I guess you can say my companion is already rubbing off on me a little bit and it's only been five days! Elder Lowery and I are having a really fun time together! He is from Florida and is a real crack up with the different slang he uses and funny thick accent he has.
This week we started taking things full throttle right on the bat! I really love transfer day because we are sending people off and getting new people in the zone and its sad because we lost some great people but we got a lot of new great people in the zone! This day was a miracle because not only did we get a ride to the house so we didnt have to commute to the house but we also got a microwave! I forgot how hard life was without a microwave! Instead of having to wait like 30-40 minutes to boil a potato we can just throw it in the microwave for like 5 min! A miracle!!! Never will i take things back home for granted again. I totally forgot that plates get hot in the microwave i nearly burnt my fingers off trying to get that potato off hahaha but enough about my electrical appliances.
As soon as Elder Lowery came in we got a little settled in and then we went straight out to work down to Northville and that didnt really work out because the people we were going to teach were not there so we turned around and decided to drink coconut water (which by the way is so delicious and sweet here). In no time we started sharing to the people over there and then we went on over to Sister Arellano who also by the way is a miracle. She worked with us the whole day with her son! it was awesome i love her valiance in the Gospel! our first appointment was with her friend jenelyn and two kids we had really good trust built and then started teaching and then....we had no pamphlets to be able to give to her...so that was interesting. We decided to start to try and share the message anyway but long story short without having the pictures it was really hard for her to understand and focus on the new things that we were sharing with her and she was so happy about the visit that she kept talking about a lot of different things hahaha, She is such a kind person. Elder Lowery tried to squeeze in his part something about prophets to continue in the message but without the pictures it didnt work. It was funny seeing him interrupt and try to go back and then going back to what she was talking about. So i looked to see what we could do and then i remembered that we had a Book of Mormon and i knew that that would help us to be able to catch their focus and attention and we had a good short lesson about the gospel. The Book of Mormon is such a wonderful book and it contains the fullness of the Gospel or the Plan to TRUE Happiness.
We also continued and went back to Carmelita someone we were teaching before and at first she was just not interested in seeing us and having us share but she kindly let us in. depsite that i did not give up i gave her the biggest smile and i just tried to show love and surely enough she ended up getting more comfortable and then she opened up about her grandson and the problems she is having with him being a little sketchy sometimes. We bore testimony and talked but still she did not exactly accept what we were saying nor was very interested but my companion got a feeling to have Sister Arellano's son share about how the Church and the Gospel has helped him avoid temptation. His testimony was so pure and simple that it filled the room with the spirit and Carmelita especially was touched by the simple testimony of the young man. This was a testimony to meet that all of you youth have such strong testimonies and when you share them with others the impact is so great that it blesses and helps others come unto Christ! Share your testimonies, youth! The Spirit will guide you!
There are so many other things i would love to share but just know that I love you all and i am having such a great time hear! And i hope you all find ways to share the Gospel and bring joy to others' lives for the eternities! love you all!
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