Hello Hello!
It was a great week in
Oregon.
Well there is a rumor
going around...A rumor that I am leaving the area...We will be getting transfer
calls on Saturday… I guess they think 8 months is long enough for an area. But
I am crossing my fingers that is a joke :)
We had an awesome lesson
with Marcela again! We taught her the plan of salvation and then passed by a
couple other days to see how she was doing and following up. We invited her to be baptized on August 30th. I loved her response. She said that baptism is a really big deal for
her because she knows that since Jesus was baptized it must be a big deal. She
doesn't want to be baptized if Heavenly Father thinks she is treating it as a
game. We invited her to pray about it. She
said that if she receives an answer that she needs to, then she will get
baptized. She is so awesome! I love seeing how she really is striving to
follow the Savior. She wasn't able to come to church so we are really going to
work on that with her this week.
Investigator at church: So Sunday morning we stopped by the Avalos to
wake them up and tried to help get another less active family up. Well neither of them had showed up when it was
9. We sat down and then...Alfonso showed
up and sat next to us. Alfonso is a new
investigator from last week. He has a
sister that is a member and he really wants to learn more. We weren't able to teach him this week because
he has family in town. So it was a big
surprise when he showed up! We have an appointment with him on Wednesday.
After church we were
driving to contact an old investigator when we saw a girl walking down the
street that looked really sad. So, we
hurry and pulled over. We met Jisel. She
is in high school. She was having a
really hard day because her sister left for the army for a year. She goes to an apostolic church but she said
that she would love to learn more. She
is a very sweet girl. We are looking
forward to teaching her on Wednesday.
There is a less active
member that has been coming a lot more recently that other elders are visiting.
At church I asked him where he is from. He is from Nicaragua! It is the first Nicaraguan I have met my whole
mission. We got to talk about Managua
for a minute. It made me excited to know
that when we go back to Nicaragua I will be able to communicate.
Its crazy how time
flies. Hermana Bunderson and I have been
together for just about two transfers. She is such an awesome missionary. She really wants to serve the Lord diligently
and I am grateful for her great example.
I hope that you all have
a great week! And happy birthday to Dad on the 13th!
Love you all!
Hermana Gifford
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