Week 88 - Palmdale

 

Hello everybody! This week was extremely interesting. First, we had an emergency transfer because he cannot drive, and I scraped the side of the car against a garage. Elder Fillmore went to Bakersfield, and I got Elder Hanchett. He is a great elder, and though I miss Elder Fillmore, I am glad to be with Elder Hanchett. We worked in the same district in Buena Vista, So we're pretty good friends. We had some good miracles this week.

   We talked with Silvia, and we talked about the Book of Mormon. She had a lot of questions, and considered everything we said. She said it was something new, but that she wanted to know if it was true. We also talked about Prophets and Apostles in our day. She's pretty prepared.

   We also did family history work with Victoria, our recent convert. She found a name to take to the temple, but before we could go, the nurse taking care of her son with disabilities cancelled, so she couldn't go. We taught Lorena, Mario and Steven as well. We read 1 Nephi 2. Explained how God asks us to do hard things, but that we'll be blessed when we obey. We invited them to read every day and pray every day as a family. We gave Steven an English book of Mormon and a CTR ring. He was like interrupting his mom because we're basically best friends. 

   We were going down a street, and I saw that someone was selling carnitas, quesadillas, and tacos, so of course we came by. We got some food, and they gave it to us for free because we were "servants of the Lord". We shared Alma 7:11-12. They really liked it. 

    We taught Maricela on Saturday about the importance of following God's commandments and how God wants them to follow Him, but there are always obstacles in the way, and then on Sunday we taught the restoration. She didn't come to church, and so we came by, and she said that everything happened to stop her from coming to church, and in the end, she didn't go. She loved the restoration, and we kind of scared her, but that was necessary because we can't be soft about not following God's commandments. This week I learned a lot. I learned the following this week: Faith is to hope for things which are not seen, but which are true. You cannot have faith in something false. If God says "Have faith that I can help you and make you successful and bring you help necessary, it is something true or we wouldn't be able to have faith in it. Think of all the promises granted us in the scriptures, the things the Lord asks us to have faith in. It has to be true. "All true faith must be based upon correct knowledge or it cannot produce the desired results". 

   I love you all,

   love Elder Sant