Week 4: Following the Promptings of the Spirit

Something that has been bothering me for a while is knowing where the line is between the letter of the law and the spirit of the law. Our motto as missionaries is that obedience brings blessings, but exact obedience brings miracles and I have definitely witnessed those in the short weeks I have been here. However, I have had the opportunity to see and experience the stress and weariness some Sisters and Elders put on themselves (it is actually mostly just Sisters). I am just so eternally grateful my trainer knows how to be obedient AND have fun.

She is going home next transfer and I am kind of nervous to find out who my next companion will be and what she is like but I am just so grateful I have 6 whole weeks to enjoy Sister Lindsay's company and wisdom.

We've been discussing the difference between the letter of the law and the spirit of the law a lot and have been reading in Jesus the Christ (awesome book!). We decided that we really wanted to pray to be better at recognizing when the spirit wanted us to do something that the letter might not like and it was amazing how quickly we got an opportunity to put it into action.

Yesterday it rained a lot which is wonderful because of two things: one, we are in a drought, and two, the field workers get sent home early for the day so we can catch them at home. It is also really funny to see California people driving in the rain ... Anyway. We were driving down the street and we saw a little boy with no jacket and no shoes sitting all alone in the street. The handbook says to never be alone with kids or do anything that might look suspicious (like talking to them without their parents) but we were really concerned and felt we needed to help him so we pulled over and tried to talk to him. We couldn't get him to talk so we knocked at a house nearby and found his dad. We also found a new investigator. A young man is living with the parents of the boy and he told us he has been searching for the truth and for a church to join and was really excited to get a copy of the Book of Mormon. He was willing to pay for it even though he didn't have a lot of money.

In the next two hours we picked up three other investigators who were all really interested in the Book of Mormon and in learning more about the church. We pray that they may be able to read and feel the spirit.

We are super excited because we get to go to the temple this next week and we get to watch GENERAL CONFERENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am super excited and can't wait to hear the words of the prophet!

Lots of love,

Hermana Quintana