Companion: Hermana White
This week was pretty good. It started out with a couple of exchanges with the other hermanas and ended with a couple of conferences with Elder Bednar. Not too bad, if I do say so myself. I was able to feel the spirit really strongly and we have been working hard out here in little old Arvin.
Right now, we are working really hard with
one of our investigators. He is a little old man from Chiapas and he is
always really nice to us. I guess that Hermana White and Hermana
Martineau had been working with him for a while before I came here, but
he never seemed to be progressing (although he would always come to
church and pray). This past week, we started working really hard on him
to get him to read the Book of Mormon and pray about it. He has problems
with his eyes, so it is hard for him to read. We were feeling a little
stuck and we didn't know exactly what to do to help him when we had a
lesson earlier this week. When we got there, he told us that he had a
dream that told him to keep learning from us. We were super excited.
When we came back later this week, he told us that he had another dream
where an angel told him to read in the Book of Mormon to find answers,
even if it was hard. He had been reading the entire morning. It was
super cool to see!
Later this week, I was on
exchanges and we were trying to talk to one of our potential
investigators. Only Hermana White had the address written down and I was
positive that I would be able to find the house when I got there. It
turned out that I couldn't remember which house it was, so we decided to
knock on the couple of houses that looked familiar. On the first one
that we knocked on, a young woman opened the door and we started talking
to her. We told her that we were looking for someone who was looking
for greater happiness and peace. She said that we were probably looking
for her and we started teaching her. She was awesome! We were able to
teach her about the Restoration and she accepted it all. After we
finished talking to her, we were able to find the potential. It showed
me that we will always be led to the people who are prepared to listen.
The
most exciting part of the week was definitely when we listened to Elder
Bednar! All of the missionaries in the entire mission came in to
Bakersfield and we had the opportunity to talk to him and listen to him
for three hours. It was a surreal experience. The spirit was super
strong! It was a little strange because in the moment it didn't feel too
much more than a zone conference (except with an Apostle of Jesus
Christ!) He told us that we could ask any question that we wanted to and
that he was one of the fifteen people in the entire world who could
answer them. He talked a lot about the Sacrament and the fact that we
are here to act in this world and not to be acted upon. It was
indescribable. I loved listening to Elder Bednar and being instructed in
such a small group. Elder Bednar was so good. He talks with fire! He talked all about
baptism and how we need to teach people like they are people who act and
not objects to be acted upon. It was really good! He told us about a
couple of false doctrines and how to combat them. He is super funny and
really spiritual. I wish we could have listened to him for longer!
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| On the way to see Elder Bednar |
The missionaries in our
Zone got the opportunity to hear Elder Bednar again because he came to
our stake's conference the next day. It was super cool. We were able to
get a couple of our investigators to come and they really liked it! It
was like he was speaking to them. Halfway through the meeting, one of
the members came up to Hermana White and I and told us to come into a
back room with him. There were a limited number of translation
headphones, and a couple of people had come late and weren't able to get
a set. For the rest of the meeting, Hermana White and I whispered the
translation of the talk to a couple of recent converts. It was a
testimony to me of the gift of tongues!
That
was pretty much our week. It was full of the spirit and we were able to
see a lot of miracles in the work. I am still loving it out here in
Arvin and we are seeing a lot of success working with the people. I love
this gospel and I am so glad that I have the opportunity to tell the
world about how they can find happiness and come closer to God. I am a
happy missionary! I hope that you all have a good week!
Hermana Blau
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