Quick Week.

This has been the quickest week of my life! I have heard that mission time is weird, but haven't really experienced it until now!

 

Events of the week:

 

- We got to do a service project at the church's peanut butter factory! First, let me just tell ya that you haven't had peanut butter until you have had this stuff. I died and went to Heaven. It was a super fun time! Big companies from around the world send volunteers to work here, so I met some really cool people. Since  sister missionaries go by "sister", some people thought we were a bunch of nuns haha so that was fun.

 

- I had my first zone conference! My mission president and is wife are the best.. I learned so much from them! One thing though that I am still having to get used to is role playing. We role play all of the time here and had to do it for 2 hours that day! It is the worst because it is so awkward, but in the end it really is beneficial.

 

- Our ward had it's monthy FHE. Our bishop taught the Plan of Salvation and it turned out really well. We had 2 investigators come and they both felt the spirit really strongly!

 

- Tracting, tracting, tracting.

 

Once again, I also saw a lot of miracles this week.

 

- One of our investigators had told us that she will be ready for baptism AFTER she sees one. Hermana Ordonez and I kinda freaked out.. because there are no baptisms planned in our ward, so we didn't know how this was going to work out.

Well on Saturday, our ward had booked the entire building for an FHE, but apparantely another ward didn't get the memo. A ward from another building had booked a room in the church for a baptism! This investigator came to the activity that night, so we were able to take her to watch it. It was the coolest thing ever. As she watched this young girl be baptized, her entire countenance changed. There was literally a light in her eyes after. The spirit was so strong.

Tonight, we will be going to see her! We are praying that her heart has been softend and that she will be prepared!

 

- On Wednesday, we were teaching the same investigator as mentioned above. In the middle of the lesson, her grandson came in. He began telling us how interested he is in our church and The Book of Mormon. We talked for about 5 minutes, then he left. About 10 minutes later, he came back and asked if he could sit in during our lesson for a few minutes.. well he ended up staying for about a half hour and then invited us to his house another day. Our investigator was SO HAPPY. She started to cry when we told her how interested her grandson is (We talked to him in English and she only speaks Spanish, so she didn't understand).

We went back 2 days later and taught him again. He absorbed everything up and agreed with what we talked about. He has even been reading The Book of Mormon!

It was incredible.

 

- Members are so important in this work. I have heard that before, but now I know it! A recent convert here is so golden. He is 22 and such a disciple of Christ. He has been inviting his friends to activities and talking to people about the gospel. He brought one of his friends the the FHE on Saturday. Theb yesterday, took us to the house of this friend. We were able to teach this friend and his girlfriend and they have agreed to let us continue teaching them! We are really excited.

 

- Contacting 25 new people each day has been quite the challenge this week. There never seems to be time, but God always provides away when we put in our effort. One night we still needed to contact 21 people and it was already past 8. We prayed for help and it was delivered. Normally contacting 25 people takes about two hours. That night, we talked to 21 people in less than a half hour. It was such a tender mercy.

 

- At church yesterday, we had 7 investigators! It was amazing!  

 

I have the strongest testimony that God is in all of the details! The church is true!

 

Love,

 

Hermana Rupp