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Hi everyone(: my weekly group email has quickly turned into a monthly email and I truly apologize whoops. the past couple weeks have been super awesome out here in the Lord's vineyard. & so I will apologize again because this email will probably be on the long side!
ALSO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY FAVORITE LITTLE BROTHER((:
milagro:
Hermana Ruelas & I met Jose Tellez as we were walking down the street. It was a super hot day & no one had opened the door to us yet nor had we seen anyone in the caille. A couple blocks down we saw a man crossing the street towards his house. We leaped at this opportunity to finally talk to someone, anyone. We called out to him and ran over. He seemed uninterested but we were persistent and he somewhat reluctantly agreed to listen to our message. It went wonderfully and when the lesson was over he asked when we could come back. He later told us that when we first contacted him he was returning home from work & was very tired; he was not in the mood to talk to strangers! but that as soon as we began sharing our message he said he felt something different that he hadnt felt before & knew he needed to listen. When we returned for our 2nd lesson I felt impressed to invite him to be baptized & he immediately accepted. He came to church yesterday & he loved it!
The gospel of Jesus Christ is NOT an inconvenience! It's so easy to make excuses not talk to absolutely everyone. Maybe they're just getting in the car to leave or maybe they just pulled up. Maybe their kids are screaming and they are super super busy. but it doesn't matter! let's say you went around offering people a million dollars. Would they accept it? I'd say yes. & what we are offering is worth so much more. Elder Kleginbat of the 70 came for our multi zone conference and something he said was: when we choose not to open our mouths & talk to someone we are literally taking away their agency. Who are we to decide whether they are too busy or if they "look" like they would or wouldn't be interested.
Okay concerning title of this weekly:
can I just say my companion and I are so blessed to live in a place of THRIVING agriculture. not only are we working in the Lords vineyard we are literally working in a vineyard, we are swimming in grapes. thanks to the many many fields of grapes in our area and harvest time, just about everyone we talk to gives us grapes. our fridge is FULL of grapes. and the elders dont think we have enough grapes because they have been leaving more bags on our porch!!
So we are sick of grapes but we also get lots of eggs, almonds, pistachios, figs, & blueberries.
Another result of harvest time is that ALL our investigators & most members work crazy crazy long hours. So it can be a real challenge to catch them at home.
We contacted a cool guy name Tony on the street and offered him service. He said come back the next morning and I'll put you to work. When we showed up he was surprised because he didn't think we'd actually come. He had us help with his yard & mow the lawn & he invited us back to share a message!!
On Sunday I had food poisoning and felt just terrible but I had a talk to give in sacrament so I put a little faith in the Lord & went to church. Just before sacrament started I knew I was not gonna make it so mi compa and I ran to the bathroom. yes I puked & 20 minutes later gave a beautiful talk in Spanish on repentance. haha sorry for the TMI !!! other than that Sunday was super awesome! we had Andrew, Jose, & Moroni at church!
bendicion:
One of our favorite members heard us say that we were often eating ramen noodles because it was cheap & easy & not many people were signing up to feed. apparently she did not approve because she went and bought us a crockpot and gave us a ton of frozen dinners that we could cook. the members here really really take care of us!!
• Last pday we went to rush air sports for our zone activity
• hermana ruelas and I make a lot of banana bread because our bananas are always turning Brown
• our investigator Moroni is 9 & he is getting baptized this Saturday, we are so excited for him!!
• this is the last week of the transfer so we'll get calls this Saturday & find out if we're staying or leavinggg
again I apologize for slacking on emails & i cant promise itll be any better but ill try! I'm so happy to be a missionary! & I wouldn't want to be anywhere other than where the Lord has asked me to be(: I hope you all have a wonderful week!
Love, Hermana Frank
ALSO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY FAVORITE LITTLE BROTHER((:
milagro:
Hermana Ruelas & I met Jose Tellez as we were walking down the street. It was a super hot day & no one had opened the door to us yet nor had we seen anyone in the caille. A couple blocks down we saw a man crossing the street towards his house. We leaped at this opportunity to finally talk to someone, anyone. We called out to him and ran over. He seemed uninterested but we were persistent and he somewhat reluctantly agreed to listen to our message. It went wonderfully and when the lesson was over he asked when we could come back. He later told us that when we first contacted him he was returning home from work & was very tired; he was not in the mood to talk to strangers! but that as soon as we began sharing our message he said he felt something different that he hadnt felt before & knew he needed to listen. When we returned for our 2nd lesson I felt impressed to invite him to be baptized & he immediately accepted. He came to church yesterday & he loved it!
The gospel of Jesus Christ is NOT an inconvenience! It's so easy to make excuses not talk to absolutely everyone. Maybe they're just getting in the car to leave or maybe they just pulled up. Maybe their kids are screaming and they are super super busy. but it doesn't matter! let's say you went around offering people a million dollars. Would they accept it? I'd say yes. & what we are offering is worth so much more. Elder Kleginbat of the 70 came for our multi zone conference and something he said was: when we choose not to open our mouths & talk to someone we are literally taking away their agency. Who are we to decide whether they are too busy or if they "look" like they would or wouldn't be interested.
Okay concerning title of this weekly:
can I just say my companion and I are so blessed to live in a place of THRIVING agriculture. not only are we working in the Lords vineyard we are literally working in a vineyard, we are swimming in grapes. thanks to the many many fields of grapes in our area and harvest time, just about everyone we talk to gives us grapes. our fridge is FULL of grapes. and the elders dont think we have enough grapes because they have been leaving more bags on our porch!!
So we are sick of grapes but we also get lots of eggs, almonds, pistachios, figs, & blueberries.
Another result of harvest time is that ALL our investigators & most members work crazy crazy long hours. So it can be a real challenge to catch them at home.
We contacted a cool guy name Tony on the street and offered him service. He said come back the next morning and I'll put you to work. When we showed up he was surprised because he didn't think we'd actually come. He had us help with his yard & mow the lawn & he invited us back to share a message!!
On Sunday I had food poisoning and felt just terrible but I had a talk to give in sacrament so I put a little faith in the Lord & went to church. Just before sacrament started I knew I was not gonna make it so mi compa and I ran to the bathroom. yes I puked & 20 minutes later gave a beautiful talk in Spanish on repentance. haha sorry for the TMI !!! other than that Sunday was super awesome! we had Andrew, Jose, & Moroni at church!
bendicion:
One of our favorite members heard us say that we were often eating ramen noodles because it was cheap & easy & not many people were signing up to feed. apparently she did not approve because she went and bought us a crockpot and gave us a ton of frozen dinners that we could cook. the members here really really take care of us!!
• Last pday we went to rush air sports for our zone activity
• hermana ruelas and I make a lot of banana bread because our bananas are always turning Brown
• our investigator Moroni is 9 & he is getting baptized this Saturday, we are so excited for him!!
• this is the last week of the transfer so we'll get calls this Saturday & find out if we're staying or leavinggg
again I apologize for slacking on emails & i cant promise itll be any better but ill try! I'm so happy to be a missionary! & I wouldn't want to be anywhere other than where the Lord has asked me to be(: I hope you all have a wonderful week!
Love, Hermana Frank
1. grapes
2. look dad I mowed a lawn!!
3. only half of the many grapes we've received
4. amino jugo!! Zone activity
5. funeral of elder Howell
6. roses!!!
7. mi compa
8. crockpot that sister Wright bought us
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