July 20, 2015
Hola familia!
This week lots of things happened. I
have especially grown and matured in knowledge and compassion in a few specific
ways. For example: We cover Caldwell 1st, 5th, 7th, 12th, 15th and the YSA
ward, each of these wards sign-up to feed us dinner. We had dinner this week
with a part member family. The mom was a member and is married to a catholic,
and together they have twin teenage girls. They have been together for a long
time and each spouse supports the other in going to church and taking the kids
to church as well. Hermana
Hernandez and I were super curious as to how that relationship functions as they
are happily living in a dual-religion home. They told us that it has its ups
and downs and that communication is key.
For the spiritual thought, normally we would normally share a scripture,
but Hermana Hernandez wanted to watch a special movie clip from the Meet the
Mormons video. It was an exact duplication of their situation. The couple in the video was Mormon and
Muslim I think, anyway they had it all worked out and they were happy too. As Hermana Hernandez and I were
leaving, I asked the mother what she thought about the video. We both agreed
that although they might be happy and their home is filled with love, that
mother and those kids are lacking the blessings of having a worthy
priesthood-holding father in their home, and lacking the blessings of a temple
marriage. In Ontario, I saw many examples in homes where they had part member
families that didn't have the Spirit in their home. Where one of the parents were not supportive at all. This
home was different, it had a supportive father who loved his family. It was
missing a key ingredient though...This was more than just a wake-up call for
me, it made me realize how very important it is to have both parents sealed in
the temple and remain worthy of celestial blessings.
This Tuesday was a difficult one... not
many things worked out that day, including Hern and I. It started off with us
getting up super late, then we were late to the Spanish ward’s missionary
correlation meeting. We spent too much time at a member's house and missed a
teaching appointment with an investigator, then Hern wanted to send a package
to her mom for her birthday, but she forgot her wallet in the car after waiting
in line for 25 minutes.. Later on,
more people canceled appointments, and nobody we visited was home. We
were also late to the stake correlation meeting because Hern forgot the
location. We also got a call from a girl I had set an appointment with for
Friday, but the phone kept loosing signal and I had to call her back like 5
times. Later, she called back and thought I was Hern, and she said that I was rude
on the phone with her earlier... I had to tell her that it was still me and it got
really awkward... Anyways, nothing turned out the way it was supposed to. At the end of the day, I was majorly
frustrated with Hern- just the fact that she always get up late, our studies
aren't always organized, we are late everywhere, and our car is always a
mess.... For anyone who knows me, I am borderline OCD organized, so all of this
hit the fan today and I wanted to flop into bed and scream. But my heart
softened as an answer to my prayers and I was able to feel sorry for not
treating Hern like I should have.
I apologized to her and it was better. Whew... talk about growing and
maturing quickly.
We ran into some Jehovah's witnesses again
this week and it was fun talking to them. We teach a woman named Maria, and her
sister is a Jehovah's witness! So when we went to go visit Maria, she wasn't
home, so we got a chance to talk to Blanca, her JW sister. She is a wonderful
woman! I love how exuberant she is
and how she runs her home, plus her kids are so polite! We talked to her for an hour about all
sorts of things in the Bible. On a different note, we attended a fiesta on
Saturday for a girl whose family is Pentecostal. It’s funny because they were trying to convert us while we were
trying to convert them. The fiesta
was super fun and we just talked to all the people at the party and tried to
fellowship everyone.
This week we received a referral for
this woman named Rebecca. When we went to go visit her, we were there for 3
hours. She is a widow for the past 4 years because her husband suffered a brain
aneurysm and passed away within a short span of hours. Before that, he was
healthy. They have 3 kids who are
super awesome and they spend time with each other as much as they can. The home
is filled with so much love it was hard to go home afterwards as I was missing
my home and family. Rebecca has
had major connections with the church from her best friends, and when her
husband passed away, people in the church helped her. Within 10 minutes of being there, she
expressed her desire to do whatever it takes to be sealed to her family in the
temple. As she said that, my eyes immediately got misty and I received
prompting from the spirit that this woman has been prepared to hear the gospel
and make sacred covenants with Heavenly Father. It was marvelous. I absolutely love this woman and her kids.
Isn't it funny how a little time spent with someone can make you love
them. Rebecca has earned a place
in my heart forever!
Welp familia! Les quiero muchisimo y que
tengan una buena semana!
Hermana Moss
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