Thank you so much for the emails this
week! They really helped me a lot. It´s been a hard lesson in trusting
the Lord this week, but I know everything will be fine, in fact,
miracles are already happening. Satan has been working really hard to
try and make me feel like a failure because my recent converts are all
struggling, but I know everything is in the Lord hands. I have such a
testimony of fasting that I never had before the mission. A fast is
just showing the Lord your faith, and it really does work miracles.
This week we fasted for José and that whole family to all be at church
and for him to be baptized, and also for Antonio, a recent convert, and
his wife Joselia, and finally we fasted to get some
really solid new investigators.
Finding new investigators was hard this week, but the Lord led us
to a whole bunch of less-active members who have potential to come back
to full-activity with a little help. One we found on a list, one was a
reference from the RS Pres, one was a reference from an old
investigator, and one we just found on the road who lives next door to
another family we´re going to teach this week. Our goal is to start
really baptizing the new leaders and strong families, and the promise of
our mission that Elder Costa of the Seventy made is that for every
reactivation we´ll have a baptism.
So in different ways the Lord answered all of our
prayers, but not in the way we expected, and in a way that is teaching
patience. Patience is a part of meekness, the Christlike attribute I
want to focus on this transfer. The Savior was the perfect example of
meekness (Matthew 11:28-30) especially as He was mocked and crucified.
He patiently completed His mission, with a continual love for the very
people scorning Him, asking the Lord to forgive them. I read this week
´´Continue in Patience´´ by Pres. Uchtdorf this week, which says that
patience isn´t just waiting but ´´without patience we cannot please God;
we cannot become perfect. Indeed, patience is a purifying process that
refines understanding, deepens happiness, focuses action, and offers
hope for peace´´
I know I´m here for a reason. In ward counsel last
night it was very clear that as the missionary with the most time in
this area, there are a lot of situations only I know about and know how
to help. Sister Johnson and I are a great team. It´s definitely not
the same, but she knows how to have fun and how to work really hard.
She´s from Washington, goes to BYU and waited for her visa in the
Rochester mission. She just never gets stressed and is super diligent.
I´ll see Sister Sciamm on Wednesday at a leadership meeting and I´ll
probably cry. All of my companions have been really special and I´ve
gotten to know them so well, so I know the same will happen with Sister
Johnson.
OH YEAH. Gotta tell you about Jo, who´s getting
baptized on Sunday!!! Haha she is so elect. She lives on
that same road as the family I did skype with on Mother´s day. Where do
I even begin... she lives alone but knows literally EVERYONE and their
dog. She´s been through a lot in her life but immediately recognized us
as messengers from God and just wants to be baptized. She stopped
drinking coffee without us even asking. I think she could be the next
Jaqueline. Pray for her this week!! José and Joselia are still
possibles for this week.
It´s gonna be a great transfer, I´m gonna make it. The church is true. I love you guys so much!! Have a great trip this week!
Beijo,
Sister Moore
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