The Heat is Comin'

This week was a great week, pretty hot, it didn't rain at all and the air is starting to get more sticky and the bugs......well....they are definitely here.  We have had some close calls in the apartment with roaches, beetles and biting ants.  How they get to the 2nd floor I am not sure.  Anyway associated with these comes a lot of screaming followed by sister schroeppel running to find a shoe- she is the designated bug killer and we all appreciate it.  Also- bike helmet got stolen, not Sister Belfords, not the Bikes, but the helmet.....we were confused haha and will probably be getting one from the mission office tomorrow haha. So we can't ride the bikes until I get one which is a good and bad thing.  Lets see- There was a baptism this week! Valentine was baptized, he was an investigator of the other sisters, 18 and is super great.  At the baptism a lot of things went wrong for some reason haha, but it was so sweet the spirit was there and he shared a great testimony.  He is looking forward to serve a mission in a year even though his family is not very supportive at all.  Had a neat experience- as a mission we are trying to implement a program called Book of Mormon Mentoring.  Where either us as the missionaries or members take time to sit down, read, explain and apply the book of Mormon with the investigators.  We have an investigator Priscila who is 14.  She wasn't really keeping any commitments like praying, reading or coming to church so we were trying to take different approaches to help her keep them.  This week we decided to start the program with her, where we had her start from 1 Nephi 1, explained the summary to her, read the first couple verses explaining them and applying them.  Also took time to explain where the book of Mormon came from, why it is important etc. We committed her to read at least the next 7 verses by the time we came back.   4 days later when we came back she had read the whole chapter! And all her friends were outside with her, she brought it out, showed it to us and showed us her favorite verses and why.....I Couldn't Believe it!! Also, she took time to explain to her friend who had never heard of it, why the book of Mormon was important etc.  We were shocked- we had never heard her talk like that.  She also mentioned how she had been praying every night for help with things going on in her life......We were both so surprised and happy and now her and her friends are coming to a FHE at one of the Sisters in the English branch house.  We are excited and she now has a baptismal date :) The Lord has us do certain things on the mission for a reason, because he knows if we execute them, they will work! We are also planning on having a Cinco de Mayo fiesta this weekend with members, investigators, less actives, and well just anyone who wants to come!  We are super excited about it and are planning on having music and dancing and food and lots of mingling so people can get to know each other, especially the recent converts.  Apparently one of our investigators is going to teach Sister Belford and I some simple Latino dances....haha we will see how that goes- I will keep you posted on how next week. This week I was grateful for prayer.  It lead us to be more focused, to just move forward and knock on an apt. building where we found four new people. It lead me to be more patient with myself.  It lead me to focus on more of what the Lord thinks than what I think.  I also learned a lot about opening your mouth, when you are on the errand of the Lord, serving him, (which is all of us) he needs us to be his mouth piece- He puts us in places to open our mouths so that the Spirit can touch peoples hearts.  Spanish leads me to be very unsure sometimes and more timid when speaking.  But I have found when I just open my mouth and testify of a principle I feel so much better and useful in the Lords hands- which is what he needs of us!! I am grateful for the daily lessons the Lord teaches- we just need to look for them, be grateful and learn to enjoy the small moments :) I hope everyone has a great week!! Love you all!
Hermana Coleman