Heavenly Father answers our prayers!

                                                                                                               Dec. 6, 2016

Hi Family!!! So, I don´t have too much time, and I´m sorry I didn´t write you all yesterday. I forgot to warn you all that today is my P-day because I will be going to the temple. Because the temple doesn´t open on Mondays, we had to switch work days. 
















This past week Sister Salles and I saw so many miracles!!

5 of our investigators came to church, and we´re hoping that they keep coming!!

 
I have such a strong testimony of prayer!! If there is anything that I´ve learned from my mission, it´s that Heavenly Father answers our prayers when we pray with real intent, and with faith that he is going to bless us in whatever way he thinks is best for us.

 

This past weekend, I prayed so hard that our investigators could come to church. I prayed specifically for each one of them that we invited. I knew that Heavenly Father would provide a way for them to come, because they weren´t able to come last week. One of our investigators, a woman, we talked with on the street, named Maria, came because she was curious about the church, and, because she´s older, and doesn´t have the best of health, we arranged a ride for her from a member that lived close by, and she came.

 

Another investigator named Wilson is a man we taught only one time late at night, but that had been impressed by our willingness to leave behind our families for 1 year and a half just to serve the Lord and do His work. We found him on the street one night again, and talked to him. We had taught his wife as well, but he told us that she was really catholic, and that she didn´t want to change her religion. He told us that he wanted to visit the church in order to see how it is, and we invited him to the meeting. He told us that he would come if God wanted him to come. Heavenly Father certainly wanted him to come. He came with a huge smile on his face, and then realized that he knew a member of the Ward--a lady who cuts hair in our ward named Tai. He also met the Bishop, and told the Bishop that it seemed as though he already knew him--that his face was really familiar--yep, he already knew him from the pre-mortal life :) These two investigators had come before the meeting had started, but we had also invited Ernest and Eder (the Haitians) and Luis to come to church, and they told us they would come. I had prayed they would come and I knew that Heavenly Father wouldn´t let me down. He would provide a way. As I partook of the Sacrament, I continued to pray and pray and pray that Luis and Ernest and Eder would be able to come to church if it was Heavenly Father´s will. Shortly after the sacrament ended, Ernest and Eder walked in and sat next to me in white Sunday dress with big smiles on their faces. After the sacrament meeting, Luis walked in with a smile on his face. He didn´t have money on his card to pay for a bus, and he lives really far away from the Church (40 minutes by foot), and said that he came late, because he walked to church. Even though he knew he wouldn´t be able to make it for the whole meeting, he came on foot. He is one of my favorite investigators because of how little he has, but how big of a heart he gives to the Lord. 

 

Family, I wanted you to know that Heavenly Father ALWAYS provides a way for us to be happy in this life and to receive His numerous blessings. We have to trust that he is providing a way for others to keep the commandments just as he provides a way for us to accomplish the things which he has commanded us. 

Here are a few pictures taken on our visit with the Kostura family, a wonderful family in our Ward.




 



We have been finding a lot of new families to teach because we have been talking to everyone on the street about the church, and the light that Jesus Christ offers us :) Don´t be afraid to share with others your testimony of His goodness.

 

Funny fact: during the night this week, my companion heard me talk out loud in Portuguese this phrase: At the end of the lesson, could you all share your testimonies about eternal families? 

 

I didn´t know I dreamt in Portuguese haha