Dear Family,
Ok so I know the countdowns are starting and I am so excited to see everyone. I will refrain from counting down until my last week or so in order to stay focused, but are all free to do so : )
We had a wonderful experience with one of the young women. She has been out with us teaching several times and she loves to share the gospel. She called us last week and told us that she was talking with one of her friend's about the purpose of life, and the friend expressed that she wasn't sure what her purpose was. The young woman then bore her testimony and invited her friend to listen to the missionaries. We met with her at the young woman's home on Friday and from the start the Spirit was strong and she is very spiritually sensitive. We were able to share our purpose and start the plan. Afterwards she told us that she wants to her parents to hear this. So we are going to meet her family this week! I feel so blessed to be working in this area, with this ward.
This week as Hna Townsend and I were leaving the temple, President Crane (temple president) was at the entrance and we stopped to say thank you to him. He shook our hands and began to ask us questions about our temple experience. Did we have a beautiful experience? Do we learn something new every time? Does it become deeper and deeper each time? And finally, did we give thanks while in the temple? He then shared D&C 97:12-13 with us and told us that many people do not receive the answers they pray for in the temple because they neglect to give thanks. It was a tender mercy from the Lord as I've been focusing on expressing as much gratitude this transfer as possible.
In other good ward news, our ward mission leader has been struggling and we hadn't had correlation in about two months. The bishop was aware and did all he could until he was able to call another brother. He called Hno Escobar, who is great leader in the ward and is always helping the missionaries anyway. We are very excited to start working with him.
So cool entry in the Bible Dictionary under "War in Heaven":"The warfare is continued in mortality in the conflict between right and wrong, between the gospel and false principles, etc. The same contestants and the same issues are doing battle, and the same salvation is at stake...The nature of the conflict, however, is such that there could be no neutrals, then or now." I love that!
I am reading in 3 Nephi, the chapters of the coming of Christ and I love the story how the Savior healing the sick. I especially noted this time how the Savior healed them spiritually. Just hours/days before the whole land was mourning the loss of loved ones, but their hearts where healed by the Savior. "And it came to pass that when he had thus spoken, all the multitude, with one accord, did go forth with their sick and their afflicted, and their lame, and with their blind, and with their dumb, and with all them that were afflicted in any manner; and he did heal them every one as they were brought forth unto him"
Thank you for all your prayers for Dilma, Doris, Patricia, Elvin and Hno Rincon and please keep praying for them and for Sandra.
Love you all,
Hermana Kristi Koerner
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