Monday, January 04, 2016
Hola
Familia y Amigos!
Wow, what a week! I
said goodbye to my dear Hermana Verdezoto Tuesday in the morning and
then received my new companion Hermana Martinez! We shared a ward in Chosica so
I know her pretty well and am so excited for this transfer together. She
came fully prepared to work and we were able to sit down, make lots of plans
and changes, and this week start putting them into practice. We`ve already been
seeing miracles! I`ll be honest, our area struggled last transfer and it made
me so sad to have to drop investigators and less active members who weren`t
progressing knowing we didn`t have many to begin with. But as we`ve put things
in the Lord`s hands and tried to follow the spirit he`s been blessing us
abundantly for our efforts. Because we didn`t have many investigators last
transfer we worked a lot with members - gaining their trust, asking for
referrals, having family home evenings, etc. And we are starting to see the
fruits of those labors just this first week. We received many referrals from
members, had many offer to accompany us in lessons, we searched the area book
for old investigators and contacted the members who were helping them before
and they agreed to recontact the people and help us find them again, and best
of all we had a member family bring their friends to church yesterday who are
really interested in listening to us. It`s very true that working with the
members is the best way to do the work and we are ready to run with every
person they give us!!! We also had 2 golden investigators contact us again
after almost 2 months of disappearing and having no contact. Miracle after
miracle this week! We have so many plans and goals and we know that if we are
humble, put our trust in the Lord, and move forward with faith that the
blessings will come. I`m sure of it. Hermana Martinez and I both feel that our
area is on the point of explosion. :) Can`t wait to work hard this week and see
what other miracles the Lord has in store for us!
New Years was
fun...very different than usual but simple and fun. We saw all the fireworks go
off at midnight and listened to them all night which was fun. :) We
were a little tired the next day and there was absolutely no one in the streets
because they were all sleeping in their houses, but it was still a fun day.
Then on Saturday I got to go back to Chosica to see a baptism of a
girl I taught!!! Her name is Sandy and her little sister is named Cielo. My
camera can`t connect to the computer right now but I’ll send pics next week. It
was so sweet to see the fruits of our labors there and that she was able to
keep learning and make the decision to be baptized. She is 16 and her little
sister is 8. :) They are so sweet and already seem like members. It was a
beautiful experience and fun to see Hermana Chavez again and other members from
the ward.
I love you all so much
and hope you have a great week and a great start of the New Year. Today in my
studies I found a scripture that I loved! Alma 26:22. It is the recipe for
personal progression and how we can continue learning and growing and seeing
miracles in our life. I loved it. :) Also the talk from conference, ¨What
lack I yet¨ is a great one to read to think about and set new goals for this
coming year.
Love you all! Thanks
for the love and support!
Hermana Cox
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