breeze with sunlight, hearing leaves crackle under my feet, and
smelling woodsmoke at night. The official first day of fall is the
22nd and I couldn't be more excited! Each season brings its own pros
and cons, but fall is my favorite and I can't believe how lucky I am
to serve as a missionary for two fall seasons. There's something
special about this time of year and I think it's because people are
preparing for the end of the year and they're ready to change.
This past week we have seen an increase in member involvement! One of
our goals as missionaries is to leave the wards we work with better
than how we started. This doesn't always happen, but the way we act
and serve should reflect this desire. We have been striving to help
our ward grow and develop the spirit of missionary work and we are
starting to see the difference. We had 2 members tell us about their
friends/family and invited us to come and teach them. Nothing, well
almost nothing, makes me feel happier than seeing the members sharing
the gospel with their loved ones. It means to me that the members have
taken the gospel into their hearts and allowing it to change them.
One family that we will start to teach was from a recent convert of a
year who is preparing to enter the temple and she invited us to come
and teach her daughters and their families. Not all of them stayed
during the conversation/lesson, but those who did were deeply touched.
The former Branch President of Buenaventura, who is super good friends
with this family, was also there and he helped introduce us and he
bore super strong testimony. It was amazing and we are really excited
to start teaching some of them (not all are in our area so we'll work
with the corresponding missionaries).
The other referral we had received last week but they weren't able to
meet until last night. They are the family of members in our ward and
the members invited us over for a family home evening. We taught the
Restoration using a puzzle (the family has 2 parents and 2 sons, who
are 15 and 11) and everyone was interacting. The Spirit was very
strong as we each bore testimony and read scriptures. After the Fist
Vision and the testimony of one of the members, the mom was crying. We
invited them to be baptized and the sons and the mom said yes; the dad
said no but that if he received a strong answer from God, he would
talk to us again.
So, pretty good week all in all! =)
Oh, how could I end without a funny story? So, I think the funniest
thing that happened this week wasn't super funny to me but rather to
my companion. We attended a baptism this Saturday and at one point I
was trying to get back to my seat, but there was a lot of people. We
had just gotten done with a really spiritual moment and so I was
trying so hard to be quiet and reverent. So naturally, I nearly fell,
pulling a chair with me. I felt so bad, because I was trying to be
quiet and polite, and instead I caused a ruckus. Now, I laugh because
of how much it makes my companion laugh, so it's the funny story for
the week. Don't try to be stealthy and fast,not only causes you
problems (unless your a ninja =) ).
I love you all. Thank you again for all the support you give me.
Please remember who you are, be good, and have a great week!
Love,
Hermana Lindh
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