Hermana Lewis and I really enjoyed the Halloween parties they had at the church!
It was fun to be able to see the different costumes that everyone had!
On
Monday we had a Family Home Evening at the Sandoval's home. Hermana
Perez and her three girls were there, and so was Hermano Moreno and his
friend. Also, our investigator Esteban was there!! It was perfect
because there were several members of the church there for him to meet!
He also was talking for a good while with Hermano Sandoval so I think
they hit it off well!
Hermana
Sandoval shared a cute poem about two pumpkins, one named Patty and the
other Perry. Patty was not a nice person and Perry was. She had two
pumpkins with faces on them to be Patty and Perry. The moral of the
story was that we should be clean inside and out. So when you looked
into Patty she still had all of her pumpkin seeds but Perry was clean.
It was a cute poem and was a really good spiritual message as well!
At
the end of the lesson Hermana Sandoval asked everyone if they wanted
her to include a special blessing in the closing prayer and everyone
went around and said something. Esteban quickly responded to the
question saying that he wanted help to be baptized!! :) It was so
awesome! And he is still preparing to be baptized on November 28th!
We
were also able to have two other lessons with Esteban this past week
and we had members with us for both of those as well. One of them we had
just last night and he was talking about how we wants to have his
insides be clean as well! So not only did he listen to the message at
the Sandoval's but he wants to apply it!
We
also had Lordes's family come to the Halloween activity and to church
this Sunday! Lordes. her husband, Rojelio and their daughter Cecilia all
came to both the activity and to all three hours of church! It was the
most amazing thing ever! They really enjoyed the activity and even
though church was way different then what they're used to they seemed to
like it! Rojelio knows a lot about the Bible and some other religions
so he enjoyed the classes where we get to talk and learn from each
other. It was fast and testimony meeting and all of the testimonies were
so strong and special! And everyone was so welcoming to them! Hermana
Perez even invited them to her house for dinner but they couldn't make
it.
It was super crazy
though because never have I ever had the fire alarm go off in the church
and this past Sunday something happened where the alarm went off and we
all had to exit the building for a while. And it was during the
sacrament of all times! Right after they had blessed the water! I was
thinking, "Really Satan!" But it's okay because we still had a really
nice sacrament meeting.
We are going to have a lesson with
them on Tuesday so we can find out more about how they liked it and if
they have any questions! Rojelio started reading the Book of Mormon so
hopefully we can get them reading as a family!
Things
are kind of crazy right now because we are trying to figure out what to
do about our phone. I was washing my face and when I grabbed my towel
off of the counter to dry my face I knocked the phone off the counter
right into the toilet...So yeah, we don't have a phone right now. We put
in rice to try to dry it out but it's shot. They gave us a new battery
to hopefully fix the problem but it's acting weird and we can't actually
use it. Hopefully we get it figured out soon because we need to keep in
contact with the people we are teaching!
Also
this Saturday Rebecca and her daughters, Atong and Ajoke are getting
baptized in the English ward! She is the woman that showed up to church
one day just to pray when I was companions with Sister Walker! And now
she's getting baptized with her family! :)
Also the scripture that the whole mission will be ponderizing this week is Ether 12:3,
"For
he did cry from the morning, even until the going down of the sun,
exhorting the people to believe in God unto repentance lest they should
be destroyed, saying unto them that by faith all things are fulfilled—"
That is some intense praying!
Have a great week and transfers are next week so pray that I stay in Auburn! :)
Love,
Hermana Soliz
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