Week 83 - Buena Vista

This week was good. I had tacos on Friday with our investigator Sandra from a taco truck. We invited her to be baptized, and she was like, "I'll pray about it." We went to Oak ward's district meeting, and it went well. We read Ether 12:14-15

   14 Behold, it was the faith of Nephi and Lehi that wrought the change upon the Lamanites, that they were baptized with fire and with the Holy Ghost.

   15 Behold, it was the faith of Ammon and his brethren which wrought so great a miracle among the Lamanites.

   Sometimes we think it's all on the investigator whether or not they read and find an answer, but it was the faith of the missionaries that caused the faith to change hearts. 

   We were on exchanges, and we decided to stop by an investigator we hadn't seen in a very long time because she hadn't been home or answering the phone. We decided to go over there, and she was outside! Turns out she got a new phone and got super sick. It was cool that at the moment we felt we should go we were able to help her. Her son asked her what we teach and she basically taught him the restoration! It was awesome. We had MLC, and it also went pretty well. We taught Brandon's family, and they want to get sealed in the temple, and so we invited tgem to come to church and repent as necessary. 

   We also taught a man named Luis, who has been investigatingthe chirch for a while. We taught the restoration and invited him to finish 3 Nephi 11, after starting it with him. He told us that the church has to be true, but that he'd have to sacrifice and change a lot in order to accept and join it. We drew out, and then taught the parable of the sower, how there were the seeds that grew quickly at first, and then died as well, but that the strong seeds took time, sacrifice, and effort, but that it would stay strong and grow into a big tree. He could be like the first seed, where it took little effort and we was excited in the moment, and then withered after the moment passed, or be like tge latter, which grew slowly and naturally in to a firm and immovable tree. We told him that he was the last tree. It would take sacrifice and effort, but totally be worth it. 

   In my studies I've been learning a lot about faith. It has been pretty intere

   We taught a partmember less active family, and they just have a pet owl in their shed outside. Keep praying for us, and I love you all.