7/29/14

This week was kind of crazy and all over the place. I think I already mentioned that we had zone conference in Santa Cruz and traffic was kind of bad and we were 15 minutes late even though we gave ourselves a 30 minute window so we could arrive early.... :/

On Wednesday we had a lesson with Maria :) and we finally got to teach her husband! YAY!!! He is a very quiet man and very restless so it was a big deal for him to give us 45 minutes to listen to the message of the restoration. Maria is super sweet and she had prepared for us cups of cubed fruit and she gave us some juice and she talked with us and told us how much she loved us coming over and how much she liked church and she really wants to go to the temple someday and so we have to teach her husband so they can get sealed... I love her so much!

We also finally got to see Yajaira who has been super busy this past month with work and cheer tryouts and all other teenager adventures. We also saw both Adrianas. I let it slip to Adriana M that I was going to be transfered in a few weeks and she got upset and she wrote a letter saying that I "could not be transferred" and that they should leave me. She said "deliver that!" She's so funny.

This week we also met with Norma and Yadira to help get them on track for Yadira's baptism in two weeks (woot woot!) and we had an awesome member present lesson with Paula. She has been struggling with reading and understanding the Book of Mormon but Miriam was able to really help her dissect the verses and take it one concept at the time. She is a teacher for a living so she really knows how people learn. I think it helped me too :) 

Another really incredible miracle was that when we went to our appointment with Sonia her aunt showed up. Sonia invited her to sit and listen and then she was so excited to share with her aunt all of the things she has been learning that she took over the lesson and talked about Joseph Smith, prophets, the word of wisdom, the law of chastity, and parts of the plan of salvation. It was several minutes before we could talk and kind of explain her overwhelmed aunt in a manner that made more sense. Sonia invited her to her baptism and also to learn more. She hasn't even been baptized and she is already sharing the gospel and being a great member missionary!

Saturday we spent most of the day weeding in the hot, hot sun. I'm pretty sure it got into the 90's and it was not fun but we were super low in service hours because of all of the meetings and such so we rolled up our sleeves and just got to work. Sister Bair got a blister because she didn't use her gloves for the last hour or so. I got to run around with a push mower and that was really fun!

Also on Sunday we met a really incredible guy named Renee at the park. We never go to that side of town but we felt we wanted to switch up our contacting routine. He looked pretty tough and I was a bit apprehensive of talking to him but once we started talking we were able to share with him what we believed and he asked us several questions that pertained to other religions from around the world. I had no idea how to answer and was very grateful that Sister Bair was able to answer completely and help him get the answers he needed. Also on Sunday Sister Bair ran over a squirrel on our way back from Dinner. We saw it run out and both of us gasped when we hard the bump. It was kind of intense and the most exciting thing besides finding Renee that happened that day.

This week really was all over the place but I was humbled and able to strengthen my faith that this is the Lord's work and that He will lead us to find people who are prepared to hear the gospel but they are usually hiding among a lot of other people who are not yet ripe so it is up to us to go and find them. To seek them out and to give them a chance to hear the message before they say yes or no. 

I love you all,

Hermana Quintana