Hello Family! This will be short because we have only a few minutes
because of all that's going on but Sister Boncales and I wanted to send a
short email out amongst all the craziness! This week I will just share a
few experiences that strengthened my testimony and makes missionary
work worth it every minute!
This week Jay was baptized on Saturday. I have enjoyed growing so
close to them and watching the changes in his life have been super
amazing. He, like I said earlier, gave up a lot, but because of his
determination and faith, the minute he decided to quit drinking coffee
and alcohol-he stopped. His baptism wasn't delayed at all and his faith
as he realized the truthfulness of the gospel has been a testimony
builder to me! He even showed up to his baptism with a new haircut-much
more tame! haha And, he had bought a white shirt and pants/shoes for Sunday! He asked us where he could buy a tie, but Sister Boncales and I
wanted to buy him a tie because he's come so far and we'll give it to
him when we return to Escalante! He will be an awesome member of the
church..!! Hopefully we can encourage him to serve a mission first
before him and his girlfriend get married..they've dated almost two
years! But, we'll see! :)
Another thing was we had an amazing experience Tuesday! President at
zone conference training helped us in finding new investigators and
gave the example if we see a funeral to go and ask for the amahan
(father) of the house and comfort him, leave him with a prayer and set a
return appt to return! Well, for some reason, I already knew if there
was a tent put outside the house that it means there's a funeral but one
of the relatives got out of the tricycles in front of us and the words
came out of my mouth "Kinsa ang Birthday!! :)" ....sister Boncales
laughed quietly and corrected me. I'm not sure why the words came out of
my mouth, but right as I passed by, I told Sister Boncales we need to
turn around..one-for me to apologize haha and two- because I felt
prompted to apply what I learned and see the miracles. Well, what a
miracle. We have a return appointment this week because they were busy
with funeral stuff until Saturday, but I was grateful I could act on the
prompting I received! There are so many promptings, if we're worthy,
and listen to them-we'll see miracles!
We also found another investigator that we OYM'd to who is the
perfect investigator but they're 34 and 22 men who have so many
questions about the gospel. We invited them to church that Sunday
because we had the appt set for Sunday night, and not thinking they'd
show up, they did!! And when they were in there they admitted the
feeling was different (spirit)- and when we taught about Joseph smith
they said right then and there that it was true! We will have to work
with them a lot because they're hard smokers and drinkers, but in time
they are willing to be baptized and with our help-soon! They'd be great
leaders and the 22 yr old is already asking about a mission!
Well, we're headed to Sisters Conference and it's transfer week;
once again-no transfers! But, I'm so excited to continue our work there!
Sorry this is short and I didn't reply to anyone's email because
there's like no time! But, I printed them out and will send out letters
next Tuesday! :)
Love you all!!!! Everything from what I could read is great there! :)
xo Sister Arnold
President Gordon B. Hinckley said:
"Today many sisters are being called to serve. Many more are preparing to serve. Not because they aren't married or don't have anything else to do, but they have the desire to serve. One reason that the Lord wants more sisters to serve is because within the next generation He will send His priesthood army to the earth. He wants to send choice spirit children to mothers who have been prepared, properly trained, and taught in the gospel. What better schooling can a mother have than to experience and grow as she serves a mission." --Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley
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