed to hear after the crazy drive up to the
temple. Pres and Sister Howes are perfect and they love each other so
much and it's so clear. He starts crying whenever he talks about her.
It's adorable.
BUT the cool part was after he asked
me what I thought about our area and asked my opinion what he should do next
transfer! He is thinking about giving all Spanish areas a few English wards on
top of their Spanish ward. That is because Spanish work is slowing down
now that everyone is moving because of the laws that are being passed
here. Half our investigators have been deported - it's horrible. I just
want to be busy and have people to teach. It’s miserable when you don't
have anything to do. So I’m guessing next transfer we are picking up 2
English wards.
Last- “L” got baptized and I got
permission to go to Tempe and see it! He wanted me to say a talk, but luckily I
just had to say the prayer. We taught him for almost 8 months and he finally
got baptized!! SO exciting!!! It was so fun to see my old ward. They were
excited to see me too. It was cute and I felt like a celebrity. I miss my
little family there pretty bad.
I love you!
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