4                                                                                                                                                      Hola!!

Lots of blessings this week! One, of course, was General Conference! Man, how I love Conference. I just feel so happy and renewed. I know that these men are truly men of God, and that He has called them to help instruct us in these days. They teach so clearly and beautifully the doctrine of Christ and give us guidance for our days. It's such a blessing!

Jessica, her husband Edwin, and our other great investigator Norma all came to the conference!! We were sooo happy! They all liked it (obviously). Norma is really sweet. She's maybe 65 or so, and her husband died 8 years ago. She lives alone but during the week her daughter, Pilar, and Pilar's husband and two kids come to stay with her. We found her and Pilar about 2 weeks ago just knocking doors. We just shared a quick 10 minutes with them the first time, but we felt the Spirit so much. They are special! We went back the following week and couldn't find them one day, and then the next time we did and they are just awesome! Norma had shared before with  missionaries, but she never went to church. She has The Book of Mormon though, and now she is reading it. She loves it. She and Pilar are both really receptive, but Pilar's husband doesn't like the church (obviously because he doesn't know anything about it). So they asked us to pray for him that he would soften his heart. Norma goes back to her home with her family on the weekends, so she didn't come to conference. But Norma did! AND she accepted a fecha for May 4th!!! She is still praying and going to church and reading the Book of Mormon, she doesn't have a for sure answer yet that it is true, but she feels the Spirit every time we're there and she felt it at church. She can recognize that she feels peace and happiness and that God is leading her in this way. 

Jessica and Edwin are doing really well also!! Jessica really liked church last Sunday and invited her husband Edwin to come this week. We have been sharing with them both this week and they are reading the  BoM too and praying and excited to learn. They have not accepted a baptismal date yet, but they are great and progressing really well. 

Please, pray for Norma, Jessica, and Edwin! That they will receive their answer from Heavenly Father and that they will have the faith to follow the answer they receive and be baptized!! It would be soo amazing to see another baptism before I leave. Obviously, this is not about me, and if they aren't ready to get baptized yet I will still go home happy. But it would just be so great if they were ready to make that step and I could be there for it.  :)  

I miss the temple!!!! Soooo much, and I am going in 4 weeks! AHHH so excited!!!!!! 

It is freeezing cold here in Victoria. Like, really cold. But everyone keeps saying it's not even cold yet, that it's about to get a loot colder. Brrrr. At least it only rained one day last week. I'll take cold over the rain. And I just hope the real cold/rain holds out another month :P  hehe. 

So this past week or so, I've been studying/ trying to master the skill of listening. It's so important in missionary work and also ''real life.'' A quote from Preach My Gospel, our missionary manual:  ''When you listen carefully to others, you understand them better... While others talk to you, avoid the tendency to think about what you are going to say. Make sure you are really concentrating on the person rather than planning your response...'' And a quote by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland:  ''Perhaps more important than speaking is listening. These people are children of God, our brothers and sisters, and they need what we have... If we listen with love, we won't have to wonder what to say. It will be given to us- by the Spirit and by our friends.'' I loove studying about this. I have always had a problem with really focusing in and giving all my attention. I am trying to be better about this, and truly listen with my ears and with my heart. Let us all try to be better about that! Give people our full attention, our time, our love. I know that Heavenly Father always listens to us, especially when we sincerely pray to Him. 

I love this Gospel, I know it is true, and I love life! I hope you all have a great week! See you soon.

Hermana Danielle Anderton :)