Week 60: September 1-7, 2022 I know this church is Christ's Church

 

Helloooo!                                                                                       September 7, 2022

 

This week was super eventful. The boys that were baptized last Wednesday were confirmed in church on Sunday. It was so sweet to see them in their white shirt and tie. One of them bore their testimony and at the end said so powerfully, "I know this church is Christ's church." It touched my heart so much to hear that. 

We had a bad rainstorm on Monday. It rains every day, but Monday was the worst. We were trying to cross a street that normally takes like 10 minutes to cross. It took us about a minute to cross. When we made it to the other side, it started hailing! My poor compi is from Panamá and has never seen hail before. We made it to the other side and there was a lady without an umbrella. We told her to come stand with us under our umbrellas. We were standing there trying to figure out what to do when an electrical line broke or something and there was this horrible sound and bright lights flashing. Where it broke was exactly where we had been standing to cross the road. It was a miracle we weren't standing there when it happened. Well, we made it to a member's house with this lady, Cedivia. They had seen us crossing the street and had already made us some Morcaf (its like Mormon Coffee basically and i don’t like it jaja). They were so sweet though and within 10 minutes of being there, they got a phone call from other members that live by us. They were calling to see if the members knew where we were so they could come pick us up! We felt so loved by the members and we hope that Cedivia can get in contact with the missionaries where she lives. 

It was kind of a struggle this week because we walked a tonnnn and nobody let us in. Hermana Martinez was super positive but I was getting really frustrated. We spent most of the week that way. There were times I just wanted to give up and go back to the house. My feet were soaked and achy, my back Hurt, and I was tired. But we kept Pushing on. Nothing major happened but I began to feel better. As I stopped thinking about me and focused on the good that was happening, I realized that we were actually doing enough. And even though sometimes we don’t see immediate success, it comes. During one of those days, all our lessons were canceled so we went to a member's house. She’s less active but her daughter is active. We were going to visit her daughter because this member is never home. Well, she just so happened to be there. She shared something with us that made us realize that God had directed our path to her house. It was such a cool experience! And then she came to church on Sunday 

We have also been working with another less active family. Slowly each has come to church. Except for the mom. I love her so much. We have been able to slowly build her trust over time. But they had a difficult experience in the past that led them to stop going to church. Well, this Sunday, we were saying Hi to everyone and we see sitting in the way far back, this Hermana. I literally almost about cried. It was such a cool experience. 

 Love you, God loves you!

♡/Hermana Snow