Hermana Anne Tolman: : Week 76

This week has been truly inspired. Or inspiring. One of the two.

A couple weeks ago we were having a lesson with a member over Facebook Messenger and during the lesson the member complimented Hna Coronel's hair, and Hna Coronel was like "Thank you! I feel like if I ever cut it I'll lose my wisdom or strength or something" and then the member made a joke about how she's like Samson from the Old Testament.

So anyways, that inspired us to reread the story of Samson as the next episode of our Old Testament Comp Study. While we were reading in Judges 15, we came across the name Lehi and we both looked up and said "huh how cool" and moved on. But THEN. Fast forward to this week. We were having this lesson with a guy we recently started teaching and at the end he goes "I have a question. If the Book of Mormon starts in Jerusalem, shouldn't names like Nephi and Lehi appear in the bible?" And we were like "😏☝️ well".

It was cool to see how God prepared us to answer that question weeks in advance.

In other news, our bff member made a post on Facebook reminding everyone to take care of the Lord's missionaries even during COVID19 and so that resulted in 100000000 members bringing us groceries. We have so much food now, its ridiculous. But we definitely feel very blessed and cared for.

This week we also found new Spanish speakers to teach by calling random numbers in Perris. Don't know why but it STILL shocks me that it works. We were even able to leave a Book of Mormon in one of those people we found's mailbox!

We had lots of other very quality, spirit-filled lessons too. There was one where my companion and I both felt like the Spirit was giving us step-by-step instructions of what to do next. We were calling her to repentance but at the same time felt an overwhelming love and care for her. I sincerely felt that I was being a representative of Jesus Christ. It was cool.

Other than that, we've had lots and lots of cooking successes, Hna Coronel and I. I would attach pictures of all of them but you'd all get bored.

Oh! We also had our Multi-Zone Conference, it was like being sprayed with a fire hose of personal revelation. Something Sister Watson (my mission president's wife) said was that it is God's pleasure to bless us when we're obedient. Something about it hit me in a new way- like, God not only loves us, he likes us. When we pray and ask for help, he doesn't get irritated or impatient. It is his pleasure to help those who will accept them to be their God.

Anyways, I don't think I have anything else I wanted to say. Just that at the end of our service at the SoCal Train museum, the people who work there were like "Ok, are you ready to PLAY?" And we were like "what"

And then they brought out this super old train handcart and let us pump it all the way down the track. It was the most thrilling fun thing I've done in a long time (and that's saying something cause most of my mission has been very thrilling and fun).

Okbyeeveryone,

See ya real soon