Wow. Okay. Let's get started a little bit. So much happened this week.
We met a menos activo familia, the Gueveras. They're great. They're so great. We helped them take down their Navidad decorations and had a Noche de Hogar (Family Home Evening/Family Night) with them. They even came to church yesterday!!
And the Colin's (Pronounced Cole-een)! They're so great. We helped them fold napkins into the shape of suit coats for a wedding. They're practically fluent in English, and they're hilarious. The title today? Dedicated to Hermano Colin. And they're the best at couponing. They got 80 rolls of paper towels for $5. Holy flip. Aaaaand, they love missionaries. They gave us two packages of camping supplies. (If you understand why we need camping supplies, laugh now.) But they both (hermana y hermano Colin) got in car accidents this week. ): They're both fine, but it's sad.
We had to drop a family. ): That was very triste.
And a family essentially dropped us! ): We've been helping them move into their new apartment and clean it up, because the other people that live there (it's very normal for Hispanics to live with Hispanics they're never even met before) are very dirty, and when we met the other night, they said they believe in their Church, but we're really nice. But that was after we had set up a return appointment, so we asked then to study the pamphlet and ask God that night what He wanted them to do, so that when we returned to help clean up a little, it could either be our last visit, or the start of them progressing.
And Mari. :D So, she's been taking the leccions, and believes it, but didn't feel like she was getting an answer about whether or not she should be baptized. At our last real lesson with her, at the end, when Hermana Andersen was bearing her testimony, I saw Mari sitting there on the floor, but I couldn't shake the image of her sitting there in baptismal clothes. Two days passed, and we hadn't heard from them (she lives with her member sister now while she's visiting from Spain), which wasn't too bad, because our next leccion was scheduled for tomorrow.
But the next time we were to see her was at the English Class we started on Friday. Hermana Frandsen (the sister) called us Friday, and (shhhh, no. Let me tell the story.) was like, "I am so sorry, hermanas. We cannot make it to the English Class tonight." and we were oh, okay ): and talked about that for a couple minutes.
Then we were about to hang up, and Hermana Frandsen was like, "Oh! One more thing; you guys might want to plan a baptism for the 26th." She said it all casual like, and so we were quiet for a second as the meaning sunk in. Then ensued shrieks of excitement and disbelief.
So, apparently, after the lesson the other day, we left, and Mari was like, "MariaCarmen, I feel so weird. I feel... like I'm floating." and Hermana Frandsen was like, "Well, what do you think it is?" and Mari was like,"The Spirit?" and Hermana Frandsen was like, "Well, what should we do about it?" and that was when Mari decided to get baptized. :D
So, that's exciting. Like, really exciting. I am so excited. You have no idea how excited I am.
Now I'm going to share a scripture I read this week with you. Enjoy it:
Mosiah 8:18 Thus God has provided a means that man, through faith, might work mighty miracles; therefore he becometh a great benefit to his fellow beings.
I really like that because as to our own strength, we can't do that much. Like with Mari, we're been teaching her, and teaching her, but it wasn't until she let the Spirit in that she knew she was ready for baptism. Baptism is such a miracle, because it's the first (well, third, it's after faith in Jesucristo and repentance) step to returning to live with our Heavenly Father. But God also can't just be like, "Hey, Mari. Go get baptized." We had to go and introduce her to His and His Son's evangelio and, with His help, get her to the point where she felt she needed baptism. So, through our faith, and Mari's faith, Hermana Andersen y y podemos hacer mighty miracles and become a great benefit to the Hispanic gente here in Washington. (: El fin.
Les queremos!
Hermana Miller
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