This week...I dont even know what to say...it has been insane! We were hardly in the area last week, and we suffered a bit for that. But this week, MIRACLES!!! Always more miracles!
For general conference, we spent all saturday afternoon inviting and inviting to the 10:00 o clock session in the morning, and through many prayers we had 6 investigators come to Palmira to watch the session: the family of our ward mission leader, and Jorge (who came on foot!).
Jorge was a miracle. We were running around picking up people to go with us to the conference and while searching for Jorge we said a prayer and plead for a miracle. He wasnt in his house, nor at the various bus stops, so we had to leave. We walked into the stake center and THERE HE WAS!
But Jorge is struggling. We went to teach him the other day and he was very drunk, and we saw him the next day and he hardly recognized us because he was drunk again. We really want to start 12 steps to recovering addictions with him, he needs help badly. We are trying to work with a few members who have already overcome addictions like drinking and smoking.
Yesterday we had a wonderfully and truly guided day. We talked about a lot of different ideas in our district meeting and a few elders talked about a survey that they have been using to contact people. What we do is knock on a door without explaining that we are missionaries, but we ask them if we can ask a few questions (about their relationship with prayer, what they have heard baout Mormons, what they think would make them more happy, if they would read another book that testifies of Christ). We tried it out yesterday and it works miracles. We entered so many houses, and ended up with 4 new investigators with baptism dates. Two of them are sisters, who live with their whole family, they accepted for the 20th and even asked us if they could also bring their friends to church. The others are a mother and her daughter, who feel like the thing missing in their lives is getting closer to God - they accepted for the 28th.
The days just get better and better. We are teaching English to two groups now, in a mini-high school and two brothers that live at the end of our street. In the school, we have already started analyzing scriptures and the first vision with them, and are pulling out lots of references! To the two brothers (Luis and Alan), we teach normal lessons but we repeat the sentences in English, and now they are reading the English Book of Mormon. This morning before Pday we taught them and they accepted a baptism date - 28th! They are another very guided miracle
We have been so amazed, the Lord is aware and in control of everything. The other day I was reading in Helaman 12, and with that chapter and all the many blessings we have plead for I have realized how we are truly only instruments. I am only the pen, and the Lord is drawing a great masterpiece through all of us as missionaries. I want to be the boldest, most reliable pen that He will allow me to be.
And I should mention...CONFERENCE! It is so much better as a missionary. It is truly a sight to see, we all gather at the stake center to watch it and divide into English and Spanish. Were there with all our snacks making church jokes, amking bets to see if President Bowler will get called as a Seventy. We are a bunch of gospel nerds, but I love it!
The biggest things that stuck out to me were: THE BOOK OF MORMON, our purposes as children of God, and repentance. I dont have a lot of time to write down all my thoughts, but I invite all of you to watch, re-watch, listen to, read this conference over and over again. Already on the countdown for April.
And today we went to Pikacho! A great experience, and very peaceful. It's funny, the statue of Christ and the temple face each other, practically watching over Tegucigalpa.
1-5: Jumping (or trying to jump) for joy, conference!
6; Conference with our investigators and Denis (ward mission leader)
7-8: Conference Cinnamon Rolls (thanks to La Colonia in Palmira for having the best american food)
9: Woke up the other day and this dead lizard was on my bed
10-12: The views climbing up to Pikacho
13: trying to point to the temple
14-15: Pikacho :)
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