Hey everyone!
I hope you all had a great week.
This week we got to go on exchanges with our sister Training leaders. It was a
ton of fun because they are in the Spanish program so everyone we met for the
most part could only communicate with one of us. At the beginning, Hermana
Garcia and I made a bucket list of all the things we wanted to accomplish that
day. One of them was to have me learn Spanish at dinner, another one was to
make a U-turn to go back and talk with someone and another was to find 3 golden
prepared souls. I'll attach the picture so you can see the rest of our list. I
came to realize through this experience that anything in life is as fun as you make it. We could have looked at the day as knocking doors to just be
rejected or having all of our plans get switched around but we decided to look
at it as a challenge of how many fun things we could do.
We started the day by doing our
studies on the top level of their 25 floor apartment. When Herman Garcia
started talking to and teaching, the lady that worked there, it was such a
great way to start the day. A little later we went to have lunch where one of
the members worked. As we were driving by I saw these two construction workers
and I really felt we needed to talk with them. We flipped a U-turn and rolled
down our window and had a mini-lesson from the car. One of the workers said
that the Book of Mormon was just what he need to talk with his friend about the
connections in the Bible! It was such a miracle! They even said they would be
willing to meet with the missionaries in their area.
On our bucket list, was to teach
our waiter so sure enough we started talking to him about the gospel. Turns out
he had met the missionaries before. It was so fun, every time he would walk away, we
would think about what we could say next to teach him in the short amount of
time we had. He agreed to meet with them again on his day off. I think it
helped us to have a purpose. We weren't there to just have lunch, we were there
to see who the Lord had prepared for us. As we were about to leave we found out
the manager had payed for our meal!
One of the coolest things that
happened though, came after dinner. I learned how to say I know God loves you in
Spanish and I wanted to test it out. So Hermana Garcia went up to a family and
said I was trying to learn Spanish and I wanted to practice. They absolutely
loved it and I am confident they felt the spirit. They said they would love to
have the sister come back and talk with them more.
I think above all, what I really
learned from this experience is that Heavenly Father sees our willingness. When we
have a willing heart, and he sees we will act on the joyful things that He places in
our path. I love how President Monson puts it. He says," I want the Lord
to know that Tom Monson is his man!" I want Heavenly Father to know that I
will labor diligently no matter what. I know that as we do what the Lord needs
us to do, he will bless us. I hope you all have a blessed week!
Love, Sister Goudy
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