The alternate title for this week is "They're less active on Facebook." Facebook is the best! It is so helpful.
This week was so good. There were so many miracles. But there was one big one. Last night, we tried seeing a bunch of less actives, and while we had a long list of names, we finished them much more quickly than we had expected, so we weren't sure what to do. Sister Howard suggested we visit the Zamanos, a mainly Spanish family. While we were on the way, we got a text back from a less active we'd texted, but we were 95% certain was a home phone. We were wrong. But it was so exciting, because from previous missionaries' notes, they are so ready to come back to church. Anyways, we get there, choose a scripture to base our spiritual thought off of, and we go in. And it was amazing. The gift of tongues is real! I was able to speak fluent Spanish, and understand so much better than I normally can, and she was so engaged in the spiritual thought, and the Spirit was so strong! I came out, and was just like "Wow." It was amazing! It gave me so much confidence that maybe I can teach a lesson in Spanish if asked to, because with God's help, I can speak Spanish. And I think that's part of why I was transferred to Chowchilla with Sister Howard, because if I had come to Chowchilla with a Spanish speaking companion, I think I would have let my companion do all the talking, and I never would have realized that with God's help, I really can contribute something.
Also, I love the story of the man with the palsy in Mark 2. The thought I had as I was studying for a specific family this week was that they really needed all 4 people. Imagine if one hadn't shown up. It would have been so much more difficult to get that man up on the roof and to Jesus to be healed. Yes, they probably could have done it with 3 or even 2 people, but it probably would have been a lot more painful for that man. And just like they needed all 4 people, everyone is needed. We all have a role to play in God's plan, and everyone is needed.
Love you, bye! (The way we end phone calls with other missionaries here!)
Sister Cate
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| With Sister Howard this week, we used dry erase markers and pens and pencils to explain how the Jaredites fit into the Book of Mormon, and Coriantumr and how their records were found. It was fun! |
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| One fun thing about our apartment- we have a TON of snails! |
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| Can you tell I was tired of inserting records? |
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| It's so fun to tell people I lived in Gilroy. The look on their faces... |
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| Sister Howard and I. |
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