Let the Spirit Guide Our Steps

                                                                                                       Nov. 30, 2015

 

Hello family!!! I am so grateful for you all!! Thank you for sharing with me such wonderful experiences you had in Utah and with the family for Thanksgiving and Dad´s birthday!! 

 

This past week I learned the importance of not worrying so much about rushing, and instead letting the Spirit guide my steps. One day this past week, Sister Bezerra had to go to the doctor to get her eyes checked because she has an allergy to mold and also bad eye vision, and our house practically has a tree of mold inside of it. Anyway, I was paired with another sister in our house one day from Campinas, named Sister Limiro, and she told me something while we were walking together to a commitment with an investigator of her´s one day. She said that she had learned in the mission that many things aren´t going to go according to your plans normally, but that it´s more important to remain calm to have the Spirit. It´s better to have the Spirit with you and to walk slowly to a commitment that you are going to be late for anyway than to walk really fast and lose the Spirit just to be on time. One day, I put this principle to action when I was put in a situation where I needed to be patient with my companion. Sister Bezerra really wasn´t feeling well one day, and i decided to forget about the schedule and instead worry about her. I tried to call the names of people outside of their homes so that she wouldn´t have to hurt her voice while doing so, and I helped teach a full lesson when normally Sister Bezerra leads most of the lessons. It was amazing the difference of being patient made. I was able to feel of the Spirit more, not only in lessons, but between lessons, while walking and talking with Sister Bezerra. 

This week Sister Bezerra and I made more of an effort to make contacts with at least 20 people per day on the streets, allowing us to rest more on Sunday, and instead visit more recent converts and members, and teach more lessons on Sunday, keeping the Sabbath day as holy as we could as missionaries. One day, we found a young man named Kleber who has a strong desire to learn English haha. We already taught him the first lesson, but we´re going to give him a Book of Mormon tomorrow. During our first lesson with him, I was getting frustrated with the language, and kept apologizing for speaking the language wrong. Kleber said that the language is just a tool to communicate, and the Spirit reassured me, however, during the lesson, that the Lord speaks through one language--the whisperings of the Spirit, and only this is important.

Right now Daniel and Veronica are having trouble progressing because they aren´t reading the Book of Mormon. They have a date for baptism, but it´s likely to fail, unfortunately. We´re going to work with them this week to help them better understand that the Book of Mormon is the keystone of our religion

This past week I learned of the importance of bearing testimony of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Every time I do so, I feel of Christ´s love for the investigator or recent convert or member I am talking to. The Spirit helps me adjust my words when I bear testimony of the Atonement to other people with respect to what Heavenly Father wants them to hear at that specific moment in time. The Atonement is infinite, yet very individual. Although we don´t understand it completely, there are several moments in our lives that only require the Atonement to lift us up to higher ground. I know that Christ lives. He loves each one of you! HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK!!!!

Sister Harris