Hola familia y amigos!
WOW. This was a crazy week. It was Hermana Hernandez's last week and now she is officially GONE with her family!! They drove here and picked her up this morning. It was SUUUPER weird because that will be me TOO SOON! I only have 6 weeks!! I still have so much work to do here.
Anyways, so because this was her last week, we had a lot of random things to finish up. I made her a potato sack scripture case, like mine. It wasn't perfect, but it was good. We have pretty much the same taste in EVERYTHING, so she liked it. Also, I was her personal fashion consultant for her special outfits. We done good. But the crazy thing about this week, is that we had a lot of random things to do and members to see and say bye to, but we still got a LOT of work done.
We even had a really cool experience with the #BecauseHeLives video. We were contacting a referral and met this teenage kid. We asked him if he wanted us to come teach his family and learn more. He was a bit hesitant, then we told him about the video and he actually looked it up on his phone right there at the door and watched it. He said he liked it and that he thought he had already seen it before. We forgot to ask where from. But then we talked a bit about Christ and asked him again when we could come back. Then HE was the one who said, "How about tomorrow at 3?" So that was pretty cool. He seems pretty open to learning more and we're really excited.
Also this week, we had a visit from a Seventy of the church. He came to visit the stake and speak in our stake conference. His name is Elder Falabella. He's from Guatemala and actually specially requested to talk to just our ward before stake conference. IT WAS SO AWESOME! He is super funny and genuinely kind. He started off the discussion asking about where everyone was from and the reasons that they came to the United States. Most people it was to earn more money and some people said they didn't really know why, they just felt guided. For everyone, it was an opportunity. Then he talked about opportunity, giving our families as much opportunity as we can (teaching kids, education, things like that), and about how Heavenly Father has a divine plan for us. That for a lot of people, the reason they came to the US was to actually to hear about the gospel and how THAT is the thing that gives us the most opportunity and happiness. AND THAT WE NEED TO SHARE THAT. Seriously, as he was saying that, I almost wanted to cry. Our ward kinda struggles in the missionary work department, so hopefully they will let his words sink in and act on them. It was exactly what they needed and I really hope the work grows a TON. He encouraged us all to pray everyday for missionary experiences and actually committed the ward to pray exactly at 5:00 everyday. When we all pray together, it's more powerful. SO TRUE! AH! I love this gospel so much. It is SOO TRUE. :)
Love you all and hope you have a wonderful week!
Con amor,
Hermana Shirley
Elder Falabella from Guatemala
Me and the Hernandez's
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