Hello!
It has
been another simply fantastic week here in Cerritos! We have kept very busy, as
usual. This week it got to about 95 degrees on Saturday, so that was awesome! I
love the sun and the heat.
On
Tuesday we got to have a lesson with a lady named Fransuaz. When we started off
she was a little on edge, kinda challenging me, haha. But you could literally
see her heart soften as the lesson went on! It was so wonderful to watch. She
was very impressed with simply the example we and members of our congregation
set; that we live what we preach. It really does matter what you do, it marks
you as a disciple of Christ! She seems to have a great desire to know for
herself. One thing she had the most questions about was, how did we come to
know it was true? I love having the opportunity to share my testimony of how I
came to know this church was true! One thing I thought about afterwards was
that if I had, in the beginning, fought fire with fire when she had challenged
my beliefs in the Bible and the Book of Mormon, it definitely wouldn't have
gone so well. As soon as contention enters the picture the Spirit leaves, I
know I can't do this or anything without the Spirit so I am going to do my very
best to make sure it's always with me, no matter what! I've noticed that with
companions too, and hey family when I was at home! The end result will never be
pretty if we allow Satan to take control over our emotions. The best part is
that God is good! He wants to help us and we can rely on Him when our strength
is insufficient! Sister Biberston and I have taken to making having the Spirit
our first priority. If we are frustrated with something we take the time to say
a prayer or read a scripture, or sing a hymn, to invite that Spirit back. It is
so important! We can literally do nothing without it! Especially in missionary
work!
(Don't
worry Sister Biberston and I are never the source of each other's frustrations,
if anything we have too much fun so we need to invite the spirit back lol)
We also
had a lesson with Salai and we set a soft baptismal date with her. She was a
little hesitant to join our church, she kept saying she wanted to take parts
from a bunch of churches and make her own perfect church, (ironic huh?) So
we asked her what is was about our church that she didn't like... she said
nothing hahaha It was great. We discussed the Book of Mormon a bit more and
came to the conclusion all she really needed was a testimony of the Book of
Mormon (which is literally always the answer) and so she said she really
wanted to know so she would read it and pray about it, yay!
Later that evening, we met with Jeremy. We taught him the word of wisdom
and he really wants to be able to do it! So we set some goals and made some
plans with him, he is doing really well already! I think he is progressing well
to his baptismal date on June 10th, I am so excite for him. He also came to the
basketball night we have on Friday nights and church on Sunday :)
Aaaand we found a new investigator! We found Marcello when we were
looking for a different former investigator that had moved... it was a nice
surprise!
Wednesday, we had a lesson with Monique, Alexis Fox came (a recent
convert) and she was able to bear her testimony of how she came to know the
Book of Mormon was true. It was a good lesson!
After we had a lesson with Alyssa, her brother Justin just got baptized
last September and she is interested in being baptized as well! We taught her
the whole first lesson in the church as it was very powerful. She accepted a
baptismal date for June 3rd :)
Later we found another investigator, Quiana, when she texted us and
asked if we could help out with getting a letter of recommendation for
government housing. We met her at the church in the evening and gave her a tour
while the bishop whipped up a letter! It was really great, especially when we
were in the chapel because one of the organists happened to be there practicing
so it was nice!
Thursday we talked more with Edward about his baptism... it should be
this Saturday but he is an eternagator and has a tendency to back out last
minute... but I think this is really it!
Later, we had a good lesson with Frank, our Jehovah's Witness... he has
kept asking us over and over to give him proof discrediting that God is Jehovah
and the 144,000.... so we very swiftly resolved those issues and another
miracle! His heart was softened :) It was great to watch. He said he was just
going to give us back our book and say don't come back but then he listened. It
was great!
Friday we saw more miracles (of course)! We found 3 new investigators, 2
of them within the first 30 minutes we were proselyting! Calvin, Ariana, and
Santiago.
We also had dinner with a less-active member and he has the cutest
pitbull puppies!!! So of course I took pictures!
Saturday Edward and Alyssa attended a baptismal service with us! It was
really great, I think it helped Edward.
Sunday, we tried our best to help a less-active member with family
history. It was rough though since neither of us have ever done any family
history.... But I'm doing some research today so we can help more next time!
Also this morning we had no money so we hand washed all our clothes.
Definitely a learning experience!
Church is True!
Sister Holt
and goodbye pics from last week
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