Oh my STARS I cannot even tell y'all what a wonderful week this was!!!!
I love my new area with my whole heart and Hermana Hawkes is a superstar. We have come home dead tired every day but so so happy because never have there been so many miracles in one tiny little week!
Here is a list of just a few:
- Probably a month ago Hermana Hawkes and her last companion got a reference for a man named Franco. They passed by every day for weeks and could never find him, so they moved on. BUT! We got back on the reference page and saw that his number was there too! So we called him and he said in english "Oh yes, you can come tomorrow at three o’clock.” Long story short, we taught in spanglish!!! Franco is a cute little old man whose brother got baptized in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints six months ago and Franco is trying to figure out why his brother is so happy now. WE’VE GOT THE ANSWER! IT’S THE GOSPEL!
- We were walking in the street and about 20 yards in front of us, a woman stopped walking, turned around and waited for us smiling. When we got to where she was she asked us what we believe about the resurrection. We told her that we believe that everyone will be able to be resurrected and ademas we have the possibility to live with our families for eternity! She said that she loved that and that she would see us at church on Sunday :)
-Arepas. Oh my goodness. There is a Venezuelan hermana and she made us arepas and they actually changed my life. It’s all Hermana Hawkes and I are going to eat anymore
- We were walking in the street and a man came up to us and said, "Hey I know about your church!!" Turns out, his name is Waldo, he was baptized 27 years ago, has been inactive for a long time, but has been wanting to go back to church. Vamos Waldo!
-Ingrid is our friend who has been listening to the missionaries for eons. She lives with the father of her 3 children, but doesn’t want to marry him because of the benefits the government gives to single mothers. Well, ya can’t get baptized if you’re living with someone that you’re not married to, so we were very direct with her and testified of the blessings of eternal families. We cried, she cried, and then she said she would see what she could do to get married now. Vamos Ingrid!
- We had 4 lessons with a member present in one day!!
-Hermana Karstulovic (my companion from Viña who went home in March) came to Santiago for the weekend. She just HAPPENED to wander into the sacrament meeting of the ward next to ours. She asked the missionaries where I was, they gave her our number, and she came to be a missionary again with us for a few hours!!! It was so so so so so happy to see her!
I could keep going but I gotta stop at some point!! I have really gained a testimony of trials and the faith and hope that we always need to have present. We are going to see and pass through hard things in our lives, but there is always hope, and we learn and grow as we go. I wouldn't trade my trials and challenges for anything easier, because I know that I would not progress without them and I wouldn't recognize the greatness that is life either. I hope that we can always keep an eternal perspective, look for the good in every situation, and remember Heavenly Father's immeasurable love for us.
I love y'all! I hope you have a super week!!!! Let someone know how much you love and appreciate them!
Love, Hermana Siebach
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