Sister Alex--January 30, 2012

Dear Familia, I hope that you all had a wonderful week. My week has
been great. I was transfered to a new area this last Wednesday and I
love it. My new companion Sister S. is really cool and we have had
a lot of fun together. On Tuesday we had a lesson with the a recent
convert family. Their daughter is a recent convert and we talked about
keeping the Sabbath day holy as well as fasting. We also met with a
women and her large extended family. We watched finding faith in
Christ with them and talked about how we can increase our faith and
also how we can come closer to the Savior. On Wednesday was transfer
meetings and lots of moving. Escondido in Spanish means hidden on
Wednesday we discovered why. We got lost on our way back from
Scottsdale and we couldn't seem to find escondido for a while... It
was definately an adventure. We helped several sisters move into their
new areas and then we also had a lesson with a part member family . We
talked about the importance of reading the scriptures and feasting
upon the words of Christ. We explained our purpose as missionaries and
invited the sister and father to pray and ask Heavenly Father if our
message is true and worth listening to. ( when we went back a few days
later the sister told us that she ahd prayed and that she feels good
about listening to us but wants to learn step by step. We are really
excited to continue to meet with her and her family and have a FHE set
up with them and some members from our branch on this coming
Wednesday. On Thursday we had a lesson with a 14 year old girl. Her
mom looked really familiar and after a while I realized that I had
met her at the Visitors center back in March or April and she had
accepted missionaries. It turns out that she was baptized a little
while later and then her daughter started to investigate. It was
really cool She was supposed to be baptized on Saturday so we went
over the baptismal interview questions with her and her mother who is
a recent convert. WE also talked about tithing and the importance of
paying it and setting an example for their family. On Friday the girl
had her baptismal interview and she passed!!! We were really excited
to have her baptism on Saturday but we encountered some opposition
when she became sick and couldn't go through with it. We are hoping to
reschedule for next week.
This last week we recieved a challenge from our zone leaders to read
the Book of Mormon al lthe way through during this transfer. It has
Dear Familia, I hope that you all had a wonderful week. My week has
been great. I was transfered to a new area this last Wednesday and I
love it. My new companion Sister Sordes is really cool and we have had
a lot of fun together. On Tuesday we had a lesson with the a recent
convert family. Their daughter is a recent convert and we talked about
keeping the Sabbath day holy as well as fasting. We also met with a
women and her large extended family. We watched finding faith in
Christ with them and talked about how we can increase our faith and
also how we can come closer to the Savior. On Wednesday was transfer
meetings and lots of moving. Escondido in Spanish means hidden on
Wednesday we discovered why. We got lost on our way back from
Scottsdale and we couldn't seem to find escondido for a while... It
was definately an adventure. We helped several sisters move into their
new areas and then we also had a lesson with a part member family . We
talked about the importance of reading the scriptures and feasting
upon the words of Christ. We explained our purpose as missionaries and
invited the sister and father to pray and ask Heavenly Father if our
message is true and worth listening to. ( when we went back a few days
later the sister told us that she ahd prayed and that she feels good
about listening to us but wants to learn step by step. We are really
excited to continue to meet with her and her family and have a FHE set
up with them and some members from our branch on this coming
Wednesday. On Thursday we had a lesson with a 14 year old girl. Her
mom looked really familiar and after a while I realized that I had
met her at the Visitors center back in March or April and she had
accepted missionaries. It turns out that she was baptized a little
while later and then her daughter started to investigate. It was
really cool She was supposed to be baptized on Saturday so we went
over the baptismal interview questions with her and her mother who is
a recent convert. WE also talked about tithing and the importance of
paying it and setting an example for their family. On Friday the girl
had her baptismal interview and she passed!!! We were really excited
to have her baptism on Saturday but we encountered some opposition
when she became sick and couldn't go through with it. We are hoping to
reschedule for next week.
This last week we recieved a challenge from our zone leaders to read
the Book of Mormon al lthe way through during this transfer. It has
impressed me as I have read about the different ways that each member
of this family reacted to adversity. This week we felt a lot of
opposition as we tried to help this girl be baptized. Although I can't
control many circumstances I can control how I react to them and do
all that is in my power to accomplish the Lords work. I was reminded
of that while I read 1 Nefi 16 when Nephi broke his bow. He didn't
complain. He did the best he could and made a bow and then went to the
Lord. I can do the same thing when my bow breaks ( or a baptism
doesn't go through on a day we have planned) If I do my part then I
know that the Lord will make things work out in the way that they need
to.
I am also covering a Young Single Adult ward. Yesterday as we were in
that ward I kept looking at this girl on the front row because she
looked really familiar. I went up to her and I found out that about 4
years ago she was in my College Singles ward at SUU. She had moved
down here at the end of that year. I am even friends with her on
facebook. It was truly a small world experience.
I love you all so much
Have a great week!
Love Alex