Dead Dogs, Dead Cats and.....ELDER NELSON!!! (week 32)

So this week I have realized that the dead animal population on the roads here in Houston is probably higher than the dead animal population in Heber. And that is saying something! I have never seen so many dead dogs and cats in the roads before. It's the saddest thing ever. Especially when I have to ride past a dead cat every single day. But anyways.. moving on!! This week was so great. It was a really hard week, but I definitely learned a lot. About my Savior, about repentance and the Atonement, about the power of personal revelation, and just about everything. it was amazing. One thing that was just so powerful to me this week was fasting. I decided to fast yesterday for personal reasons and my questions and prayers were answered. I have such a strong testimony of fasting and it is so powerful. I then read in Alma 5 who says that He came to know that everything he was saying was true because he had fasted and prayed to know and had received a personal witness of the truth of this gospel. And I can testify that we can all do that too and receive answers and revelation that we need! :)

 

So this week we saw a lot of really cool miracles!! And we found a lot of new people!! Here's how we did it:

first we asked a member family a really long time ago about a family that lives across from them because we always saw them going there!! We tried to stop by for a month or 2 and they were never home or never answered the door or were always busy. But this week we went over earlier in the morning and Beatrice let us in!! She is living there with a member who goes to a different ward and she is very familiar with the church!! She actually knows that it is true, she has just had bad experiences in the past!! So we watched the Restoration video with her and she said she wants to start coming back to church this week. SO AWESOME. Then on Thursday we were going to get our apartment inspected and then we had to go to the chapel for capilla abierta. So we had about an hour and 15 minutes to find someone to teach so we left and I wanted to go see a member and our investigator but inside I knew that weren't going to be home. But while we were walking to the apartment, we saw a lady at the playground sitting at a table and so I stood my bike up and sat down by here and we talked and taught her a short restoration and gave her a book of Mormon. SO AWESOME. again. And then later that night we were at Janie's house and her boyfriend stayed to listen to the lesson and was asking when we were coming back again. We aren't sure if he is legit but he says he wants to change his life so we will see what happens!!! And then, on Saturday we were trying to contact some potentials but no one was home so we tried just last minute a guy that OYM'd us one day!! He was actually home and his sister was as well!!! And his sister is friends with a member and met the other hermanas in the other ward!! SO AWESOME. and so prepared!! It was so great. I loved it. Lots of finding awesome people this week :)

 

This week we also had interviews with President. Dad.. its a little scary. The more I am around President Ashton the more he reminds me of you!! You guys are the same!!! You might just have to come pick me up so you can meet him. Yall would be great friends. He is so great though! The spirit was really strong in that interview though and I received a lot of revelation and the spirit taught me a lot. And it just motivated me to do better and rely on the Lord!!!

 

Okay now for the BEST PART OF THE WHOLE WEEK. This weekend was like missionary party weekend. Wanna know why?? BECAUSE ELDER NELSON CAME TO STAKE CONFERENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my gosh it was the best stake conference I have ever been too. I have never been so grateful to be on a mission. It was so special and He only came to our Spanish stake. AHHHHH. And Maria came to the Saturday night session which was awesome. Saturday night He talked a lot about missionary work. But Sunday morning was the most powerful meeting I have ever been to. It was like General Conference. Here is what He did though. He asked all the kids to stand up and sing "Soy un hijo de Dios". I was bawling. It was the cutest and sweetest thing ever. Okay and get this. He is really old. I think He knows Spanish but He is old and cant speak it well. So he spoke in English and there was a man translating for Him. But at the end, He said, "I want this to be a memorable experience for you all. So now I am going to speak in a tongue that is not my own." And proceeded to bear his testimony in PERFECT Spanish. I cant even begin to explain the spirit and the feeling that was in that room. At that moment, I knew without any doubt in my mind that the gift of tongues is real. And that He is an apostle of God. And that we have a living prophet of God. And that everything He said was completely by the spirit. You could tell that it was not him speaking. It was all Heavenly Father speaking through Him through the spirit. I know that this church is true. It is the only true church and we have the true power of God on the earth to perform miracles and ordinances for salvation. This is an amazing time everyone and the Lord is hastening His work!!

 

I love you all and hope you all have a great week!!! :)

 

Con Amor,

Hermana Dorian