Hola familia y amigos,
This week was great! It`s starting to feel like summer here in San Pablo.
The sun has come out and we've been dying under the heat haha. I had my first sun
burn of the season, but don't worry mom, I've been putting sunscreen on everyday.
San Pablo is beautiful in the summer, with tons of roses and cherry trees in
bloom. Hna Torres says there are no cherries in her country, so she's been
taking tons of photos and stealing tons of cherries off of people's trees.
This week we had lots of lessons and contacts and walking in the sun.
Nothing really that exciting no crazy mission stories.
Monday we taught the familia F and it turns out their oldest son is more receptive than they are haha. He hasn't been living in the house
with them for awhile for work, but now he is. He was super excited about
everything we had to teach. He told us he wanted to come to church on
Sunday!
On Thursday our mission president, Pres. Obeso came to San Pablo for
interviews. I had a real nice talk with him. We mentioned our investigator
Marion to him and it turns out he already knows her. He came to church in San
Pablo once and she was there, This was over a year ago. He knows that she's been
attending church and investigating the church for a long time. We explained that
we put her with a baptismal date but it keeps falling because she has to work on
Sundays. We thought that she needs to attend church at least 3 times with us but he told us that's a lie! She has been investigating the church for so long
that she can be baptized whenever she wants to. We don't have to worry about
church attendance or reteaching her the lessons or anything! MIRACLE we were
shocked and so happy.
We ran to Marion's house to tell her the good news but before we even
explained what happened she told us that her job didn't renew her contract and
now she`s not working. Sad that she lost her job but at the same time its a
miracle because now shes not working every Sunday!!!! We told her the good news
and invited her to be baptized. She said she wanted to talk with her husband and
pray about a specific date this month.
Friday we found a grandma who investigated the church for a super long time
because her husband was member but she never got baptized. Her husband passed
away a year ago and the missionaries stopped coming by because she wasn't
progressing. We taught her the Restoration and we had to yell because she can't
hear very well. We explained that she can be sealed in the temple to her husband
so they can be together forever. She told us that she has been having tons of
dreams where she sees her husband in a suit and tie telling her to get ready and
dress herself up because they need to go get remarried.... like to get sealed in
the temple!!!! It was super awesome to hear that; the Spirit was super strong.
We invited her to be baptized but she`s so old that she really can't comprehend
the need to ¨change religions¨we're going to keep working with her though. This
woman needs to be baptized !
On Sunday we committed the familia F and their son V and
Marion and her less active husband to all come to church. We set out
super early in the morning, calling and picking them up, in the end they all
said they would come on their own. We got to church and it started and time
passed...... and we were on the edges of our seats..... and they all came! We
had a total of 5 investigators, 4 less active members and a total attendance of
40!!! Thats huge!!!!! We were so excited.
It was fast and testimony meeting and the testimonies were awesome, the
Spirit was strong and towards the end, the dad of the familia F,
dagoberto, got up and bore his testimony!!!! Our jaws dropped to the floor! He
said that he`s really happy to be here in the church and to have the
missionaries visit him and it looks like now they know which road they need to
take in life...... :)
After Sacrament Meeting Marion announced her baptism date..... December
8th!!!! tomorrow!!!!! it's a holiday here in Chile and its the only day that both
she and Marcos can be there! We were completely shocked! We were praying that she
would choose at least 1 day before the transfer, this weekend. But she decided
on Tuesday! We are so happy!
Marion had her baptismal interview this morning and she passed. We spent
all day yesterday running around to get everything set and ready for Tuesday.
After more than a year investigating she's finally getting baptized! She`s super
excited!
It was awesome because in my interview with President I expressed to him
some discouragement because I haven't been able to see a baptism in almost a whole
year. He told me that answers to prayers sometimes come faster or slower
than we think :) This time it was faster.
So the familia Fuentealba and the Marion need tons of prayers.
That was the best part of this week.
A big hug for Sarah White and Kaylyn next week from me! Tell them to write
me haha.
I testify that Heavenly Father answers prayers and that miracles are real
and that He loves us a lot. I'm really grateful for this week and so excited for
the weeks ahead.
Thanks for the love and support.
love, Hermana Williams
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