Hi family!
At my first zone conference back in July, a missionary said during his "dying testimony", "Your mission is like a roll of toilet paper...it starts off slow, gets faster and faster, and then is gone before you know it!" How true it is!
Let me start off by saying THANK YOU EVERYONE for everything I received this past week! Not just the physical things like the letters and packages, but the blessings I felt from your prayers! This week has been the best week of the transfer! We had SO MUCH FUN! We would laugh until tears rolled down our faces and we'd be on the ground, holding our not-so-tough abs haha...On Thursday night, we helped a member move and she gave us a ton of christmas lights hehehe sooo when we got home and finished planning, we put them up all around the apartment! And let me tell yall this...we almost died multiple times haha (not really) We'd stand on top of the couches, trying to put tacks into the ceiling! This resulted in uncontrollable laughter! And my oh my it felt sooo good to laugh!
My favorite moment of the week was when we taught the Ortega family..We taught them the Restoration about a month ago with President Prior (the stake president). Javier and Elizabeth have been going through a difficult time because their 16 year old daughter is pregnant...We know that this trial has softened them so we taught them the wonderful Plan of Salvation on Saturday. The lesson went really well and it was very unique because we'd switch back and forth between english and spanish at some parts because Javier is still learning English. At the end of the lesson, I extended the invitation to be baptized by someone holding the Priesthood authority of God. Immediately, Elizabeth innocently said, "I've already been baptized." We quickly dissolved this concern by explaining to her that her baptism was a beautiful display of her commitment to the Savior but she needs to be baptized by someone holding the Priesthood. We told them the story of how the Savior Himself walked 40 miles just to be baptized by John the Baptist. Why? because he was the only one that had the Priesthood. This made sense to them and as President Prior shared his testimony (he's also a convert), Hermana Gutierrez whispered to me, "We need to pray really hard, right now!" So I kept a silent prayer in my heart that the Ortega's would accept this invitation to be baptized. When the time was right again, Hermana G had Javier read Mosiah 18:9-10, and as he read "What have you against being baptized..." A smile came to his face..Hermana G then invited them to be baptized on December 15th. The Spirit took over as we explained to them that by setting the 15th as their goal, they would be showing their faith to Heavenly Father that they WANTED to know if these things were true. We promised them that as they set this goal, they would receive an answer to their prayers. We told them, "We can only know that these things are true if we have a SINCERE desire to know..Meaning that if we were to receive an answer, we'd act upon it and follow the Savior by being baptized."
Ah! Family! it was so good!
And yesterday, we met with Kristen, a 17 year old girl who is getting baptized on December 1st! Kristen has known for a long time that the Church is true, but her parents are against her decision so she has to wait until she turns 18 which is on December 1st :) We're going to teach her all of the lessons again before her baptism, just to make sure that she's prepared (even though she could teach us all of the lessons haha) It was so wonderful to teach her the beautiful message of the Restoration and help her strengthen her testimony of it. We could all feel the Spirit so strongly and she'd tear up at some parts. She's so happy that she has found the gospel! She's on fire!
So those were my two favorite lessons for the week :) I hope yall enjoyed! We've been hearing that it's going to get "cold" this week haha...my body is used to the warm weather so when it's 55 out....I die!
Well.....I love yall so much and I cant thank you enough for everything that you've done for me! Work hard in your portion of the Lord's vineyard! Instead of praying for me to find people, try praying for people to find that are around you! The Lord is hastening His work and there are many that are ready for the message of the Restoration!
Con todo mi amor,
Hermana Seymour
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