Familia y Amigos!
How is everyone? Hope you had a great week! I'm still plugging along in Kuna. A few cool things happened this week.
We got a new branch mission leader. He's super excited about missionary work, so things are going to really pick up.
This morning, we milked cows. There a ton of dairies in Melba, and I asked the stake president, President Beus, if we could come today and check it out and help him out. It was super fun. We didn't milk cows all close and personal, like you might think. We pretty much went in and attached the machine to them. Bada bing, bada boom. But it was still fun. We walked around and looked at the cows and saw where all the milk goes. I can cross it off my life and mission bucket list!
We had an experience earlier this week that was really cool too. We were just walking in this neighborhood and had already knocked on the doors that we had been told about, so we had some time. We decided we would just walk around the neighborhood and knock on houses that seemed like they might be hispanic. So we just walked. And it was kinda a curvy neighborhood. But we were coming across nothing. None of the houses seemed like they would be Spanish speakers. So we reached a point where we stopped and just looked around and thought about what we should do. We decided to go to the corner of the neighborhood, where this house was central and might know a lot of neighbors and most of the people around. We walked up to it and actually got the vibe that they would be members. When we knocked, this lady, Melissa answered the door. She is a young mother of 3 girls. She told us she's actually non-denominational Christian and was actually, right at that moment, writing an essay for her church about Christians who act on their faith. She was specifically studying Jehovah's Witness and Mormons. She had been writing this and JUST thinking why she hadn't had any mormons knock on her door. She had been waiting for us! No, she didn't speak Spanish, but we were guided to that door. It wasn't coincidence. It was really awesome. She is so legit and has a ton of faith. So we talked with her for awhile and after we left, we told the english missionaries in that area about her. YAY! SO COOL!
Also earlier this week, we got permission to watch the Seratov Approach at an activity. It's about missionaries in Russia who get kidnapped. It was intense, but amazingly inspirational. Especially watching it as a missionary, it changed my perspective on why I'm here and what my purpose is on my mission and in life. It really all is up to the Lord. We have a reason for being where we are and in the situations we're in. It taught me about love and light and how it can overcome darkness. Really, any person can change. The Atonement can overcome anything. Heavenly Father has a purpose for all of us and loves us so much. When hard and bad things happen to us, it's for a reason. It's so that we can learn and grow, but also to show His power. I found this verse in the Book of Mormon that is appropriate. Alma 60:13. It's true. And I love this gospel.
Hope the Lord keeps you safe and watches over you all this week!
Con amor,
Hermana Shirley
1) Sunset/cloud thing
2) Us at the lecheria (dairy).
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