Hi family!
This week we had an exciting thing
happen! After weeks (seriously, like 4 or 5) we finally got to sit down with
Aida and share a real lesson with her! Here's the back story: She's from Cuba,
and came here two years ago. Her grown granddaughter had a baby several months
ago, so she moved in to help watch the baby while the granddaughter works. Aida
wanted to listen to our message, but was uncomfortable having us in to the
apartment when she didn't feel like it was her own. As we kept meeting with her
on the doorstep, she said her granddaughter wasn't comfortable with us coming
in either. Aida came to church, and the member that picked her up had a short
but cordial conversation with Aida's granddaughter. This week, we knocked on
Aida's door to say hello and share a little something, and she had us right in!
She said that her granddaughter said it was totally fine for us to come by and
visit anytime! Yay! We're so excited to begin teaching Aida for real, because
she is so ready for this. We told her to read the Restoration pamphlet as
homework before we came by, and she basically taught us the lesson, remembering
all of the jargon and everything! And because we gave her a Book of Mormon so
long ago, she's already almost through 1 Nephi. She is seriously so great, and
we are excited for her.
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| Us at a member's home way out in the boonies. It reminded me of rural Kentucky. I miss the green fields. |
The extra neat thing about this? I
had fasted two days before for a way to begin teaching Aida. We didn't know if
we'd ever get in the door. We thought we'd have to use obnoxiously complicated
ways to get her to different locations (park, church building, etc.) to teach
her. But her daughter works second shift, so she's always locked up at home in
the afternoon, which is when members would be able to help us. So just two days
after my fast, we get in the door. God works in mysterious ways. I'm not sure
what made a difference in any of this, but He was listening to my prayers as I
was trying to help someone else, and He made it work. He blessed me with that
opportunity! How cool! Especially because I'm still not a very good
faster, so this made me really really excited to fast again for something that
will help someone progress in the gospel.
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| A railroad bridge over the Ohio. It's still the ugliest river ever. Haha. |
Yesterday was another Spanish fireside
at the mission home. It was super super good. The investigators we thought were
going to go, and told us they were going to go, didn't show up. Which is
embarrassing, because you're only supposed to go if you have someone with you
that's new or investigating. But it was still a good experience for me because
as I listen to the testimonies of these people it gives me hope that someone
will catch the vision and run with it. These people have strong, strong
testimonies of the Book of Mormon, of everything! I know that it's possible for
people to listen and act. Not everyone will, but every once in a while, someone
will go with it. So that made me excited to keep going and keep opening my
mouth.
Agustin and Gabby are officially
gone to Indianapolis. They bailed on their last appointment, so we never got to
say goodbye. Part of it is super fishy, just because they really seemed to want
to learn and listen, and so now that they aren't answering the phone or
anything I'm wondering if they ever cared. But I still love them either way,
and hope that we can get their info, or that missionaries will one day find
them. We gave them the address and time of the Spanish branch up there, so
hopefully they made it to that! That would be so great. :)
Not much else going on for now,
I don't think. We're plugging along as best we can. Trying to help other people
have the happiness that we have!
Thanks for everything!
Love,
Zac
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