Companions: Hermana Galvez and Hermana Ruiz
This week was a really long and really hot, but by the end of it all, I have felt spiritually uplifted and fulfilled. I have been seeing a lot of miracles during the past couple of weeks and this week they continued to come. We have been seeing a lot of progress with our investigators.
I
guess to start it all out, I must talk about the heat. This week was
insane! I think that it was around 115 degrees every single day for the
entire week. I didn't know that it was possible for a human being to
handle the extremes of the heat for so long. I don't think that I have
sweated as much in my entire life! Luckily, our bishop told us a tip
from his mission. If your face is super sweaty before you talk to
someone, you can take your name badge off and use it as a squidgy and
wipe your face with a handkerchief while you are speaking. That has made
us a little more presentable! Even with all of that, I have been trying
to take some precautions to stay out of the sun. We dash in between
patches of shade to find people who are outside who we can talk to. It
is like a game.
This week, we started out with
exchanges. They were super fun! We went back down to South Bakersfield
in Buena Vista and we were able to work out there. It was super fun
being there and seeing the Sister Training Leader's area. I love getting
to learn on exchanges. The first person that we talked to on exchanges
was a lady sitting in her car. When we went up to her, we asked her how
she was doing and she said, "I am fighting with my boyfriend." I heard,
"I am finding my boyfriend" and so I said, "That's great!" That lead to a
pretty awkward silence. After that, we were able to talk to her about
how she can find comfort through Jesus Christ and how the gospel could
help her. We gave her a Book of Mormon and she was crying of happiness
by the end. It was super sweet. I was glad to have that experience.
This
week, we also had interviews with President Layton. It was a really
nice experience. I was able to talk to him about some of the things that
are going on in our area and about how we can better work with the ward
and he gave me some great advice. He was talking to me about how there
was a reason that we (Spanish speaking sisters) were put in the ward and
about how we can do a lot of good. That really made me think. I feel
that we are fulfilling our purpose here in this part of the vineyard.
On
Saturday night, we had the pleasure of eating dinner at the house of
one of the Filipino members of the ward. They were having a birthday
party, so they invited all of the missionaries to come and eat the
Filipino food that they had made. I don't think that I have ever eaten
food that was more delicious in my entire life! I was so full of rice
and shrimp when I left, but I wish that I could have eaten more.
Luckily, we were able to take some to-go boxes with some food that we
ate today for lunch.
This week at church was
really good for us. On Saturday night and Sunday morning, we invited a
lot of people to come to church and they all said that they would be
there. We thought that it was just like it always is when people say
that they will come to church, so we didn't really know what was going
to happen. Then, during church, all of the people who said that they
would come to church did come! Even the brother-in-law of one of our
recent converts came to church. We had met him yesterday and he didn't
have time to talk to us, but we asked him if he would come to church and
he said that he would. By the time that they were saying the sacrament
prayers, we had seven investigators in church. It was a miracle!
We
have been seeing the hand for the Lord so much recently and we have
been seeing a lot of progress in our investigators. I know that this is
the work of the Lord and that we are doing his will as missionaries. I
am so glad for this opportunity and I know that the church is true. I
hope that you all have a good week!
Hermana Blau
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