Greetings from a wet yet happy sister missionary! The rain this week has
been relentless leaving us soaked several times, but our determination
has won out in the end. Plus when I put on my yellow raincoat, people
just stop to talk to us!
Last week we had another opportunity to be in the temple- a less active
member that we've been working with all summer was able to go back to
the temple for the first time in 9 years. We were invited to go and got
permission from our mission president.
It was the branch's temple night and it was a good opportunity to bond
with several of the members. Watching this man renew his covenants was
absolutely beautiful. It reminded me of what President Monson said in
the Young Women's Meeting this past April.
"Is there a way to safety? Is there an escape from threatened destruction? The answer is a resounding yes!
I counsel you to look to the lighthouse of the Lord. I have said it
before; I will say it again: there is no fog so dense, no night so dark,
no gale so strong, no mariner so lost but what the lighthouse of the
Lord can rescue. It beckons through the storms of life. It calls, “This way to safety. This way to home.”
It sends forth signals of light easily seen and never failing. If
followed, those signals will guide you back to your heavenly home."
We
also had exchanges this week- Hermana Gutierrez came up to Oakcrest
with me. She came out to the field with me, but she's a native speaker
so she was only in the MTC for three weeks. She's a recent convert of
only a year and a half with an amazing story. She was exactly what
several of our investigators and less-actives needed. Our investigator
Elisabeth is so close to baptism, but is having trouble recognizing her
answer. Hna. Gutierrez has the same Catholic background and is the only
member of her family. After she shared her story with Elisabeth,
Elisabeth opened up some more to tell us some of her doubts and what was
holding her back. Hna. Gutierrez challenged her to prepare to be
baptized in three weeks and that we promised she would receive her
answer- powerful promises! We set one baptismal date this week with a
young man of a part member family and extended another to an
investigator on the 2nd lesson. Then, this week in knocking we found
lots of people that had been taught before by missionaries and were
interested in learning more. The Lord has truly prepared people for us
to teach. We are having a ward activity coming up- a cultural activity
where everyone is presenting food and dances from their respective Latin
country. It's funny how as a missionary we look at these activities as a
chance to invite investigators and less-actives, to fellowship
everyone- growing up it was simply a chance for the ward to get to
together. I love ya'll lots and I'm working hard to help other families
enjoy the blessings that we have through the gospel.
Love,
Hermana Koerner
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