Hola!
The Lord has blessed us with some new investigators this week and Ernesto is still on for his baptism next week. He has started praying every morning when he used to pray seldomly and he's been reading. Every time he talks about how he feels as he reads and prays he gets a big grin on his face and says "perfecto". :) His roommate is doing well too. We met him last monday. His name is Raul and he's the father of Ernesto's son-in-law. He has been reading and says that as he reads he learns things that were never clear to his understanding before. He has also committed to giving up coffee :). He's awesome. They both just have trouble with working on Sundays. Hopefully they'll be able to work something out so they can both come.
A miracle happened yesterday. There's a young man from our ward that is leaving on his mission this week. His parents are not members. He spoke in the YSA ward yesterday, but his mother came to our chapel thinking he was speaking there. To make a long story short, she decided to stay and we taught her a quick lesson after the meetings. She has a desire to be baptized! She didn't before, but now she is considering it more. We have another appointment with her and her husband on Tuesday. The Lord works in mysterious ways :)
We have also started working with a less active member named Venessa. Her father visited the ward last Sunday for Easter and referred her to us. Her son, who is special needs, loves coming to church with his grandpa when he's there. Her husband is not a member. She hasn't been for a long time. She has a sweet spirit and we hope to help excite her to come to church again.
As for finding we have a night set to show a movie in our gym, the 28th. We plan to show the Testaments and serve popcorn. They announced it in church so we hope to get a good turnout :)
We're also continuing to work on a movie in the park. We are going to check out a few options this week and make a decision, fill in the application, etc. Our landlord also gave us another park we could try. We're just starting to realize how big of a project it is but it will be worth it:). It looks like we will be showing it in June at this point.
Something that I have realized lately that the mission president helped solidify in his most recent letter is that we have to let the Spirit teach us:
" “Impressions of the Spirit can come in response to urgent prayer or unsolicited when needed. Sometimes the Lord reveals truth to you when you are not actively seeking it, such as when you are in danger and do not know it. However, the Lord will not force you to learn. You must exercise your agency to authorize the Spirit to teach you. As you make this a practice in your life, you will be more perceptive to the feelings that come with spiritual guidance. Then, when that guidance comes, sometimes when you least expect it, you will recognize it more easily.”
To Acquire Spiritual Guidance Ensign Nov 2009 Richard G Scott
"As we search for truth and guidance and as we “authorize the Spirit to teach” us it is also important for us to recognize what we have already been taught and act on that before we ask the Lord for more guidance and direction. Are we asking the Lord to “help me be a better missionary” while at the same time disregarding those things we have already been asked to do to make us better missionaries?"
It's so true. We must allow the spirit to teach us and we must act on what He has already given us before He will give us more. I have seen it as I've tried to figure out how I can improve right now. I had to humble myself before He would let me know through the spirit and my companion. Now I have a lot to work on but I know that with the Lord's help, my weaknesses can become strengths (see Ether 12:27). He is ever-mindful of our needs. We can be happy now, we can be cheerful amidst adversity.
I love you all. Make it a good week. I know I will. :)
Yours,
Hna. Cottam
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