I think sometimes God gives us trials so the miracles are just so much better.
Not
gonna lie.... these last few weeks have been weird. Like randomly all
of our progressing investigators not progressing... what seems like an
eternity of no baptisms... flea and foot problems ETC. UNTIL
YESTERDAYYYYY.
So
we left early and walked around all of Teopisca, calling and knocking
on the doors of every single investigator we could think of... and
everyone a) wasn't home b) saw us and hid, or c) lied. So we got to
church about 10 minutes early, without any investigators only to find
that none of the members have arrived yet either.
So we sit down feeling a
little disheartened. When in walks in Hermana Lupita, who is working
towards baptism! Woohoo! And right behind her, walks in some random
joven. He starts saying hi to everyone and sits down like he knows the place. We ask him who he is, and if he had come before.
He said, "No, you
guys talked to my mom last week in the street. Well she didn't want to
come but she told me about you guys, and told me about where your church
was. So I came looking for it because I like to listen to the word of
God."
Come to find out he actually lives in a little town outside of
Teopisca, which is a good 15 minute away in combi and another 30 minutes or
so walking. He speaks Tsotsil, Tsental, and Spanish.
He said, "I
actually have read the Book of Mormon. I find really interesting the
stories of Nephi and Jacob. I'm really interested in the book of
Ether about the Jaredites. I've been thinking that maybe I'm one of them!"
We just blinked.
"I also am interested about Joseph Smith," he said. "I also
want to know what church is true. And I think his prophecies are coming
to pass!"
More blinking.
I have no idea how in the world he found us.
Our casita de oracion is behind a big metal black door thing and it's
just a little log cabin without a sign or anything. How he even found us
is a miracle. He stayed for the whole meeting, liked it all, accepted a
baptism date, and when we talked with him afterwards and prayed with
him.
He said, "Father, I think I have found the true church."
Hermana
Arellano and I were so shocked through the whole thing we were sure it
was a trick from our zone leaders or president!! Haha
OK! OK! Back to the montòn de milagros. So during the opening prayer, a
young woman prayed that one investigator would come who hadn't arrived
yet. Literally the moment that she said his name, he opened the door and
walked in. After the prayer, Hermana I. arrived. Being the
character that she is, during the talks, she secretly passed around candy to
everyone.
Then, after the sacrament, Hermanas M. and J. and their 3 kids
showed up. So they also kept their baptism dates!!! There were just so
many tender mercies from the Lord yesterday.
I love these people so much and I love being a missionary. WORD.
Hermana Hansen
