MY DEAR BEAUTIFUL FAMILIA!!!!
I can't even thank you guys enough
for that lovely package! I LOVED it! I just opened it and could feel your love!
I have the best, most supportive family in the world, end of story! So I'm
going to attempt to talk about this week. I must say, I'm completely
distracted and having quite a hard time focusing because the guy next to me is
blaring music that I haven't heard in 6 months. Man, I'm becoming a weird
missionary! haha But, bear with me and I hope it won't be everywhere!
So, this
week Hermana Wuebkes and I have really been trying to seek the Lord's guidance
more in how we can work more effectively in this area. We have kept feeling
like the Lord wants us to work more with Spanish families. We have been
hesitant and haven't really been working with as many people who speak
Spanish as we could or probably should, because we
aren't extremely strong in this area (the other sisters in our ward are
both native speakers). So, we decided we were going to seek out Spanish
families now, partly because, in all honesty, they are the more normal,
prepared people in this city. We've been working with a lot of English
investigators lately and they are just a little crazy! Not trying
to stereotype or anything, but that's just how it's been! So here we go to speaking the beautiful language of espanol! :) Once we decided this,
it's like the Lord just opened that door! Last week, we met this guy named
Ignacio at Pizza Hut and I shared a short message with him. I asked if we could
come visit and share more of this message with his family and he didn't say yes
but he didn't say no. He told us if we were in the area we could stop by. So of
course, we were "in the area" this past Friday and got to teach their
whole family about the Restoration. All 9 of them! :) He has 7 kids, a
suburban, and an excursion! Sound like a Mormon family in the making to you??
haha But seriously, I have never felt the spirit so strong as I bore my
testimony to this family in Spanish. It was an incredible incredible experience!
We are hopefully going to see them tonight so I will keep you updated on how it
goes.
So, remember
how these past couple of weeks we have been trying to work more with less
actives and part member families?! Well, I was starting to think that we
hadn't had too much luck with it because nobody was wanting to come back, but
yesterday at church we had three miracles! First, Lucy came to church
again! FINALLY! It was her second time. She came about a month ago and then
hasn't been able to come since. I think she really enjoyed it. I kept looking
over at her during sacrament meeting and she just kept nodding her
head. There was one talk about choices and agency and it was just perfect
for her! It's incredible how certain things shared at church can be so perfect
for our investigators. This is one of the many reasons they need to come to
church! Another lady that came to church was Isabella Buentello. She's less
active and Hermana Thorne and I tried to visit her a few times my first
transfer her. We kind of lost contact with her and then all of the sudden she
just shows up at church. YES! Things like this don't ever happen! So I visited
with her and we are going over to her house this week!
Another lady
I met at church was Hermana Molinar. I started talking to her and she
introduced herself. The name sounded familiar (from our less active sheet) and
she began to tell me that her family hadn't been at church since January. She
said they use to go all the time but that they have had a problem with their
car and haven't been able to come because of transportation problems. She said
that her two boys went outside for two hours looking for a ride for their
family so they could get to church. They found a lady at a gas station that was
willing to take them. So, they paid her 10 bucks and made it to church! This
woman is incredible! I loved her immediately! They are converts of three years.
They converted shortly after her husband was killed in a homicide. As she was
telling me all of this, we were both in tears. She told me it has
been three years since he was killed and that she was left with three boys
and a 6 week old little girl. Oh, my heart just breaks for this woman. She
said she has really been struggling lately. Her oldest son, who's 16, just got
married and he and his wife live with her and have a 2 month old baby.
She said that her daughter-in-law really wants to get baptized. She
asked if we would come visit her family this week, so we are going over for
lunch this Thursday! I'm so excited! I just feel such a strong connection with
her, like I was suppose to meet her and help her family come back to church. My
testimony that the Lord is so aware of His children has grown immensely on my
mission. I know that He loves us beyond our capability to comprehend and that
He places people in our lives to show us His love for us.
Last
story..... So on Thursday one of our appointments fell through and we were just
walking, about to start tracting, and all of the sudden, one of our members
yells "Sisters!". We get in her car and she takes us to a house,
actually it was Ignacio's, but we see that no cars are out so we decide to try
another time. She just keeps driving and takes us to a house of a less active
lady named Neva. We had never met her before, but she definitely needed us that
day. She said, with tears in her eyes, that she thought she had been forgotten.
She hasn't been to church in many years and she knew she needed to get back. So
we shared a message from the Book of Mormon and told her we needed her at
church. And guess what......she came on Sunday! YAY!!! We were so excited!
People are coming back to church in Kaw River! It may have only been 3 of the
many many people that are less active, but we are thrilled!
Well,
I'm completely running out of time! But, I do love you guys so much! I'm so
grateful for this gospel and the knowledge that it gives us that we can be a
forever family. I'm so grateful for the temple because it is there that we can
do this. I love my Savior, Jesus Christ, and know that only through Him
can we become who God wants us to be. I LOVE YOU ALL MUCHO!
Con Amor,
Tu Hermanita Lexi Annmarie Jorgensen
Oh, and the scripture of the week is
going to be Exodus 20:8, "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it
holy." Short and sweet and to the point! Such a straight forward
commandment! I learned so much more on my mission how important it truly
is to live this commandment. It is on the sabbath, where we get to
recharge our "spiritual battery". Where we receive the strength
to do another week! LOVE YOU!
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