February 20th, 2017
It's been a great week!
This week I was reunited with
Sister Talbot, whom I absolutely adore! We had a zone dinner at the home of one
of the stake presidency members, and we got to giggle a lot together, just like
old times. I'm so grateful I get to serve near her during my last transfer!
A few days ago, we were biking down
the street at night, and Sister Maya didn't see a pot-hole, and she ran into it
and fell off her bike. She hurt her knee and we got help from a member,
thankfully, and she's been recovering since then. One night, she and I talked
about how, after a trial like that happens, some cool miracle will come about
soon after.
Well, one day we were knocking on
doors as usual, and one Hispanic lady opened the door, and I mentioned to her
that we teach about how families can be eternal. She said, "I want to be
eternal!" and she invited us in and told us about how her husband passed
away in the year 2000 and she wants to be with him again. It was super cool to
be able to testify to her that she could be reunited with him some day! We left
her with a Plan of Salvation pamphlet and a Book of Mormon, and she said we
could come back some other time....
Sadly though when we called her to
confirm the appointment, she suddenly told us that she was Christian (meaning
that she didn't want to learn more about us at the moment) but that she would
read the Book of Mormon and call us if she is interested to learn more. But
honestly, I am not discouraged by this. I know that we at least gave her a
major touch point in her life, and it's so important to try to leave copies of
the Book of Mormon in people's homes, because you just never know who can get
their hands on it, read it, and feel of the undeniable power and Spirit that it
brings.
We visited a less-active, Mxxx Cxxx, and brought a member with us, Lxxx Cxxx. Hna Lxxx was so amazing!
They got along really well, and I loved hearing her share her testimony and her
conversion story to Hna Mxxx Cxxx. I'm such a huge fan of member missionary
work!
One night we were walking and there
was this guy sitting on the sidewalk and we started talking to him. His name is
Sxxx and he was super friendly and started asking us questions like, "What
are you doing out so late?" and "Do you get paid to do this?"
and stuff like that. We explained who we were and he was so cute; he gave us
tips on how to talk to people since he works as a salesman. He also told us his
story, how he used to be involved in some serious things and he used to be
Christian, and he said that by meeting us he was reminded that he should look
into coming back to God. It was such a tender mercy for him and for us to be
able to talk to him. He just made our week! I really hope that he'll be able to
meet with the missionaries again (he lives out of our mission).
We visited the less-active Fxxx Oxxx again, and he was awesome. He said he would come to church, and... he
did! We were so happy to see him there! The ward was so welcoming to him and he
really enjoyed it.
Thanks so much for all that stuff
you sent about family history, that is absolutely perfect and I want to try
some of that stuff out.
I love you! I can't believe I only
have a little over a month left of my mission! I truly want to follow Elder
Holland's advice and enjoy every minute of it!
-Hermana Aburto
Zone dinner pictures:
Zone dinner pictures:
This is the zone
dinner from last transfer
