Let me first say, I am exhausted! The last two weeks have been hard in the sense of the work here, but I have enjoyed it! I am just hitting a point of mental and physical exhaustion that comes from walking everywhere and not teaching a whole lot. It’s been a big wear on me because I love these families and individuals and we just haven’t been able to meet with them. There is that and my language skills were a little sloppy. I think I am leaving this rut of exhaustion because we have seen some miracles the past couple days.
-First, we have this new investigator named Salvatore who talks a lot about stuff non gospel related and it’s hard to have formal discussions. Either way he is reading the Book of Mormon and his friend is this old RM. He is going to arrange a time for all of us to talk which is pretty cool.
-Second, we are working with this less active sister who has a large family. One of her granddaughters comes to church with her and really likes church and we are about to start the teaching process with her.
-Third, on Monday we were walking around and we saw this guy named Mario who is less active and is just having a hard time with life right now. We read the part in 1 Nefi 16 where Nefi breaks his bow and what we can learn from that story. Well, by the end of the meeting, he was telling us and saying to himself that he is going to build his own bow which I believe gave him a hope. We will see what happens with him.
-Fourth, we tried passing by this one referral from the sisters and actually it was the wrong house (we found that out tonight) and there was an evil woman there tonight who wouldn’t let us talk to this kid. I hope I outsmarted the devil woman by giving a passalong card to a neighbor who said she would give it to the kid for us. So while ringing on the wrong doorbell we decided to do house and found this woman whose husband had recently died. She wasn’t super interested but wants us to come back another time with a talk from President Monson because she is curious about this prophet.
-Last, we received a member referral and finally met with him. We shared a brief message and did a lesson 0 (introductory lesson) and he was really touched by it. He has many problems with health, friends, work, etc. and his beliefs that we can help. We are seeing him tomorrow and hopefully two or three times a week.
Really in 2 days we saw 5 miracles. Which we really needed for the work. I really needed personally as well. It didn’t help me sleep better. However, it was an answer to my prayers and all I pray about is the work here. It’s the most important thing to me and I love it. Well I hope everything is well at home. Love everyone and write me more!! I love letters. They brighten the days here.
Anziano Hosford
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