This week has been really interesting. We ran out of money completely on Tuesday,
so we didn´t have a way to take the bus. Considering the fact that the
farthest part of our area is 30 minutes away in the bus, we knew it was
going to be a fun day of walking. It was fun in the end, we took a
secret path to one of our favorite little pueblos, and I felt like I was
on a secret adventure.
I wanted to share a cool experience with you guys.
We walk in the streets all the time, and when we see people walk by, we
normally talk to them and invite them to church. A few weeks ago, we
met a guy who has been inactive for 6 years and is from a city that´s
really far away. He´s here in Cieneguilla working and lives here with
his girlfriend. His whole family are members of the church, and his mom
was a missionary, so his whole life he was really involved in the
church. At one point, he was preparing to leave on the mission but he
started working and just kind of ditched it all. We wrote down his
address and told him we were going to visit him, and yeah...we visited
him. From the very first lesson we had with them, it has been so cool.
They just listen so intensely to what we say and soak it all up. The
girlfriend´s name is Maria, and she LOVES reading the Book of Mormon and
always waits for us. Even if we come like 4 minutes late, she says
"Where have you been?!?? I´ve been waiting for you guys to come!!" It´s
so great and we love teaching them. But they´ve never come to church!!!
We always invite them to go, and they always tell us they´re going to
go, but Sunday
comes, we wait for them, and they don´t show up. That´s our fault,
because we should know better than to say "YEAH all of our
investigators are going to go to church!!!" So yesterday we went and
picked them up at their house in our really fancy 4 wheel drive car, and
we all went to church. Yesterday was the meeting when we have the
chance to share our testimonies, and during one of the classes Maria
stood up and shared hers. It was the sweetest moment, she talked about
how she knew that the church is true and that she´s never felt like this
in her life. She said also that she wants all of her family to know
about it someday, and she wants to be the example for them to be able to
follow. My companion and I knew that she loved the Book of Mormon and
loved our lessons, but we hadn´t heard her say that before. Going to
church on Sunday
is a commandment, and when they went to church yesterday, they were
LIVING the gospel by obeying more completely the commandments.
That´s the difference, right? We can believe
something, or think it´s great, but if we don´t LIVE it, we´ll never be
able to be sure. That´s why we teach that we need to go to church and
read the scriptures, that´s why we need to keep the commandments and
pray everyday. The 100% certainty comes with ACTION - that´s why we hear
that faith is a principle of action. Our faith is shown by how we act,
what we do, and the decisions we make.
I am so excited to see your faces on Sunday! I don´t think I was really clear in my last email what all was going to happen this week, but on Friday, or 4 days from now,
we´re going to the temple, and we get to spend the whole day with our
mission President since he is finishing soon. It´ll be the best! Then
I´ll be calling you on Sunday!!! 5:00 here, so 4:00
there, right? Anyway, I hope you have a great week! I miss you all but I
am really happy, things are going well out here in Cieneguilla.
I love you! SEE you soon!
All my love,
Hermana Michelle Scott
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