Next thing. Saturday, we were out working and we were looking for this lady
named Amanda who the Hermanas before me had taught like one or two times. Well
she wasn't there but her son, Anibal, who's like 26 or so was there and he just
let us right in. HE asked US if we wanted to come in, haha. Well he is awesome.
He met with misisonaries like a year ago and liked it but his family kinda gave
him a hard time so he stopped investigating. But he was saying that he wants to
know if it really is true, and so he wanted to learn more and go to church. So
we invited him to church for the next day of course, and he said he'd go. And,
he did! Okay, awesomeeee sometimes we spend months teaching investigators and
they still don't go to church. So that was great!! We talked to him after and he
really liked it and said he had questions, so we asked him when we could get
together again and he asked if we could today. Ha. Usually when we ask that they
give us a day like a week away and then forget about it haha. So we're seeing
him tonight.
Next, after church, we had a cita with David but he had to do something so
he canceled. So we ended up knocking a few doors close by his house and this man
Renato, 65, just let us right in. He was so nice, and he told us how he loves
the church because it has helped him so many times in his life. When he was
young, he was a drug addict. One day someone invited him to church and he went,
and after that day never did drugs again! After one day! Then, he went to a
Mormon school, I guess the church had some schools here just like there are
Catholic schools or Baptist schools or whatever. So he went and really liked it,
they actually gave him a free education so he is very grateful for that too.
Then in some other hard time in his life the church came back into the picture.
Now, he is married with a family. He is just coming out of cancer. He was
hospitalized for the entire year of 2009, and the doctors had basically left him
for dead. He prayed and picked up a Bible that he had next to his bed in the
hospital, and the verse he read said ''Ask, and it shall be given you.'' He
asked to be healed and left the hospital the next day. Then, yesterday, he said
he was in a really bad mood and some things were going on in his life, and we
knocked on his door. :) Haha, love it. We taught him a little and invited him
to pray to know if it is true. He said he would, that he really wanted to know,
and said ''Who knows maybe I'll finally get baptized.'' I then invited him, ''If
you come to know that these things are true, will you follow the example of
Jesus Christ and be baptized by someone who has the priesthood authority of
God?'' He said yes. Then Hermana Barbosa invited him to be baptized November
24th if he had his answer. First he said that was very soon, but then right
after he was like ''Well, God could answer me later today if He wanted to, so
yeah, sure.'' Haha! It was great! He is just awesome and we are so excited for
him, to help him get his answer and prepare to be baptized. :) Yay!
We also have Esteban, who is the husband of a less-active member, Hermana
Cristina. He has met with missionaries for a long time. He has a fecha for
November 24th also. He came to church yesterday, but we have to make sure he is
keeping all his commitments and really ready for that date. So, we will see. :)
But we are having LOTS of success, lots of miracles and tender mercies from the
Lord. We are so happy to have people that we are working with who truly want to
know if this is the Lord's church and if they should be a part of it. We love
it, because we know it is true, and that anyone who sincerely wants to know and
prays will know the same thing. We want everyone to receive these wonderful
blessings Heavenly Father has for us, that's why we're missionaries!
Well, this Friday I complete ONE YEAR in the mission. What?! How did that
happen?? I can't even believe it. It has gone so fast. I am sure the last 6 1/2
months will fly by as well, and I am hoping to enjoy every last minute of them.
:) Sometimes I never want to go home. I love this! There is no greater joy
that I have experienced than seeing God's children grow and change and find the
Gospel.
So, this week I decided I'm going to do something new in my emails. I
realize I talk about ''The Gospel'' alllllll the time. But I also realize some
people reading this might not know exactly what that means. Or even if they do
know, it never hurts to study it more and learn more about it. ;) So, this week
I am going to start with defining the Gospel, and the next few weeks I will
explain each part.
''The Gospel of Jesus Christ as restored through the Prophet Joseph Smith
will bless our families, meet our spiritual needs, and help us fulfill our
deepest desires... The purpose of the gospel is to cleanse people of their sins
so they can receive the Savior's mercy at the day of judgement. Therefore, the
work you (the missionary) do each day is to help others come unto Christ by
helping them receive the restored gospel, through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ
and His atonement, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost,
and enduring to the end'' -Preach my Gospel.
And a quote from a member of the ward yesterday, translated into English
obviously... ''This is the Gospel in my life- the light. That light that
indicates to us the path we should take.''
This is the reason I am here. To share this amazing, wonderful, beautiful
gospel of Jesus Christ, with everyone who will listen. I know it is true. I know
God loves us and wants us to be truly happy, and the Gospel is how we can do
just that. :)
That's it for today. Love you all.
Hermana Danielle Anderton
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