Tuesday evening (last P-day), we had some lessons scheduled. The first one was very distracting because there was a family gathering going on at the Frias-Rodriguez house, but the mother of the family still wanted us to teach her, so we talked all about the Restoration and why it was necessary, and she understood! It was awesome to be able to re-kindle the flame of the gospel that they had felt 7 years ago - hopefully everything will work out. We have a lesson tonight so stay tuned next week! But I'd say that even the bigger miracle than that was when we met with the Angeles family. We found them sitting outside waiting for the police to show up because some guy's car was having troubles in the middle of the street right in front of their house and they couldn't help with it, so we waited outside with them (I got to play soccer with their little kids - such a win), and finally got to go inside. What this lesson ended up turning into was this following example from Preach My Gospel:
The example is this picture of an iceberg, which represents the people's concerns. Some of them are above the surface and are obvious, but the biggest ones are below the surface and they don't tell those ones to you unless they trust you. We have been working with them SO much to get married and to improve their lives, and finally on Tuesday we got Blanca's entire iceberg. I'm not going to tell you because it is touchy information, but we now have a plan on how to get past it, and they both want to get married, and so we're progressing with them! We're moving onward with them, and Elder Evans and I were both just SO happy and SO overwhelmed by the many blessings that the Lord poured out upon us that night during that lesson - it was purely guided by the Spirit.
Wednesday's miracle was that during Zone Conference, our training had to be shortened to fit time for something else, so we were SO happy about that! :P THat really happened, but that's not the miracle. The awesome part of Wednesday was when President and Sister Cutler gave us some kick butt trainings on the Sabbath Day and the Sacrament, using video clips of things that the Apostles said just prior to this past General Conference, when they give trainings to the Seventy and such. SO awesome! My viewpoint has entirely changed, and now I feel like I understand how to better follow Christ and give the Sabbath to Him. I was even able to make goals on how it was going to affect me back home and how I would keep it holier. :)
Friday's miracle was that we got to have an AWESOME lesson with the Relief Society President and her daughter in their home. We taught about the Gospel of Jesus Christ (of course it is something they already know), going over it and sharing insights about it, each of us learning as we went along. At the end of the lesson, we asked a crucial question. It was: "Who in the branch are you worried about, or who in the branch do you feel could use a message like this?" She gave us some names of some people she was concerned about, and the best part is that 2 of them were her less-active son and daughter who lived with their own families and who needed a reminder of the gospel, so we're going to be visiting them with her later on this week! I feel like that last part is key - WITH her. She is their mother, she is their friend, and SHE wants the missionaries in the lives of her kids, so she is doing something about it. I love the initiative that is being taken. :)
Friday night we started exchanges with the Assistants, and I got to be in the AP area with Elder Stephens, which is always a party. In the early afternoon, we got to have an amazing lesson with a guy name Jesse, and a member named Danny came out to the lesson with us. Jesse is dating a member and is curious about what she believes in and why she is the way she is, so during the lesson (which was a spiritual experience for me), we were able to set a baptismal date with Jesse, which was awesome because I guess it's the first baptismal date that area has seen in like 3 months. #miracle!
And then after that, to re-exchange, we got to go to this super awesome Spy restaurant... The main door is in like this alleyway and you have to know the password to get in to the door, and then you go in and you eat! :) But it's spy themed, which is cool.
But yeah! I'm running out of time, but that was my awesome week! :D I hope all works out well for each of you this week! :D
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