Hermana
Munyer and I are in Garland 5 east and are loving it!!! there are so
many more hispanics here than oakcliff. Also, the Hales are in our
ward... Sister Hale went to highschool with our cousin Ralph Zobell.
they are so helpful and love helping the missionaries. We are serving in
a hispanic ward and have 7 pending baptismal dates. This area is very
diverse with really nice parts and mansions and also poverty with lots
of apartments. We have a car and bikes but like riding our bikes more
because we can talk with more people. Last week we stopped to talk with a
women that we found out had just moved here from Hondoras and was a
member looking for the church! I know that God puts people in our path
that we need to talk to.
Wednesday night was really fun
because we had a tornado warning (the zone leaders usually send us a
text to head home when that happens) and so it was all stormy and rainy
and we saw the english sisters on their bikes fighting against the wind,
trying to get home! so we were able to throw their bikes on the back
and give them a ride home.
We
had a really fun/ spiritual lesson on Saturday with some of our
investigators. The mom Ingred is less active and has two boys 11 and 13
who aren't members and are really hyper active. So, we decided to teach
them the plan of salvation making cupcakes. God made our bodies (we
mixed the ingredients together) and then we went to the earth (the oven)
where we progressed and became like God. Then we were going to frost
them and judge them into the celestial, terrestrial, or telestial
kingdom but we didnt have time. We got talking about baptism while the
cupcakes were baking and invited the boys to be baptized on june 1. and
thats when they settled down a little and the mom was bold with them and
told them that this is a serious thing and they're going to have to go
to church for the rest of their lives and they agreed that it was
something that they wanted to do. So i decided to take advantage of this
spiritual moment and asked the older boy Diego to pray and ask God if
it was correct for him to get baptized. and so we all kneeled together
and he offered one of the most sweetest sincerest prayers ive ever
heard. his mom started to cry and told us after that she felt a burning
feeling all throughout her body and didnt feel sick anymore (she had
food poisoning). It was truly a miracle.
I love my mission and wouldnt trade it for the world.
Hermana Brown
