Hola Familia y Amigos!
This week (26 of October-November 1) was not full
of very much
teaching but we did have an eventful week. We started the week
off
with a less active named Sister C and we talked about
the
prophet Joseph Smith and she seems to have a greater understanding
of
the importance of the prophet and it seems that her testimony grew
from
us reading the talk with her. On Tuesday we were able to teach
the
Restoration in Spanish to a new investigator named L. She is
from Mexico
and seems to be interested in the message; hopefully she
starts tomorrow to
apply the message. On Wednesday we had our Ward
Trunk or Treat and we had a
good turn out of some investigators and
less actives so it was a great hit
even though it rained. Because it
rained all the kids went around to
different classrooms of the church
and trick or treated that way. Then on
Halloween we went to a member's
house for dinner and then went home at 5pm because we were not allowed
to be out past then because of all the trick or
treaters. So we stayed
in the apartment and deep cleaned it we found
something super weird
while we were cleaning and I have no clue why
missionaries keep or get
their hands on stuff like what we found which was a
whip. Sometimes
you find or have super random things happen to you as a
missionary but
that is one reason why the mission is so great because there
is always
almost a new experience everyday.
This week (November 1-
November 8) was super awesome and it
started with exchanges with the
assistants. We meet some super cool
people Monday night while street
contacting and hopefully we can find
those people again because we were not
able to see them during the
rest of the week. Tuesday we were able to find a
woman named D
whose door has not been knocked by missionaries in 38 years
but was
able to walk through the Washington DC Temple before it was
dedicated
in the 70's. We offered to rake her leaves and she accepted. We
then
had a lesson with L and Hermano Raymundo came with us to
the
lesson. We taught briefly on the Book of Mormon because she was
having
family over for dinner. She invited us to eat with them and it
was
cool to get to know her and her sister and brother-in-law. After
that
we had a dinner appointment with Brother Pastrana who is our
ward
clerk and he has such an awesome conversion story and is super
rock
solid in the gospel. We then on Wednesday had a great lesson with
an
investigator named R and he is similar to Brother Pastrana. He
has
had no religious background and has read the Bible, Koran, and
the
Tora. So he has an understanding on religion but he still
lacks
fundamental basic belief in God and that Jesus Christ is our
Savior.
But he has a desire to learn more about what we believe. On Friday
we
finally had a lesson with L and J after helping them
move
some furniture and it was a very spiritual lesson on the Holy
Ghost
and baptism. Please pray for L especially as she is sick right
now
and is trying to understand the restored gospel and the importance
of
baptism. On Saturday we were up in Vermont for a Zone Conference and
we
were given instruction by Elder Neilson of the Seventy who is the
Head of the
Missionary Department for the church and he gave a great
training on the
Atonement and how it can help us in all aspects of
life and that is what I
would like to end with.
I know that through the Atonement of Jesus
Christ we can be
strengthened and lifted up because of the enabling power of
the
Atonement. Through the enabling power we are given the power
to
overcome our pains and difficulties our burdens and trials and that
is
because as we pray for strength to overcome our trials He can and
will
strengthen us. I would invite all of us to pray and seek for
strength
to overcome our adversities and trials and then watch as you feel
the
effects of the enabling power of the Atonement or sacrifice of
our
Savior come into your life. I know that Jesus Christ is my Savior
and
Redeemer. Have an awesome week.
Love
-Elder Espinoza
Sent
from my iPad
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