Hola familia y amigos!
We had one of the coolest week! Oh it has been so great!
First off, our investigator, Juan, got his baptismal interview this
week and of course he passed with flying colors! Oh we are so excited
for him. Though we were a little bit worried this past Sunday because
he didn't show up to church and he wasn't answering his
phone....scary. Turns out he went out to his car Sunday morning to
drive to church to find that his battery of his car was dead. Nothing
he did could get it jumpstarted....arggggghhhhh! Satan is definitely
at work but Hermana Niemann and I are working harder. He is totally
not going to win.
Also another story with Juan! Hermana Niemann and I were trying to get
out of our dinner appointment so that we could get to our
investigator's appointment. We even had a member, Lorenzo, meeting us
at Juan's house but the member kept talking and talking. Strangely
enough Hermana Niemann and I were pretty peaceful about out it. By the
time we were actually able to leave the appointment, we were 15
minutes late. We quickly sped over to our appointment and then looked
around the apartment complex to find Lorenzo. We couldn't find him
anywhere! So we finally gave up and decided that we would just have to
go to Juan's. We knocked the door and to our great surprise, Lorenzo
opened it! They had been sitting at the table just talking and getting
to know one another! That was an answer to a prayer! Juan had been
telling us that the number one thing he was finding difficultly with
was finding friends at church but know he has one really good friend.
And you can tell that they are really good friends because during the
lesson they kept on cracking inside jokes!!! Oh my gosh! It was
amazing! The spirit was so strong with those two! I swear, Lorenzo is
the best member missionary ever! For example at the end of the lesson,
Juan was telling us of some of the struggles he faces and before
Hermana Niemann or I could open our mouths, Lorenzo began to bear a
powerful testimony of the Book of Mormon! He told Juan that if he
ever feels sad all he has to do is read the Book of Mormon! "It just
makes me feel better anytime I read this book. It brings me peace!" I
love my recent convert.
So this week we got seven new investigators! And I'm going to share
with you a miracle...
Hermana Niemann and I had had a very long day without much success so
we were about to just head to our last back up and it wasn't even
eight yet... Plus the backup was a member. We were pretty bummed
especially since that morning we has been praying really hard to find
the lord's elect and we felt like we had seen much success. We were
driving to our members house and out of the corner of my eye, I see
this guy fixing his truck on the side of the road. I didn't think much
of it and kept driving, but then I got the feeling that we should turn
back and talk to him. My thoughts were, " well...we got nothing to
lose!" So I flipped a U turn. Hermana Niemann was so confused and she
was said "Wait! What are we doing?" "We are going to go get us a new
investigator" and that is exactly what we did. Turns out this guy had
visited to missionaries before...when they were Elders. That was a
long time ago! He said he had always wondered why they had stopped
visiting him. When I asked him if he would be interested in having
missionaries con over again, he got really excited and said yes! He
even said "I still have that book that they gave me! The Book of
Mormon!" Oh we are really excited about him. Best part...he has a
family! Three cheers for family! Whoop! Whoop!
Okay one more miracle lesson. So we went back to one of our new
investigators house because we had missed our appointment with her due
to Hermana Niemann's throat swelling up. (Not really sure if I told
you all that story or not.... 🤔) When we knocked on her door, she was
like "come in! Come in!" She told us that she has been reading the
book we left her, the Book of Mormon! She had so many questions and we
were able to teach her the restoration but what really caught her was
the bible and the fact hat so many plain and precious things had been
taken away. She to,d us that she had always wondered that. She
especially got excited about the restoration of the priesthood! She
said that she had been studying in the bible about the priesthood and
the power of God but had always wondered what happened to it! She is
just so prepared but the most interesting thing was when we were
trying to show her a scripture in Moroni, she freaked out! She said
that in her grandpas bible, there was the book of Moroni, 3 Nephi, and
Ether. Weird right. So we are going to have to do a bit of
re-explaining to her because now she thinks the Book of Mormon is the
missing book from the bible...oops! Well she is still a really cool
investigator. 😅
Funny story: as missionaries, we need a backer anytime we back out of
a parking spot. Hermana Niemann was backing me out of my spot and this
guy was just staring at us. Hermana Niemann turned to him and said "we
have to do it." He just looked at her and replied "It is okay,
everyone has got to learn at some point" and then he gave me a thumbs
up and shouted "Good job!" Bahahahahaha! He thinks I'm learning how to
back up! Hahahaha! It was so funny! We had a good belly laugh! Sweet
guy! 😂
Well, I think that is all! Next week is transfer week so I will be
emailing Tuesday.
Love you all!
Hermana Paredes
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