Teach All Nations: (Hermana S.) Exact obedience brings miracles

It's been a good week! Yesterday we had 6 people in church! That was pretty good! We are happy :)

I realized that it would be good to tell you a little more about the people we are teaching, so here's a little rundown of the most importants:

1. L and J: It's a mom and son of almost-8-years-old. They are awesome and we are hoping she can be baptized with her son on the 24th!

2. I: He's a 15-year-old who has 2 sisters that are members in another ward in Pachuca. He is reading the Book of Mormon and says he's received an answer from God that it's true, so we are planning his baptism for the 24th because he's already been to church like 5 times. :)

3. A and I: It's a beautiful couple with 2 little kids. The dad is Christian but hasn't gone to church in like 2 years for whatever reason (la flojera - laziness). And the mom is Catholic by tradition but doesn't go to church. They are looking for a foundation of faith in their home. We knocked on their door and they accepted a baptismal date and are AWESOME! We just have to get them to church now...

4. R: He's the boyfriend of the Bishop's daughter. He has been to church a lot but we can't hardly teach him because he always works in the week, but we are going to get him baptized here soon!

And there are many more...

But also something amazing happened yesterday! This cute little couple that no one knows showed up in church yesterday! Turns out they live in our colony, just stopped by the church to see what it's like, loved it, and are AWESOME! What a miracle!

I am learning so much in the mission. Obedience brings blessings but exact obedience brings miracles. We are trying to be as obedient as we can and I just know we are going to see miracles. I've been learning a lot about the Christlike attribute of hope lately. I don't have much time so this is what I wrote to President about hope:

Estoy aprendiendo mucho del atributo de esperanza. He podido entender que es el anhelo que recibirá las bendiciones prometidas por su obediencia. Entonces me puse a meditar mucho y me di cuenta de que la esperanza, igual a la fe, es un principio de acción. Se nos ha prometido un bautismo cada semana si cumplimos con exactitud los 10 contactos (entre otras cosas) pero a veces se nos olvida de esta promesa tan grande. ¿Dónde están los bautismos? Creo que tenemos que actuar según esa esperanza. ¡Tenemos que buscarlos! They don't just fall into our laps! Entonces ahora estamos enfocándonos mucho en buscar y enseñar y mostrar nuestra esperanza en las personas que ya han ido a la capilla o han sido investigadores por mucho tiempo para que ellos puedan progresar y se cumplan las promesas - ¡tengamos bautismos!

I love the mission! I know that we are going to have great success here. This area's been pretty dead for a while. Looking at their past numbers is a little depressing. But my DL just got done being assistant for 3 cycles and after voicing to him my concern for the area, he said, "Well, Hermana Snyder, that's exactly why you're there." He told me that the assistants and Presidents didn't quite know what to do with this area because there really wasn't anything good going on, so he put me here for a very special purpose. I am so happy to be here and I know that great things are going to happen!

Love you all!
Hna Snyder