Reading is Believing

Hola!

Ashley and Brenda Soriano (ages 11 and 13) are the most amazing girls that I have met. We talked to them about the Word of Wisdom and the only one that they had an issue with was tea. We asked them if we could go off of something and they go off of tea – so that we could work on it together. They said, “You don’t need to do that – if this is what the Lord wants us to do – then we have no problem giving up tea.” Now this is coming from young girls – talk about faith! They absolutely love the youth programs and they read The Book of Mormon everyday together and tell us everything that they read. I have never had a 13 year old girl read over the story of Laban once and tell it in such great detail and understand it. She is already talking about serving a mission! What!? Unreal.

When we did service for “Dodge City Days” – we saw a family that was really adorable but didn’t get the chance to talk with them. Last week we drove by and saw one of the girls outside so we stopped and talked with them. Anyhow, we had our return appointment this week and the husband was there this time. The first thing that he said was, “I took this (holding the copy of The Book of Mormon that we gave them) to my Preacher and we talked about it – I have a couple of questions.” Talk about adrenaline rush as a missionary – Yee Haw! So we started with a prayer, and when it came time for him to ask his questions, he didn't remember what he was doubting. It is truly amazing how the Spirit works and brings to remembrance the things that truly matter. We were able to have a powerful Restoration lesson and you could literally see the Spirit working in each of them.

Jazmin and Hillary got baptized on Saturday – whoot, whoot! There were many of their non-member family members that showed up so the little room was packed. Their parents are so adorable and they brought pictures to put out on the table. We had a fantastic lunch (hot Mole) afterwards.

Elder Neal A. Maxwell:
Patience is not indifference. Actually, it means caring very much but being willing, nevertheless, to submit to the Lord and to what the scriptures call the "process of time." Patience is a willingness, in a sense, to watch the unfolding purposes of God with a sense of wonder and awe, rather than pacing up and down within the cell of our circumstance. Put another way, too much anxious opening of the oven door and the cake falls instead of rising. So it is with us. If we are always selfishly taking our temperature to see if we are happy, we will not be.

Misionera Amor!
Siempre Una Aventura
Hermana Adams