Letter #58 11/16/15

If you could only see what's going on in the background.  We work a lot in this

apartment complex called "La Mancha" which translates to "the stain" and it's a

wee bit sketchy.  Some hermanas got mugged there once, but don't worry we are

best friends with the spirit while romping through "La Mancha".  We've actually 

seen TONS of miracles where the Spirit is just so real and tangible and guides us.

Hi, I learned this lesson a lot this week. I'm so grateful for a
lovingly patient Heavenly Father and Savior who care more about our
progression than our failed attempts at perfection. This weekend,
Elder Arnold from the quorum of the 70 came to stake conference and
the spirit spoke so deeply to my soul. It was really neat. I know that
we have every reason to have joy and love life because THE ATONEMENT
OF JESUS CHRIST DOES THAT FOR US. If we let it. It's been incredible
to see the growth of one of our investigators, E. She was
almost dropped before I got here, but the missionaries got a strong
impression that they shouldn't drop her.. And, she's completely
changed! She just decided that she wanted to change, so she came to
church, agreed to a baptismal date and.. Told us about how they
literally had no food in their house but that she was able to put
something together to feed her kids and she KNEW it was just a direct
blessing from Heavenly Father. And now, her boyfriend who wanted to
nothing to do with the church or learning from us told her that he
feels like he needs to start coming.. What?! God blesses us when we do
what's right. Elder Arnold the story from the New Testament when the
disciples were struggling in the midst of a crazy sea storm, and Jesus
Christ walked on water to come to them. The interesting thing is that
he waited until the 4th watch.. Almost all night to help them out. He
knew they were struggling, but he waited, knowing that their endurance
would bring them great blessings. I know that Christ always comes to
the rescue. That his blessings are real. And that they will come as we
live what we know and press on in faith and hope and love!

PS-  At stake conference, something was going crazy with the
translation system and microphones, so the song that goes something
like, "put on my boogie shoes, doo doo" kept coming over the speaker
in the CHAPEL as Elder Arnold tried to speak.. uhh.. hahahah. It was
the most hilarious, uncomfortable thing I've ever experienced. Like,
do we dance? Or, try our very hardest to keep a straight face? Haha, I
did a little of both.