Hola Familia!
This week has definitely been interesting. We have seen some crazy miracles and had some
flipping weird experiences as well.
Mom, remind me to tell you about our experience with S______
this week. I will tell you in about 10 months when I am
home, not really a "through email" type of thing to share. But it was crazy.... Super crazy. Let's just say I am super grateful for
priesthood holders worthy to cast out demons when necessary. You will appreciate it later.
In other news: Our
five baptisms from last week all got confirmed this week. It was AWESOME! C_______, one of the
jovensitos, received one of the coolest blessings I have ever heard. In it, the bishop promised him that he would
be the clave (is that a word in English?) to carry his family to the Celestial
Kingdom. It also promised him that he
would serve a full time mission. GO
C________! I can't wait for him to confess to his future companions that he
asked the sister missionary, Hermana Wise, who taught him the lessons if she
would baptize him.
Que chistoso
It was nuts to get them there to be confirmed, NUTS! Sunday morning we made divisions to get all of
our investigators to church on time. As a result, I was with A_______, the
daughter of our bishop, and Hermana C_________ was rounding up other
investigators to take to church. When
A______ and I passed by, we discovered that NO ONE in the familia C_______ de
la Parra had set an alarm.... Which means that we woke all of them up at 9:40
(church starts at 10). Remarkably, we
were able to herd all of them through
the process of getting ready for church (A_______ and I ran all through that
house looking for shoes), we left the home at 9:57 with everyone and literally
SPRINTED ten blocks to church.
But we made it at 10:03.
It was a miracle.
Other interesting thing that happened this week:
Thursday morning all of our plans were falling through leaving
Hermana C________ and I with nothing to do but knock doors (knocking doors in
Guatemala before lunch is impossible because EVERYONE is eating. Guatemalans refuse to listen to you if they
are eating. It's weird, but that is what
happens). Anyway, I felt really strongly
that we needed to go visit two of our area converts, K________ and M________.
Here's the thing: K_________
and M_________ have been listening to the Jehovah Witnesses who have been giving
them anti-Mormon literature and teaching them all types of crazy things (the
testigos here believe things completely different than the testigos in the
states). The last time we went to visit
them only M_________ was home and she screamed at us until we left her
house.
So you can imagine how happy we were that The Lord wanted us
to visit them again. But, away we went.
When we got there, they were both there reading their New
World Bible from the testigos. They
agreed to listen to us so we started with a prayer. Our plan was to re-teach lesson 1 with them
to help them regain their testimony however, when we started pull out our BOM,
they started yelling horrible, blasphemous things at us about how Joseph Smith
wrote the Book of Mormon and how we don't believe in the Bible and how they
were fooled into being baptized.
It was intense.
I kept trying to bear my testimony but every time that I
tried they just started screaming at us louder and louder. They then started quoting the anti-Mormon
literature to us. I didn't know what to do so I hurried and said a quick prayer
that Heavenly Father would show me what to do.
In this moment, I stood up.
My soul felt like it was on fire and in a voice that I have never heard
come out of my mouth, I told them:
"STOP! In the name of our Savior Jesus Christ who I
represent I command you to stop and to listen to me!"
I then began sharing the strongest testimony I have ever
shared. I testified that Jesus Christ
lived and that we were His representatives.
I explained that they had hardened their hearts against their Lord and
called them to repentance explaining that one day, if they did not repent, they
would have to stand at the judgment bar of Christ with a perfect remembrance of
their guilt. But I promised them that
they could change if they relied on their Savior.
You could have heard a pin drop.
I wasn't angry, I was just following the Spirit.
I think a lot of times, I doubt my authority as a sister
missionary. But we have just the same
amount of authority as the elders. We
are set apart by the priesthood to represent Christ. Sometimes that means calling people to
repentance.
It was a really crazy, but spiritual experience. Hermana C________ told me I looked like I was
literally on fire.
Crazy, eh?
Also, C_______ got baptized! YAY! little by little this
whole family is accepting the Gospel. She is adorable. Insisted on sharing her testimony after her
baptism and did a great job. She is
excited to receive the Holy Ghost.
Craziest part of this whole week? Walmart just opened in my area.... WHAT?
That's about it folks!
Until next week!
Hna Wise
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