Tuesday we went to Peumo! It’s the other area that we are working in. The Elders gave us a grand tour and we met a bunch of people. Oh we met such a special family of recent converts. They have a daughter that is 12 and just started getting bullied for being Mormon, so we are going to try to help her be strong.
In Pichidegua we visited a bunch of people and made
short visits. We also had an amazing lesson with Theresa, Eduardo, and
Christian – new investigators that live on our street! We taught the
Restoration and oh my – the questions they asked were so incredible. It is so
exciting when they truly understand not only our message, but how it applies to
their lives. They don’t just understand the first vision, but they understand
that if that really happened, then they have some exciting change ahead. That’s
why the invitation to act is so powerful. They are doing it for the right
reason. They are praying to their Heavenly Father to receive divine guidance.
To know the truth. We are so excited to hear from them how it went.
ALL DAY. Luckily we both had
umbrellas and waterproof boots! But it was incredible that it literally rained
every minute of the entire day! It was a great day! JWe got the less active
ex-branch president to recite the first vision and afterwards in ward council,
his wife was in tears as she told the experience to the Elders. Ah Hermana
Rubio is so special!
Friday
we were in Peumo! We visited a future investigator with the Elders and ended up
just kind of saying, “permiso” and walking into their house. But wow was
Deborah ready to hear the gospel. All of her goals, plans and beliefs made
sense when we shared with her the plan of salvation. Ah it was so exciting! Oh
and we met with a family of recent converts struggling with money and family
problems. We showed the video of Elder Holland’s “Good things to Come” which
was so powerful. They opened up to us about how hard it is finding jobs and
trusting in the Lord. They feel like they are losing hope. But after talking
about the video and the surety of the fulfillment of Christ’s promises, she
said that she felt the burst of hope that she needed to keep going!
After
the lesson, we ran to the bus stop to catch the last bus of the night to
Pichidegua at 8 PM, but the bus wasn’t there. And we waited… and waited, and
started to worry and doubt that the bus would come and we’d be stranded for the
night in Peumo. But then the words of the very lesson we had just shared came
to my mind about trusting God. So in my mind I said a true heartfelt prayer –
promising that never again will we wait for the last minute to take the bus
home. I knew that God was listening. A quiet peace came to my heart that
everything was going to be okay. I didn’t know if the bus would come or not,
but I just felt like everything was going to be okay. Then after a few more
minutes, the last bus came and we made it back, safe and sound.
Oh
my, the real miracle of this whole week was today in church. It was pouring and
there was a soccer game and Chile was playing right during the 3 hours of
church block, so sadly many didn’t come. But in walked this less active member,
Hermano Rubio, who recited the 1st vision and read the Book of
Mormon for the first time in years. He hasn’t come to church in SO LONG.
When he walked in, my heart stopped. It was the most amazing feeling. Later as
we were singing one of the hymns, I looked up from the piano and saw him and
his wife. Her head was on his shoulder and he was holding the hymn book so they
both could read, singing together. He looked so happy.
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