This was a really good week! We did 2 different exchanges with sisters, so that made things exciting. It's always interesting and fun doing exchanges. I'll keep this email short because we have lots of things to do, but generally, the main themes of this week were the power of prayer, the spirit, and service. Seriously, they are key to doing missionary work and being disciples of Christ.
So we had some cool experiences this week. First of all, on Sunday, we taught young womens. Doesn't seem like it would be a big deal, but before we were going to teach, we talked to one of the leaders and she was saying that we didn't have to teach it, that one of the regular teachers could do it, but we had already been asked. Then she told us she felt like we should teach it. It was about revelation. Awesome. So as we were teaching about how to recognize the holy ghost, Hna Carrasco told me she had a prompting to sing a hymn. So we did and it seriously invited the spirit. It was perfect because we could testify about that feeling that they were having AT THAT MOMENT. And hopefully that helped them to know what it feels like and identify that good feeling. It was definitely a prompting from the spirit for us to teach that class. It was really cool to recognize that after.
Also, we just had an experience this morning. We were driving to the family history center to email and we decided that we wanted to go to this little hat store in Nampa. It was on the way. So we parked the car and I, kinda jokingly said, "Maybe we should say a prayer." Then Hna Carrasco said she had had that same thought. So we decided to do it, even though we were just going in to a little hat store. When we went in, the man spoke spanish and started asking us about missionaries and we started a gospel discussion. We didn't actually want to buy an intense hat or boots, but there was a tiny, sequined sombrero that wasn't for sale. I wanted something little like that as a souvenir, so I asked him if I could buy it. Then he gave it to me for free! He said because I was doing a good thing, preaching the gospel. SO COOL! Hopefully we softened his heart a little bit.
ALSO, when we were on exchanges this week, I went with an english sister, named Sister Wasden. When we studied in the morning, we ended up talking a lot about service and how it softens hearts and shows God's love for other people. Then, as we were out and about during the day, we drove by a Kingdom Hall of the Jehovah's Witness. There were a bunch of people outside working. So we had this crazy thought to stop and offer if we could help. They said sure. (They probably didn't recognize who we were or think we were serious.) SO WE DID. We helped them pull weeds and just talked with them while we were cleaning up their flowerbeds. And we didn't try to preach or anything. This was THEIR property. But, they started asking us questions. And it was a really cordial conversation. It was pretty cool and we were able to talk about similarities between our beliefs and passions in preaching the gospel and helping and serving. It was a really fun and random experience.
So it just showed me that those things are so important. Heavenly Father loves us and guides us.
Hope you have a wonderful week!!
Con amor,
Hermana Shirley
The Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall
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