Hi family!
How is everything going?
Living the dream in good ole Utah?
Well it has been an
awesome week! There isn't a ton of bad new this week so I will start with the
bad :) Maria Ortega said that she was maybe not going to have to work on Sunday
so that she would be able to come to church. J une 14th is the day we set for
her last chance to be. So we were
thinking alright she is just waiting for her last chance but she will come! So Sunday morning we knocked on her door at
8:30 to try to help her get ready. No one answered. Bummer, but it just clearly
isn't her time.
It was Oscar's birthday
this week! He turned 12! So, he got the
Aaronic priesthood on Sunday. He was
super excited about that. Also, Nazario
got called to be the 2nd counselor in the Elders Quorum! We are so happy for him.
We had a lesson with
Nazario and Socorro and we taught the law of chastity and the word of wisdom. Hermano Porras, the ward mission leader, came
with us and was super helpful! He also
helped Socorro open up quite a bit! She
told us that every day at work her co-workers say, “Let’s ask the Mormon”. And people ask her a bunch of questions and
she tells them, “I am not a Mormon but I do believe the same things they do”. We asked her if she believes every thing we
teach her. She told us that everything
we have taught her she feel is from God. Her only question is why would God let bad
things happen to good people. Hermano
Porras helped explain that to her and after it was like a light bulb went off
and she was like okay that makes sense.
I am not sure what it is
but something is different about Socorro this last week. Usually when we hug her goodbye it’s like
hugging a wall. But we taught them twice
this week and she hugged as back and she asked US questions. She has never asked us questions about
anything in our life before. She is warming up poco a poco :) She came to church, and Relief Society! She usually goes home after Sunday School but
she stayed all three hours. And also
Ana, their daughter that is back from school, was at home so we got to talk to
her. She is such a sweet girl! She has 3 friends that are on missions right
now. We invited her to church. She said
it was too early, but we are going to ask her if she would be interested in
taking the lessons.
Friday we had a mission
tour with Elder Daniel Johnson! He is so
great. He and his wife came and spoke to
us. We had like a regular 4 hour zone
conference where we got to hear from President and Sister Samuelian and Elder
Johnson and his wife. Elder Johnson
talked a lot about our purpose as missionaries and that we are here for others
not in any way for ourselves. After we had a member leader meeting. The Bishop, Relief Society president, Elders quorum
president, and ward mission leader and their spouses were all invited to this.
It was ALL about missionary work. Holy
smokes it was amazing! One of our wards
biggest struggles is sharing the gospel, and it was all about it!
Elder Johnson asked all
the wards to set a goal with the ward council about how many more baptisms they
will have this year and how the ward is going to be involved. I am super excited to hear about that.
The next meeting was the
Lamanite Conference! All Hispanics from
cities basically all around Salem were invited. Elder Johnson is from Mexico so it was great
to have a native speaker talk to the members. He and his wife talked about the Book of
Mormon. They shared the importance of
reading the Book of Mormon EVERY DAY with your family. Or if no kids are at home then as a couple. It was so great! It made me think how great of an experience it
was to read the Book of Mormon every summer as a family.
Nazario was at the
conference and he told us he understands much better why he needs to read the
Book of Mormon every day as a family. It was a great day.
So when we got home
Friday night I noticed that my wallet was gone. We had been all over that day so I had no idea
where I lost it. I was super worried. Hermana Bunderson and I were praying and praying
hoping to find it! Saturday morning when
we were doing studies someone knocked on our door. I looked out the peephole and
it was this "black" lady that Hermana Bunderson and I had seen before
with her family. We kept saying how we needed to talk to them, because they
just recently moved in and we felt we needed to talk to them. We answered the door and guess what?? She started talking to us in SPANISH! I don't mean this to be racist whatsoever but
I was so happy she wasn't African American.
She is from Oaxaca Mexico. She is
super nice and we have an appointment with her tomorrow. Oh and the plus is she
found my wallet and returned it :)
Well that’s my week for
you folks! I hope you have a fantastic
week. I challenge all of you to read the Book of Mormon every day. I promise
you that you will see a difference in your life as you apply it to you. I get
so excited every morning to read the Book of Mormon because we really can
receive so much revelation as we pray and seek for guidance. I love you all!
Hermana Gifford
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