Bom dia!
We had a week of service this week. First I went on an
emergency split with the Zone Leader's third wheel and we did four hours of
service to help one of their older investigators get his car running so he
could get to Grand Junction for an appointment the next day. That day once I
got to my area we went strait to helping one of our investigators move across
town. Then we did service for the local food bank/thrift shop every day because
they were short on volunteers and we helped another investigator pack her truck
to move out to Tennessee! It was cool though to do so much service even though
sometimes it felt like we weren't getting to teach as much as we wanted to we
still got to make a difference.
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| New Year's Eve Sunset Elder Smelcer - two spanish speaking elders - Elder DP |
Saturday I went to the Spanish area on exchange and Elder
Smelcer decided I would go with the Greenie in that area that hardly speaks
Spanish which made for an exiting day. We had some awesome lessons though and
even though it was in broken Spanish for both of us my faith in the gift of tongues
grew as I was able to understand and communicate as much as was needed for the
people we visited to learn and grow and feel the Spirit. While on that exchange
we actually found a new English speaking investigator. It was so crazy because
we had 15 minutes until dinner and so I said (dramatically and mostly jokingly)
"Alright, we're going to knock two doors on this street and the first will
not open but the second will let us in and we will say a prayer with them and
he will invite us back and become a great new investigator." We knocked
the first door and no one answered so I joked on how my "prophecy had been
fulfilled" but we went down the street a little farther and knocked one
more door and he let us in and we prayed with him and after praying he asked us
to come back before we could even ask if it would be okay! It was so cool. I
guess we'll see how it goes but it was just a really cool experience we had and
I'm looking forward to going back this week and seeing how interested he really
is.
I've been reading lately the story of Alma from his
conversion through his teachings and I've been amazed by his perseverance and
how he relied on the Lord even when he was dismayed. I love the scripture in
Alma 4:15, "Alma... began to be very sorrowful; nevertheless the Spirit of
the Lord did not fail him." I truly believe that the Spirit of the Lord
will not fail us and I love reading of how it did not fail him either.
Eu amo voces! Que tenham boas semanas!
~Elder Della-Piana
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