Hola from Hermana Lawrence : Feliz Lunes! (Happy Monday!)

Hermana Lawrence / a guineo (banana) tree

Feliz Lunes! I hope everyone is doing Splendid!

So last Monday night we were talking to Ambar and she told us that a little calle close to her house lives someone that she would always go visit with the missionaries before but never got baptized. So I wrote that down in my agenda and we went on with our night because we didn't have time to go contact it in that moment. The next morning was SLOW. I feel like it always is super slow when you're having to show a new companion your area and you feel pressure. But, we went to some streets that I haven't been to before to contact and try to find new investigators. We weren't having much luck, so we started heading back to go visit a menos activo. As we were passing Ambar's street, I saw a woman hanging her clothes out to dry. I had the distinct promping to go and help her. I was about to push aside the prompting, but I just couldn't. We helped her hang up her clothes and then started to talk to her about our church. She told us that she wasn't interested, that she had talked to missionaries antes but she wasn't really interested right now. We asked her if she knew anyone else that would like to hear our message and she told us about missionaries going down the SAME little calle that ambar told us about. So of course we went to go down the street. The first house we came to there was a woman taking clothes down from a line. We said "Hola!" and then she told us to wait a minute. She went into her house and came back out. She had been crying a LOT. We started talking to her and she told us that she lost her son 6 months ago. We shared with her a little message and invited her to the Relief Society activity the next day. She said she would come and so we put another cita with her. Fast forward to the day of the activity: we went to go remind Yorlina about the activity, but she wasn't home. Her neighbor, however, Christina, was sitting outside and told us to come talk to her. Yorlina had invited Christina to the activity too! So we shared lessson one with her and then later that night brought them to the activity! It was absolutely wonderful! All the hermanas in the ward were so welcoming and the two of them loved it! Friday we had another lesson with the two of them and a member, Delia. Yorlina and Christina were talking about how they have never gotten baptized because in all the churches they have visited in their life, they never felt that they wanted to get baptized in those churches. The spirit was WAY strong in this lesson. Delia bore her testimony and it was absolutely perfect! Yorlina commented in this lesson "How did you guys find me?" Because that day that we first talked to her she was super sad and then we showed up and made her feel much better. We told her that we were sent by God :) haha We then invited them to be baptized on the 28th of THIS MONTH and they BOTH ACCEPTED. Yorlina told us that she works sundays, but she was going to quit her job and look for a different job just so she could come to church! Her and Christina came and they LOVED IT. Christina told the little kids that were being noisy in sacrament meeting to be quiet because she wanted to listen. This is definitely a milagro and a testimony builder to SIEMPRE listen to the spirit!

Kirsey, Ambar, and Nomar - I love this family!

AYE MI MADRE! Yesterday we went to Kirsey, Ambar and Nomar's house. I had told Nomar that he was going to teach US the first lesson (because he is going to go on a MISSION! YAYYYYYYY!) He brought out five things of his deodorant and a math book and a llama. I was a little bit confused at first. But then he used the 5 things as columnas in the church of Jesus Christ and showed everything in that! and then when it came to the part with Joseph Smith, he used the llama as Joseph Smith and used his cell phone light as the columna de luz and recited the first vision! IT WAS THE BEST THING EVER. I wanted to cry. Nomar has come such a long

ways. I remember when he didn't even want to get baptized and now he can teach the first lesson and he wants to serve a mission. I want to cry tears of JOY! I almost did! Gosh, this kid.

There was a mission reunion in our church building of missionaries from like 30 years ago in this mission. For lunch we went and got food and there were SO MANY WHITE PEOPLE. It was so weird. Everyone spoke english and were from Utah....haha. The mission president came and talked to us and told us that Hermanas are so much better than Elders. He made two of his Hermanas Assistants! Thats how much he likes hermanaS!

So many other milagros this week! I love missionary work! I LOVE THIS GOSPEL. SE QUE ES VERDADERO.

LOVE YOU ALL! Hermana Lawrence :)