Today we went on another district hike. We hikes around lake mead. It was really cool, we went through tunnels. I have pictures of that, too. Apparently the trail goes all the way to the dam, but we didn't go that far.
Seeing Tomas in the temple was an awesome experience, by the way. I didn't say much about it. The entire session was in Spanish, super legit. I have just a couple pictures of that as well. The only reason I haven't been emailing pictures is because this computer is super fancy and I don't know how to...but I'll probably send the memory card this week. There's some good stuff in there.
This week was busy. We had zone conference AND zone training meeting. Also, sister Hutchinson was throwing up on Friday, so we stayed in for that night.
We've been finding a lot of new people, but the problem is retaining them...BUT we had a super awesome lesson this past week with a really legit new investigator named Myra. She texted us asking if we could meet at the chapel for a lesson and had invited a member friend to come along and everything (setting up MPLs for us). We taught her the restoration and when we shared the first vision she told us that she felt something super powerful in her heart. She was like, "I've never felt that before, that's super cool." And by the end of the lesson she said she was probably going to be the example in her family and lead the way so they can eventually hear the lessons, too. She was totally fine being the pioneer in her family. She also had a lightbulb go off in her head over the whole modern day prophets thing. She was like, "It's so easy for me to believe Noah was a prophet, so why not in these days, too? That totally makes sense!" It was super cool. She's already being a missionary herself, too. She said she almost brought another friend to come to the lesson who was also curious.. That was one of the coolest lessons I've ever been in. We were just like, 'wow, is this real life?! It's never this easy!" Haha. We have another lesson with her tomorrow. The only down side to this is that she's 20 and might do better in the singles ward... but for now she seems comfortable going to the Spanish branch. Eventually she wants her family to listen, too, so I think she likes the idea of a spanish ward. We'll see.
We also had another cool lesson with some new people that we had been trying to contact for a while. We street contacted Karen back in April and she's only 15, but we stopped by one day and finally met the mother, Veronica, and got inside. Veronica was up and down the whole time, but shared with us some insights about how she views God. She believes that we should not and can not blame God for our misfortunes. Powerful testimony. Come to find out, their dad/husband is dead as well as one of their sisters/daughters. Veronica was all over the place, but you could see that Karen and her little brother, David, really are hurting over the passing of their loved ones. When we asked them what they would ask Jesus Christ if he was sitting with us, David said, "I want to know why he took my dad." We testified of eternal families and how God has brought back to earth the knowledge of how we can truly see our loved ones again and live with them eternally. It was such a cool moment because 15 year old Karen lit up when we testified and tears even started to form in her eyes. She told us, "I would love to know that." They didn't keep the return appointment we had, but we're gonna keep trying. They're worth it!
I gave my "last testimony" at our Zone Training Meeting...haha. I didn't get the chance to at Zone conference, so they let me and a few other elders share our testimonies at ZTM. BTW, it's a tradition that every missionary gets to share their testimony at their last zone conference...I didn't get to because the Neiders spent the whole last hour saying goodbye, which is fine with me. Ha! Did I mention that elder Dahneke is in my zone again?
I love you all SOOOOO much! Muchisimo! See you soon.
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