Hola mis queridos familia y amigos!
This week has been full of tender mercies for me! First of
all, I finally had a subscription for antibiotics called in so my bronchitis is
finally getting better! We had some incredible conversations with some new
convert and less active families that we love so so much. One family said that
they were kind of questioning whether the church was still true but last Sunday
Hermana Stricklin and I had the pleasure of speaking about the Restoration
during Sacrament meeting and he said he felt the Spirit confirm to him again
that this is Christ's true church. He also had another experience in Sunday
School with God answering a question he had. It is SO amazing to watch people
grow and learn to love this gospel and know of it's truth. Another family that
I LOVE LOVE LOVE is also doing really well. My favorite friend here who hasn't
been to church in years and has felt that God doesn't exist has been praying
this past week and I don't know if she realizes it quite yet but God has been
answering her prayers and showing her that He is there and that He loves her.
Best thing ever to witness!
We had a fun little exchange on Wednesday where Hermana
Stricklin went to Clarksville for the night and Sister Gibson came to our area
and it was so fun! We had a great Spanish FHE that night and our new member
here, Lilia, gave a beautiful lesson about enduring hard things. She referenced
the talk in the January Ensign, Finding Nemo and then she played clips from the
movie UP. I don't know if I should have walked out of the room or not at that
point because technically we can't watch anything but church movies but I just
considered it a tender mercy and balled like a baby through the ten minute
clip. I LOVE the example in that movie of the couple enduring some really hard
things, but in the end when Carl is sitting by himself, feeling SO down on
himself and he begins to look through his wife's old adventure book. He gets
really sad as he thinks about how he was never able to take her on her
adventure to South America but he finds something so sweet. He finds that she
had put pictures of their life together behind the page that says "Stuff
I'm going to do" and said thank you for the adventure that they had
together. It's then that he realized that she didn't need that trip to South
America and even though they suffered through some really hard trials together,
they had one another and that was an adventure enough for Ellie. I love this
message that teaches us to truly count our blessings and that Heavenly Father
places people or things in our lives to overcome hard times.
After FHE Sister Gibson and I were hunting down a member
that we didn't know and wanted to meet and as we found the address and knocked
on all the doors, we realized no one was home, so we began to leave. Well, as I
was backing up another car pulled into the driveway up to the house next to the
one we were knocking. The woman in the car got out to see if we needed help and
she told us that the person we were looking for wasn't there anymore. We began
talking about her a little bit and she told us that her and her husband just
got married in September! Immediately I felt prompted to ask her about vows-
way random. But as we talked about them I asked about the "Till Death Do
You Part" and how she would feel if their love could last longer than
that. She cutely replied that it would be awesome because her husband is her
best friend. We were able to testify to her that God has restored that power to
seal her and her husband for eternity, not just for this life. The Spirit was
so strong and we asked them to pray about that and to ponder about what that
would really mean to them and if it's something they would want. We left them
with our phone number and I'm hoping to hear from them soon. This experience
was such a powerful testimony to me that the Lord will truly put His words into
our mouths as we seek to share His gospel.
Sister Gibson and I stayed up till like 1 in the morning
just talking about anything and everything. It was so fun! I am so grateful for
the opportunity to have exchanges and get to know other Sisters in the mission
and feel of their sweet spirit.
We had an awesome dinner with a member and her husband who
are expecting a baby. We had a lovely dinner and afterwards they brought a game
for us to play- they LOVE games! So as we played Clue, we were able to better
understand this husband's concerns about the church and as we talked more and
more about it we realized his concerns were more from not knowing the truth. So
it was so neat to be able to tell him what we really believe and watch his
heart and mind grow more and more open to our beliefs. We had a wonderful visit
and he made some comments about he hopes that we can come back- miracle!
We had a cute 80 year old come out with us on exchanges and
that was so fun- I love when members want to come out with us! We also had a
successful Spanish movie night- our member brought her friend and it was so
fun!
Our Spanish investigators are doing so well too! We had a
really good lesson yesterday with two roommates who had so many good questions
and so many good insights about what the true gospel should teach! Also, our
friend Sergio is doing so well! He is so amazing! He has still been reading in
True to the Faith and the Book of Mormon! And he understands the commandments
so well and is willing to live them! "The law of chastity is going to be
hard, but I can do it!" or "I can't drink coffee anymore? Okay!"
We feel him getting closer and closer to baptism every week so keep him in your
prayers!
Welp, all in all, I had a marvelous week and I LOVE doing
this work! Something I have felt this week is that there is nothing else that
has the power to help me feel of God's love daily and truly inspire me to
accept my weaknesses and want to change as does the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
It's real.
I hope you can feel that this week.
Love y'all!
Hermana Knight
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