Lots of Rain!

This week has been full of a lot of rain, but it hasn't been very cold at all. I am loving this winter.

We had another good lesson with the recent convert Jasmin, she is very excited about being a member missionary and we have started teaching her how she can better share the gospel with others.

We got some good referrals from members this week, and more help from girls who are getting ready to go on Spanish speaking missions.
Funny story, we were waiting in a Mexican store parking lot to go visit an investigator with a member. While there we were able to make some calls, and while we were doing this our progressing investigator Stephanie and her sister pull up right by us( they were the ones we were going to see with the member...haha)! It was crazy, so we were able to talk to them for a bit- get some great daily contact in and set an appointment for the next day. Also, another member pulled in and we were able to talk to her about plans coming to her house the next day. Instead of going to the people the Lord brought them to us, we were laughing and very grateful.

Cristina is doing well, she came to church on Sunday, where they talked about temples and baptism again. Temples really interest her and we had been talking to her about them a lot lately, so it was perfect. She wants to know everything, keep learning before she will recommit to a date- she wasn't ready when her date came up and so we are now focusing on helping her recognize the answer she has already received. She knows the Book of Mormon is true, so we are excited for what is in store for her. Oh! So Christina had told us she didn't have very many winter skirts- she had one and it was the one she more to church two weeks before. So somehow Sister Schroeppel casually asked what skirt size she was and what length she liked....that night when our appointments fell through (same night we were in the Mexican store) we went to the American Thrift Store, biggest thrift store i have seen in my life....and found 6 skirts for her! we were so proud. While we were there we were able to open our mouths and talk to a really nice man about the gospel and things happening in his life.

We were able to talk to one of our neighbors this past week about the gospel- she has tried a lot of different religions, so we taught her a little more about ours and invited her to read the Book of Mormon, we will follow up with her today.

Great activity Sunday night- the branch president organized an activity for some of the families and investigators in the branch. We started out by watching this old 20 minute church movie- "What is real" it talked about how a new father was worried about being able to help his daughter know the purpose of life, and raise her the right way. The branch president got up after and testified that Christ can help them know the answer to these questions to help their children. They don't have to rely on him, or the missionaries, they can know it for themselves. Then I accompanied Sister Schroeppel while she sang "I Know that My Redeemer Lives." while people thought about a question or concern that they wanted answered for their family. It was beautiful and the spirit was very strong. The Lord can help anyone, and any family. He is constantly listening to our prayers and needs, and he has solutions. We just need to listen and humble ourselves so that we can hear, feel and apply the answers into our lives.

Transfers are this week, so we will see what the Lord has in store!

Have a fabulous week!

Hermana Coleman