OI FAMÍLIA!!!!!!
Wow was this week just fantastic!!
We were really blessed by the Lord in every little moment. From talking with
people in the streets to teaching to finding new investigators, everything was
lead by the Spirit. We have been fasting a lot lately to realmente find people
who are searching for the gospel. Who are looking to change their lives and
willing to do the compromissos that we are leaving with them and this week, the
Lord answered our prayers. Some of our new investigators we found because we
were impressed to talk with them in the rua(street). Others we found trying to
find someone different. I remember earlier this week, we were walking down the
street trying to find a certain house number when we stopped to see if we were
close. Then out of nowhere, a little old lady walked up to us, stopped, and
started to stare at us. We started to talk with her and asked if we could share
a message with her. She said yes and we followed her inside. Once we got
inside, we started to talk to her and her husband when their niece (Anne)
walked in. Anne has about 30 years and was dropping by because she needed to
pick up her daughter from school but lived a little bit longe so walks até her
aunt and uncle's house to later go to her daughter´s school. So we started to
talk to her too about Heavenly Father, Cristo and how They love us imensamente
and are there to always help us. Man the Spirit began to fill the room and you
could really feel this love. After we had left, the member that was with us
said that that lesson was different than any other she had been to with the
missionaries. She said that not only could you feel the Spirit but also love
and peace. We went back another day to see if we could find Anne at her uncle´s
again. Luckily we did and started to teach the restoration. She started to tell
us that she wants us to go to her home and teach her there. She also started to
tell us that she is trying to find peace and happiness in her life and that we
are helping her do so. You could say we're a bit excited to continue
working/helping her.
We found vários people like Anne who
are really searching for something but don't know where to find it. I know that
this is because we had the companionship of the Spirit and this was possible
because of jejum(fasting) and oração(prayer). I have come to learn that when we
diligente seek for something that is pleasing unto the Lord, we will find it.
It may not come at the time we want or expect it to come but according to the Lord's
vontade(will) and time, it will come. We just need to keep believing and trust
in the Lord that it will all work out because it will. The Lord's will is
always better than our will. This has been a huge lesson that I am learning
here in the mission. I know that Heavenly Father has a purpose behind
everything He does. We just need to rely on Him and realize that everything
turns out so much better when we trust in the Lord.
Sunday we also had a cool experience
with one of our investigators. It was the first time we had gone there to teach
him and went with a few members that were his friends. After we had gotten to
know him and shared a message, it was prayer time. One of the members did it
and at the end, he was very interested in how we really talk to God while we
were praying instead of saying the same thing over and over again. We started
to explain how when we pray, we imagine as if Heavenly Father is in front of us
and converse with Him like any other person. I know that He is always there and
has time to listen to us. He has tons of children to take care of but has time
to listen to us individually. I know that Heavenly Father hears and answers our
prayers. That He knows us by name. I am so grateful to have a Father in heaven
who loves me no matter what just like my parents here on earth. :) I am so grateful
to know that no matter where I am, I am never ever alone. None of us are. What
a great comfort this is! I love my Heavenly Father and all that He does for
me!
I love you all so much! Have the
most awesomely spectacular week ever!!!
Love,
Sister Hilchie
p.s. FELIZ DIA DOS PAIS!!! (Sunday
it was father's day here...weird how it's different né?)
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