Hello Everyone!!!! Before I get started... Happy Birthday little Linley! LOVE YOU!!! :)
Well,
this week was great! We got lots of new investigators which was
awesome!!!!! That never happens in this area! We are now teaching some
of the Venezuelans that we met last week and also Jonathan! Happy happy
week!
Angelica....she is falling fast. She
is changing a lot. She is now working on Sundays for the first time in 3
years in the store that she owns. She hasn't been to church and has
been avoiding us. Our hearts are breaking. Soooo sad. She believes she
is an "exemption to the rule" and that God will not have mercy with her
because of her past. I can testify that that is not true, and that she
is just really confused. The light that we used to see shining so
brightly in her is really beginning to dim. Sad. But we keep praying for
her!
Leo is doing AWESOME! He just came to church for the 3rd Sunday in a row and is loving it! He is sooo cool.
We
had quite the experience this week that really strengthened my
testimony of the Book of Mormon! Last Monday, we were down in Playa and
thought we should get some food, so we went to Taco Bell. Well,
immediately after walking in I felt SUPER weird. It was as if the Spirit
had left completely. I didn't feel like we needed to leave or
anything, but I know I didn't feel totally comfortable. As I was looking
around I felt like it was just so dark in there and I just felt so
strange. Well I immediately expressed my thoughts to Sister Hardy and
she started to be a little weirded out as well. Well, we continued
walking to the front counter when we passed this lady and this man who
were sitting together. I really try not to judge anyone, but the feeling
I had when we walked past that lady just screamed out at me that it was
her that was impeding the Spirit from being there. This lady was
completely decked out in black. Black clothes, hair, nails, jewelry,
tons of black makeup, especially around her eyes. I have seen people
dressed like her before and never even thought twice, I always just
assume that that is their style, but this time based on the way I felt
it was more than just her style. Well, we went and ordered our food at
the front counter, got it, and then went and sat down. We sat down on a
booth on the very left, right where you would enter in. The entry was
behind me to the right and the front was a ways up in front of me. I was
sitting with the wall to my left. I was freaking out. Seriously. I felt
SO uncomfortable and I just didn't know what to do! We said a prayer on
the food and Sister Hardy asked that we could be protected, that is how
bad we felt inside. Well I couldn't even eat because I felt very
anxious and stressed so I asked sister Hardy to share what she learned
from her personal study that day. She shared, but I still felt
uncomfortable so I decided to share too! I got out my BOM and read her
some parts that I liked, and then I put it on the table next to the
wall. Well the couple was having a yelling conversation and they were
speaking in Dutch so we didn't even know what they were talking about.
Shortly later, a man appeared outside near the door to come in. He was
dressed in a big black garbage bag and was smoking Marijuana. He looked
like he was on some kind of really bad drug trip. He was yelling at
people outside and looked dangerous. I was freaking out. We were
trapped. Well Sister Hardy said we should move the BOM over to the edge
of the table, so we did and when she put it down on the edge I said I
hoped it would act as protection! IT DID! As soon as we put the BOM down
right there, the man outside left, and then a few moments later the
couple left as well. She tried saying something to us on the way out but
then just turned and kept walking. It was amazing. We both then
realized at that moment that the Book of Mormon doesn't only protect us
spiritually, but physically as well! I LOVE THAT BOOK! And I know it is
true.
Have a wonderful week!!!
PLEASE KEEP UP ON THE BOM CHALLENGE! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ! :)
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