We were in lunch on Tuesday and we received a phone call from a number that we didn't save in our phone. I answered it and there was a man on the other end that said, "Hello Hermana, this is Hno Juan," I had no idea who hno Juan was. So I awkwardly asked him who he was and he said that we had talked to him in the street a couple of weeks ago and that he wanted us to come over that night to teach him more about our religion. We were so excited, that has never happened to me or my companion before on the mission. So, we went to Juan's house that night with one of the members in our ward and we arrived and him and his cousin had recently moved to that house so they have no furniture and we sat on the floor with the sister from our branch and taught him and at the end of the lesson his cousin came out of the bathroom and was like I have a lot of interest in your church, I was able to attend a baptism before in Peru, but afterwards we moved here and I lost contact with the church. We are so excited about Martin and his cousin Juan. We had another lesson with them this week and we went with another really sweet sister who had told us how she doesn't sit on the floor because her health doesn't permit her to, but she got to the house and just plopped right down on the ground without any problem. I'm so grateful for her and members like her who are so willing to work in this work of salvation.
The even bigger miracle was that we were sitting in church on Sunday and none of our investigators who were committed to come to church had showed up. But the last like 10 min of the meeting Juan and Martin walked in the back door! Even more exciting is that they stayed at church for all three hours! Then after sunday school we walked outside and two of our other investigators showed up for the last hour. They have a son in prison and his visiting hours are during church so it was a huge sacrifice for them to come. They have a baptismal date for the end of this month. We are not sure if they will be able to be baptized this day yet, but we are praying for them that they will be able to.
This work is amazing. I love how every day, if you just open your eyes to see, you can see miracles. I love the atonement of Jesus Christ and that by Him, we all can be healed from our pains and we can overcome our debilities if we just trust in him.
We had an interesting experience this weekend with a member in our branch who is really down in the work right now and us 4 missionaries have had a lot of conversations about doing the little things like reading and praying every single day and going to church. If we let these three things slide. We begin to get further and further away from our Savior Jesus Christ. Our light starts to dim. And really when that happens you are not only affecting yourself but everyone around you. Please everyone if you are not reading your scriptures and praying every night, start doing it. If it is just a verse to start, it will help you. I know that as you do these little things, you will have more light in your lives and more happiness and will be able to help many people! I love you all.
con amor
Hna Ayre
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