(Hermana S.) I love this work!

Hola familia!

Lots has happened this week! First the bad news... Simon and Silvia told us they don't want to listen to us anymore: :'( I know, my heart broke too. They are both about 65 years old and have 7 kids and basically they said that it would be too hard to change at this season of their life. We are sad. But we're not losing hope not even for a second! We were able to find 18 new investigators this week, and the best part is... they're FAMILIES! We've looked a lot, contacted a lot, knocked a lot of doors, and I know that we've found some great new people. 

Specifically, we have a new golden family that are our neighbors! They literally live in the apartment beneath us! Who would've known that they we were just waiting for the right opportunity to draw closer to God after the many trials they've faced in their lives?! They went to church yesterday and loved it. They had a great experience and are SO GREAT. It's a young couple with a little 1-year-old baby. Finding this family has really made me think... the "chosen ones" are literally all around us! But we will never know that they're chosen and prepared unless we talk to them! "The field is white already to harvest," and we are the hands that do the harvesting!

And the incredible part is that most of these families were references from other "inspired doors!" We would knock a door, the person would tell us they aren't interested, we would ask, "Who else do you know who could be interested in learning more about this message?" or "Who else do you know that we can help?" ...and after a little prodding and convincing, they would tell us, "Maybe this new family who lives two houses down!" or "Maybe this lady who stopped going to our church would be interesting in listening to you guys!" Then we would go to their house and offer a blessing and invite them to baptism and they would say YES! It's really incredible. The Lord puts a little speed bump in the way sometimes so that we must talk to someone to be able to really find a "chosen one." After the show of our faith comes the miracle! I know that we must ask references from EVERYONE! There's a good tip to give to the Elders in the branch. Every contact, every lesson, every meal, every family... As Preach My Gospel teaches us, we must always "ask the question!" (And if we're not missionaries we must always give an answer! That is... a reference!) 

 I just love this work so much. I know that there are people waiting and we as missionaries, we who call ourselves representatives of Jesus Christ, must do HIS work. Not our work, not our will, but His.

This email has a lot of exclamation points, right? Haha. I guess I am just a little excited. I love you all so much! Have the best, most spiritual week of your life!

Hna. Snyder