This last week was suuuuuuuuuper great!
I cannot believe it's already March! That just blows my mind
away!
You know, just like every week on the mission (:
This is the last week of the transfer, and it's so crazy how
quick it went by. Time is just flying ):
This past week was filled with miracle encounters.
Something I have gained a huge testimony on is how the Lord
is so aware of us and his work.
We keep wanting to up our goals, and I found myself praying
specifically about some of our goals and asking that we could meet them. The
Lord put us in circumstances that allowed us to meet those exact goals. It sure
required faith and acting on our part, but when we leave the rest to him, he
helps make up the difference. So does the Atonement. Gosh. I am just so
grateful that we have an Atonement. I cannot imagine life without it. Without
the tools that the Lord has given us in our lives to help us move forward and
encounter life. He helps us along the way. It truly shows how much he loves and
cares for us. He never abandons us. We might think he does, but that's not
true. We simply need to act on our faith, or get some if we don't even have
any. That's what missionaries are for! To help people recognize how to do so.
We're here to support people and recognize that we have a loving God who will
help us, that we have tools and knowledge of a perfect plan that will help us
make it through this life. We are preparing to one day be able to live in the
presence of our father in heaven. This is where my weekly miracles came into
play.
The Evaristo's. Boy. I love this family so much. We have
become so close with them. Angel was telling us the other day that when we
first knocked on his door, he made up in his mind that he would not let us in
or give us a try. He felt something so strong tell him that he needed to let us
in and to talk to us. He said he was so grateful for that because he sees
something in us that he wants his family to have. He's so worried for his
daughter. She's going through those adolescent years in her life and he
expressed to us the other day that he wants her to be just like us. That he
wants her to think, act, and have a testimony like ours. That he knows through
her doing so, that everything will work out for her. He trusts us so much with
her. He begged us to go out for dinner with her and he'd even pay for all the
dinner. He's so kind. I think what really stood out to me was the trust he
holds in us. He desperately wants to know if what we're teaching him is true
and will bless his family, however he's having a hard time recognizing his
answers to his prayers. Luckily, we're there to help his family with that! I
tend to talk a lot about the family with people, and he mentioned that
something he admires so much that i do is call dad "Papi" when I
speak about him. He said that's how he can tell that I truly love my family
with all my heart and that my relationship with dad is so strong. He mentioned
that to his daughter, and when she texted him the other day, she said, "I
love you Papi". It brought tears to our eyes when he mentioned that.
Obviously I cried like a baby. We expressed how he can have that. How the
gospel will strengthen his family like it has done to ours. They agreed to come
to sacrament meeting this next weekend. We have an appointment with them tomorrow, and
I really do love this family so much. I know that through working with their
daughter, they will see how the gospel will bless their lives. The fact that
they trust us with her is HUGE. They became family to us. We care so much for
them!
Last night, we were knocking on a door, and we heard a woman
walking around the street crying. I asked her if she was okay, but she didn't
answer and kept walking. After talking to the person whose door we knocked, I
told Hna. Whipperman that we needed to find the lady crying. We drove around
until we found her. We pulled the car up to her and told her, "We have a
message that can help you. We can help you!". She agreed to listening to
us and we parked the car. We then officially met Kay. We testified of her
Father in Heaven's love to her and how the Atonement can help her with all that
she's going through. She stood there and just cried her eyes out. We had a full
on lesson with her and left her with a Plan of Salvation pamphlet and Book of
Mormon. I shared Mosiah 14:4-5 with her, and she said she's going to let us help
her. The story was longer, but I'm out of time. Sorry!
I love you all, and hope you have a great week. Don't ever
forget to pray. It is such an amazing tool we have to communicate with out
loving heavenly father!
Con amor,
Hermana Robles
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