Hey there :)
It's
Tuesday and you are getting an email from me. Weird right? That's what we get
when Memorial Day shuts down all of the libraries and we have no place to
email.
I hope each of you are
doing MARVELOUS and took some time yesterday to really think about how much God
has blessed our country and what we can do to be better citizens. Remember
those who are fighting for our freedom and those who have lost their lives doing
so.
Last week we met some
real special new investigators!!
ERIKA: basically she
is searching for the truth. She has INCREDIBLE questions and has such a deep
love for her family and only wants her kids to be raised with God and a love of
Christ in their hearts. So excited to continue to meet with her :)
DINORAH: AHHHHHHHHH I
LOVE THIS CUBAN LADY SO MUCH. So we drop by at like 9 in the morning for our
appointment with her (she set it, not us) and we talk for about an hour. She
told us her entire life story and her background in different religions. At one
point she told us about a dream she had had recently about a man all in white,
with white hair and beard who gave her a book that was made of gold. The angel
looking person told her to read the book. With that explanation of her dream we
opened up to the first chapter of 1 Nephi in the Book of Mormon...
(This is when Lehi, an
ancient prophet in Jerusalem recounts a vision he received)
1 Nephi 1:9-12...... 9 And it came to pass that he saw One descending
out of the midst of heaven, and he beheld that his luster was above that of the
sun at noon-day. 10 And he also saw twelve others following him, and
their brightness did exceed that of the stars in the firmament. 11 And they
came down and went forth upon the face of the earth; and the first came and
stood before my father, and gave unto him a book, and bade him that he should
read. 12 And it came to pass that as he read, he was filled with the Spirit of
the Lord.
She starts to cry and
says, "It's just like my dream!" We talked with her about what the
Book of Mormon was and the Spirit was so strong :) I LOVE HER SO MUCH!!! She is
so adorable. And as we were leaving she started talking about how she wanted to
stop drinking coffee cuz it messes up her sleeping habits and wanted to talk to
her boss and get work off on Sundays so she can go to church... Sister Barroso
and I just sorta looked at her with our mouths open as we listened.
MMMMMMMMIIIIIRRRRAAACCCCLLLEEESSSS
Notes from Sisters
Conference in Peachtree City :)
Satan uses your very goodness, that very desire to be better and be more like Christ
against you by giving you thoughts of comparison like "Oh, if I were more
like so-and-so everything would be better" or "that person does this
so well, I must just suck" (come on peeps, FaceBook is a highlight reel) COMPARISON IS THE THIEF OF JOY.
Satan gives you feelings of uselessness, that no matter what you do you will
never be good enough to do the good He has planned for you on this earth or
stand in our Heavenly Father's presence once again. You want to shut Satan up?
Look to Christ and don't believe Satan's lies. Yes, we all have things to
improve on, but don't beat yourself up! With Christ ALL things are possible and
He has a perfect love for each of us.
Where do you hang your worth? Well folks, your worth was hung on
a cross at Calvary. That proved it without a doubt. Don't hang your worth
anywhere else, except in Christ who suffered all the pains and the sins of the
world for you.
The rest of the
conference was a watercolor class... thank goodness I have a talented companion
who is an artist and showed me how to paint cuz I have the talent of a two year
old in that area. We also had to do a driver's test and drive around lots of
cones backwards and forwards.... DIDN'T KNOCK OVER A SINGLE CONE. Booya. That
was even with my mission president watching me. And in a car I had never driven
before. Oh but to make sure I got a humility slap, we did yoga. Sister Draper
is not flexible. Nor does she have balance while doing the warrior pose or any
yoga pose for that matter. Kept falling over. I hurt so bad for like three days
after.
Sidenote on driving:
Atlanta drivers are insane and crazy. Driving here is so scary.
KIMBERLIN: Our cute
little 10 year old we are helping prepare for baptism. Sister Barroso is a
magician when it comes to teaching young children. She is such an example to
me. Kimberlin was having a hard time grasping what faith and repentance are, so
Sister Barroso came up with (on the SPOT) little hand motions to go with all
the steps to help her remember. I am beyond lucky to have her as my
companion!!!
Sometimes I think my
spanish is improving then a person with a strange accent starts talking to me
and it all goes out the window and I'm like "huh?......"
Saturday we
were teaching two new investigators, Ashli and her mom Gladys, and wowsers the
Spirit was there from start to finish. They are so sweet and I love those two!!
And Ashli's little brother who is 1 and drinks milk from a syringe because he
hates baby bottle tops. Weird cute munchkin.
We taught Young
Women's at church on Sunday...
all in Spanish. Talk about the gift of tongues and major help from God because
we read the text message that said we would be teaching it during the first
hour of church.
Can I just say that I
have a wonderful human as a companion out here in Georgia? I know I have been
bragging on her throughout this email but peeps!!! Sister Barroso is
awesome. She said this quote yesterday, "You can't build a house if your
hammer stays in your tool belt." Plus she loves Star Wars and that always
raises people to new heights in my eyes.
I love you all and
pray for you every day :)
Con Amor,
Hermana Draper
PICSSSSS
Some cool murals we found.....
4/8 of the Hermanas in the mission
ME AND HERMANA BARROSOOOOOO check out that side eye she is
giving me lol
Hermana Barroso and I cleaning out the baptismal font and
finding bugs....
A bumper sticker that made me laugh....
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