Week 58, September 12, 2016

What a great week!

We have been seeing a lot of miracles recently in the way of our members. We have been praying and fasting for our ward because they have been struggling to be unified and we are starting to see the fruits of our labors. While we don't need that to be good missionaries or to keep working hard, it's kinda nice to see how our efforts have been received. For example, we try to find people and introduce them to members as soon as possible so that they have a friend in church. What's even better though is having members invite us over to meet their friends/families so that instead of us trying to start a relationship, the investigators already have one. This past week we have been introduced to investigators by members and we now have more people to teach who will be fellowshipped into the ward. That's the way missionary work should work and how it works best, when members and missionaries work together to help our brothers and sisters without the gospel of Christ to come unto Him.

One of the families we have met is a husband and wife, Francisco and Elizabeth and Elizabeth is going to have a baby in about a month. We shared part of the plan of Salvation with them and they were both really happy to hear it. We'll be going back this Tuesday to provide service for this mom so that she doesn't need to worry about keeping her home maintained while feeling so tired; pregnancy can be hard! =) I really love them both so much and I just feel this really strong and sweet spirit with them, so we are hoping to help them be baptized on Sep. 30th, or the following week.

We are still visiting Judith but she's struggling to feel/accept her answer from God saying to join this church. For those who are not members, yes, we are hoping that she'll hear that answer because we know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is Christ's church on the earth again. I know that this is the only true church and that we teach the plenitude of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I am here as a missionary to help people come unto Christ by having faith in Him, repenting (which is to change), being baptized by proper authority, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost by the same authority, and enduring to the end. I know who I represent, that this is His church, and that all those who pray in faith will come to know the same truth I have received. I love you all and I love all those who I teach out here and that's why I share what I do.

For Judith, we're still working with her and we'll be trying something new. A letter from my dad sparked this revelation and we had recently received a training on how to teach with the Spirit using music, so now we are singing with everyone! We try to start with a hymn, explaining to them that the Spirit will teach of the truth in the song and that that's how they'll feel when they pray later to know the truth from God. We also try to sing a hymn in the lesson itself to once again have the presence of the Spirit be very strong. I don't know if we have seen any direct results yet, but I believe that it helps people and it helps us teach better.

On a more fun note, we haven't had a lot of activities this week, but today for P-Day, we and our district went bowling and to play lazer tag! =D The first round of lazer tag, we had 3 teams made of the 3 different companionships and Hna. Miranda and I didn't do too shabby! The second time around, it was 2 teams made up of Junior vs. Senior companions. (In a companionship, there is a senior and junior companion; usually the senior companion is the one who has served longer and can kinda guide the companionship by using their experience. In my companionship, I am currently the senior companion. This can change every transfer) The senior companions one and we were all wiped by the end of it. I had the highest accuracy (66% in comparison with 2nd place with 25%) and the most amount of points (meaning I "shot" the most amount of people and/or stuff); wouldn't my family be proud? =D

I think that that's all for this week! =) This coming Thursday we have interviews with President Jaggi so we'll receive some training as well. I'm really excited for that because when Elder Ortiz went home, we combined the 2 spanish zones into 1, so all 30 spanish missionaries will be together; I'm so excited!

I love you all! Be good and remember who you are!

Love,

Hermana Lindh