Hello family!!
This week was a good one. Saturday night (Y-------) was baptized! She
is such a special young lady, I am so proud of the decision she made. My companion gave a talk on baptism and I gave a talk on the Holy Ghost.
Mine was in Spanish! Yikes! I wrote it in English and then My companion
translated it for me. Earlier in the week we had a mission conference, President
Hermansen talked about how important it is as missionaries that we are
completely obedient. It is sometimes hard to be right on time, all the
time but I'm definately working on it :)
We have a new investigator, he is probably in his
50s or 60s, I think. He investigated the church when he was younger but
didn't feel like it was right for him. But, he did have a friend who
needed some help and he sent the missionaries over to her. And the next
thing he knew she was inviting him to her baptism. I am excited to teach
him because he must see that there is something different about us, and
I really want him to accept the gospel into his life. We stopped by his
house Saturday because it was his birthday (we made him a cake) and we
discovered that he has just started dating a nice lady who is meeting
with the missionaries as well! She lives closer to Reno so she isn't in
our area, but I was so surprised. If that wasn't divine intervention
then I'm not sure what is! We are meeting with him tonight to teach the
first lesson.
Yesterday was ward conference (and Y------- was confirmed, YAY!).
During Sunday school the Stake Presidency spoke to us about...
MISSIONARY WORK! And how important it is for members to be active in
missionary work. It is the job of the members to be full time FINDERS
and the missionaries job to be full time TEACHERS. We are sent on
missions to share the gospel of Jesus Christ, but we need the members to
help us find the people who are prepared to hear our message. And it is
important for members to go with the missionaries to teach their
friends because the testimony of a friend brings so much power and the
spirit. So please, help the missionaries in your area, we may be
devoting 18 months to serving the Lord, but each day is so short we
never have enough time!
Yesterday Evening, My companion and I went around to meet some of the
ward members, we dropped by their homes to set up times to meet with
them and share a message with them. Many of the members here are married
to non-members. We stopped by one home, the non-member's husband has been going to church with his wife, he's read the Book of
Mormon. I think he knows that it is true he just needs to commit! I am
so excited to get to know him and share with him my own testimony of the
truthfulness of the gospel!
The people here are so great! Even the one man we met yesterday who
heard that we were missionaries and didn't want anything to do with us.
I know that he is a child of God, and I hope someday he will feel the
need to truly follow the Savior.
I wish I had more time to tell you of my adventures here in Tahoe!
Please please write me letters! I want to hear from you!
Love,
Sister Goodwin
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