Yesterday was Stake Conference and it was so beautiful! We asked Bishop to help us out with transportation for our investigators so he organized for a combi to take us (it's basically a big van that has benches so that you can stuff like 20 people in). So we called the driver and asked him to meet us outside our apartment in the morning to go pick up a few investigators. So first we went with Maria de Jesus, who is an investigator that hasn't gone to church because her husband has prohibited her from going. So we arranged so that her son could watch her little shop while she went with us to church. But when we went to pick her up, her husband came out and told us that she wouldn't be going. Long story short, this guy needs a lot of help and a lot of prayers. I won't go into details but he's just a very mean person. So, she couldn't come with us. Sad way to start the day. After that, we went to pick up Joselyn, who is the daughter-in-law of an investigator that we've been teaching and has told us 100% that she would go to church for the past 3 weeks and every time we've gone to pick her up it's a no. Long story short we waited for a half an hour for her to get herself and her 2 little girls ready, but she went to the conference! Whooo!!! Finally! A new baptismal date! Seriously I feel like we have been working so hard and doing alllll that we could do, and no one was going to church. FINALLY! We are happy. :)
And we were even happier for the beautiful conference. President and Sister Egbert gave beautiful talks and there was a Seventy, Elder Martinez, who was a privelege to listen to. Have I told you about the stake president? He lives in our area and we like to have FHE with his fam. :) The last time, we gave a lesson about family scripture study and he said it was definitely inspired. Speaking of which... How's your family scripture study going? I hope very well... Let us not forget that it's a commandment! Aaaand, we are reactivating his sister-in-law, who went to church yesterday for the first time in years! We are so happy for her.
Boy oh boy, it's never been so good to be a missionary! We are working hard. We are having fun. This work is a lot of sweat and tears, but it's worth every second. I know that this church is true. I know that God lives. I know that through the grace of Christ, we can be redeemed. And, we can be a lot better and do a lot more that we can alone. The miracles come every day here. How have you seen the hand of God in your life this week?
Love you will allllllll of my heart!
Hna Snyder
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