Monday, August 25, 2014

Following Promptings Brings Blessings

This week was amazing!!!!! We have an investigator who practically asked us to baptize him!!!! He is so ready to follow the example of Christ! He has overcome a lot of sorrow in his life, and he told us that following the Lord has brought the most happiness in his life. His granddaughter Priscilla is being taught by the English sisters, and she is getting baptized in a few weeks as well!!!! It is amazing how the Lord prepares the hearts of His people. I am blessed with the opportunity to bring the blessings of the Gospel into the lives of God's elect children!!!!
We are teaching a lady named Maria. She was a referral, and her husband is actually the one that told us to come back! He was a Protestant preacher in Mexico, so he likes to fight with us. It's hard to teach with the Spirit, when the Spirit is not present.....On Saturday he was distracted by something, and we were able to teach Maria, and answer her questions. I followed the promptings of the Spirit, and I was able to teach and give her inspired answers completely in Spanish!!!! The Spirit obviously touched her heart, and she was excited to come to church, and that we had gotten a ride for her. Suddenly, her husband (he is a nice person, he just likes to argue) told her that he didn't want to go, so she couldn't go to church either. It was such a bummer. But her testimony is so strong, she loves reading the Book of Mormon! She asks so many questions, and whenever I bare testimony to her she gets so excited!!! I know that the Lord has prepared her!!! I can't wait to see her as a temple worker in hopefully a year from now!!!
Our other investigator Alma, has such a strong desire to be baptized, but she is not married. :( It is so sad, because she is practically a member! She offered the prayer a few days ago, I was floored!!!! It was one of the most humble and beautiful prayers I have ever heard!
Following the promptings of the spirit was my goal for this week! I have such a strong testimony that if we follow these promptings the lives of others will be blessed!!! I felt awkward at times, with my halting Spanish, but I notice when I speak with the Spirit, they are able to understand. The Spirit speaks to their hearts, and I am just their to invite them! This is an amazing responsibility and calling!!! I'm so grateful!!!
Our 91 year old investigator learned about the Plan of Salvacion Saturday! Now THAT was a fun lesson. He is hilarious! This is his trademark line, "When are you girls coming back. What?! What if I'm dead by then?!" (All in Spanish of course).Oh.....And he decided not to wear pants to the lesson Saturday..... That was super awkward.....
This week I challenge y'all to follow every single prompting you get from the Spirit!!! You WILL see miracles! The Lord uses us as tools to bless the lives of His other children!!!!
I love you all!!!!!! Have an amazing week!

<3 Hermana Cordova

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