Week 75

Heywhatsupyouguys

Its been a miraculous week. 

In fact

Here is a list of all our fun special miracles we saw:

-Someone requested a Book of Mormon and when we called her she was actually interested and was like "idk why I just felt the strange temptation to request one" and then we got to teach her about what it is and set a return appointment. It was so cool! 

-We had a lesson with this lady who we thought didn’t like us and turns out she’s super solid and texted us after to tell us that she’s already read a bit in BoM!

-We were calling random numbers at the end of the night and the very last one we called happened to be Spanish speaking and happened to want to learn more.

-We had the impression to call this one guy who’s a former investigator. I think his wife answered and she was like "who's this?" And it felt very tense and then she passed the phone to her husband and he explained that right now he's in a very tough family situation because of something his son did and that we should call back another day. We were like "oh okay" but then asked if we could “share a quick scripture with you?" (cause that’s what we always do) and he said yes. We already had the scripture Alma 7:11-12 ready to go but then for some reason I felt like I should turn the page and share verse 23, which is "And now I would that ye should be humble, and be submissive and gentle; easy to be entreated; full of patience and long-suffering; being temperate in all things; being diligent in keeping the commandments of God at all times; asking for whatsoever things ye stand in need, both spiritual and temporal; always returning thanks unto God for whatsoever things ye do receive.”

And he was silent for a sec and then he goes "Hermanas. Back in the day when you would come visit me at my house somehow you always shared exactly what I needed even though you didn’t know my situation, like almost as if God was speaking through you. And now, even though it’s over the phone, you just did it again. Thank you and feel free to call me anytime." 

And it was COOL! definitely a moment that helps you press forward and want to call more people.

Actually I was thinking about it and even though it’s less scenic, it’s kind of cool how being stuck inside allows us to reach way more people than before cause it cuts out travel time. We can call someone on one side of our area and then immediately after call someone who lives 30 minutes away from the first one without losing any time traveling. 

-We got another referral of someone requesting a Book of Mormon and when we called her she was like "idk I had a friend who was reading it and something about it just intrigued me SO much" and then we found out that her dad just passed away and we started sharing about the Plan of Salvation and all the hope that we can have if we have faith in Jesus Christ and she got so happy and excited for our next call. 

-We've been mailing the Book of Mormons (+a Come, Follow Me to a different woman we're teaching but that’s another story..) to them cause everyone’s uncomfy with us coming to leave it on their porches with COVID19. But anyways the miracle is that the Post Office has a special deal for mailing books where it goes from being like $8-10 to being like $2-5 so it made all this work of salvation stuff a lot more afforable. 

Anyways, I think that’s  enough positivity for today (justkidding). But in other news, we had a power outage this week for like the whole day. Hna Coronel has a fear of the dark so once the sun went down it was a scary time cause it was pitch black in our apartment and also very hot. 

Power Outage

But. We drove to Panda Express for dinner and then ate it in the car. It was good! And then the power came back on in the middle of the night and all the lights turned on. We were so annoyed it was funny.

We also went to Yogurtland and La Michocana with our fun fun member friend Luna. 

Also we made a fun fun video. 😏.

Also we went on a fun fun hike this morning and saw lots of wildlife (like a bunch of jack rabbits! At least I think that’s what they're called.. the ones that are super tall and have long ears that are black on the top and stick straight up?)

Lastly, Hna Coronel and I have been randomly studying the Old Testament during Comp Study and, al pesar de all the weird stuff in there, it’s been very thought provoking and fun. 

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The story of Jacob and Esau.. don't sell your birthright for a bowl of soup! Be willing to handle discomfort or inconvenience for the sake of obtaining a more profitable outcome!

Also Numbers 11. Surprisingly good. God doesn't expect us to bear our burdens alone and also we ought not to complain about the Manna that God gives us.

Ok anyways yeah I love you all have a great week

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Hna Coronel made this paper version of me