This week has been great! Our hard work that Elder Jessee
and I have put forth in finding potential investigators/people to teach has
finally paid off! Many small miracles and tender mercies from the Lord have
happened to us.
Earlier this week we had looked in our area book at an
old teaching record of some potential investigators of the time-the Aguinaga
family- and we felt impressed to visit them and see if they were still
interested. So we stopped by their house and got to meet with Mr. Aguinaga, the
father of the family. He said that him and his wife have been going through a
divorce for about 5 years now because his wife is SUPER Catholic, and he thinks
it's taken control of her life. He said he would love for us to come over so
that we could "show her the error of her ways". Obviously missionaries
are not therapists or marriage counselors, but we weren't about to pass up a
teaching opportunity, so we told him we would come over on Sunday night.
Brother Rodriguez-a member of our ward- said he could come with us to our
lesson (bringing members to lessons is a bonus; they can help out with the
lesson and even bring spiritual power to the room when they bare testimony,
it's great!). So we went to their house on Sunday night and had small talk for
a while. Then it got to the point where Mr. Aguinaga talked about his marriage
and a whole bunch of family problems, why he doesn't want to get divorced and
instead try and save their marriage, etc. But here's the best part: it was
right then that Brother Rodriguez chimed in and talked about his divorce and
the effect it's had on him and his son. And he bore such a strong and powerful
testimony of the gospel and how it blesses families! He totally threw it down,
the Spirit was just like BOOM! I could tell that he was able to touch and
soften Mr. and Mrs. Aguinaga's hearts. It was such an awesome experience! We
were able to schedule another appointment with them for tonight at 7:30, I'm so
pumped!
Well, it rained a few times out here in Chino. On Wednesday
night Elder Jessee and I were riding our bikes down the street to get to a old
potential investigator's house, and it was raining so hard that our thighs were
SOAKED! I mean so soaked that our thighs were completely drenched, all the way
to my underclothes, and I could almost feel wetness in my shoes, that storm was
crazy!
Other than that, things have been the same; we're still
working hard trying to contact people on the streets and find potential
investigators. I thought of our finding efforts like thrusting in a sickle into
a field to harvest crops (think of D&C 4:4), and how you don't simply or
casually just harvest crops. You have to THRUST in your sickle, with all your might! Do everything you can to get the most out of your harvesting!
Anyways, I love you all and enjoy hearing from you in the
emails I receive.
Happy Holidays!
Sign found at the Calvary Chapel.
Chino sunset.
I found my car! Or at least one that looks like my car.
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