Hola Amigos y
Familia!!!!
I hope you are all
enjoying all things pumpkin and fall right about now!! Can't believe it's
already October and that it's already half gone!! AHH.
So, to finish what
happened on my birthday! We left emailing to go run over to an appointment we
hadn't wanted to cancel once our Pday got changed to Tuesday... because
Tuesdays are the only day that Edith can meet! So we kept the appointment and
headed over. We had a wonderful lesson on the Plan of Salvation and Edith loved
it! She said that she had grown up with people just telling her to behave or
she'll go to a place of fire and suffering. She didn't like that thought, but
she she tried to find out more about where we go after this life, she couldn't
find answers. And then we laid out with my Plan of Salvation cut outs (simple
is best) on her carpet and it all clicked into place. Sis De La Rosa started to
set up the environment for the baptismal question and I could feel the spirit
start prodding me to ask her. So I followed the Spirit and asked her if she'd
like to be baptized by someone holding the proper priesthood authority... SHE
SAID YES!!! We have only taught her 2 real short lessons and then the one we
were teaching her That day but she is so prepared!!! Excited to see how Edith
grows and progresses :) Best missionary bday E.V.E.R.
3 cakes. Bowling.
Lot's of fun times with the awesome members in Cunningham. They spoiled me
:)
Taught Nancy again
this week!! Went so good :) She just needs to build up the courage to come to
church!! She keeps thinking that she knows herself sooo well and that her
change of heart won't last, but we keep telling her she doesn't know what she
is capable of with GOD on her side.
Exchanges!!! With the
Marietta/Mableton Sisters!!! They serve the exact same area that we do, just
they speak English. I went with Sister Gubler who is a hilarious human that I
love dearly. She was in the acting program at USU last year and boy, that girl
can teach so well for only being out 3 months! We had a neat experience!!
Miracles galore :) So we headed to an appointment and we had 45 minutes to
knock around the neighborhood before the apt. As we looped around the street to
find parking I got a VERY distinct impression to go knocking in a certain part
of the neighborhood. We parked and I mentioned the feeling to Sis Gubler and we
headed to the part I felt impressed to go. We had knocked 3 doors in that 45
minutes. Because 1 door, the person wasn't home, the other 2 both let us share
our message!!!!!! Peeps, lessons right off the bat don't usually happen while
knocking. And what's even better... the first door was a latino family :) And I
taught about the Book of Mormon to the mom who let us in and her 2 daughters.
The spirit was sooo strong and Sis Gubler had her dream come true to sit in on
a spanish lesson lol. "Sis Draper that was SOOO COOL!! I had NO IDEA what
was going on but that is SOOO COOL!!!" The 3rd door was a really cool
English speaking guy named Abraham and the sisters are going back to teach him
next week!!! The work is so wonderful :)
Maria (ha, one
of the 3 Maria's we teach) just got baptized on Saturday and that was special. Special isn't even
an adequate word!! So many members from the branch came to support her (3/4 of
the branch) and her family from Athens GA and from Stone Mountain!! She was
grinning from ear to ear and was SOOO HAPPY!! I stayed at the side of the font,
holding the towel for her once she got out, and gosh that feeling of joy and
love and the Spirit warm fuzzies is simply the BEST. I gave her a hug even
though she told me Voy a mojarte!!!
Lizbeth and the kids
came to church!! They still are loving it :) Slowly but surely with them :) And
Maria received the gift of the Holy Ghost!!! She joked that she no longer
drives home along from work, she always gots a buddy :)
And as promised, the
pictures from the baptism last week and this week!!! With Erica and Maria!! And
a picture from bowling :)
My heart is full. Yo
se que estoy en el lugar donde el Senor me necesita Y me llena constantemente
con un gozo inexpresible!! yo se que la iglesia de Jesucristo has sido
restaurado por medio del profeta Jose Smith y que el sacerdocio esta en la
tierra otra vez!!!
Con Amor,
Hermana Draper
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