All you need is a Mustard Seed: Obedience Brings The Best Blessings!

EVERYONE, this week was the best week of my mission. That's rare for me to say because all days have been so amazing, but this week just blew those other days out of the water! We did so much and we were able to see so many miracles!

First off, the other elders in our district gave us a call saying that they had a media referral, but she was in our area. They had scheduled an appointment with her and they just told us that we could go and show up, so WE DID! She politely let us in and we introduced ourselves to her. Then she told her husband and children to come down. It turns out that their family JUST came here from Belize two weeks ago! Her husband is American and he applied for them to come to the U.S. and they were able to! Her name is Nadine and she has three children. Tyler, 23, Rannie, 18, and Zamir, 7. Zamir is really shy, but when I asked him is he played soccer, he said yes! Then I asked him what his favorite team was and he said REAL MADRID! AHHHH. We connected on that one and now we're going to play soccer together. Ha, ha. It was great. They're all members except for her husband, Minor, who was being taught by the missionaries in Belize, but then they moved. The missionaries there told them the missionaries here and so she did that. Those missionaries ended up being us! Minor told us that his ultimate goal is to be in the temple with his family, so we're so excited! He accepted a date and is 100 percent going to be baptized. It was a huge miracle! They speak Spanish, too!

Then, we were to go see our investigator Dan. He's doing well. We met him on the street and just started talking to him. We ended up teaching him the rest of the Atonement of Jesus Christ and he loved it. We invited him to church and then ... he said no. He has always been against church because he feels that the church is in us, rather than us having to go every Sunday.

Sister Robinson and I stressed to Dan the importance of going to church every Sunday and taking the Sacrament. He seemed to understand it all. We just told him, "Try it once. If you don't like it, you don't have to come again, but just try it out." He agreed and we were so happy to hear that he was willing to come. TURNS OUT that Saturday came around and Dan calls us ... we were SO SCARED that he was going to say that he wasn't coming, but he ended up telling us that HE WAS COMING and he was bringing four people with him! WHAT?! Miracle! It was so amazing. Sister Robinson and I were so amazed. We were nearly in tears. Dan is so great. He's getting baptized!

Another miracle was that we ended up teaching John and his daughter in Bishop's home. He loved it. We taught him the Atonement and it touched him deeply. He was in tears and Bishop testified to him of the importance of the Gospel . We're praying that John can continue to progress and that he can have the desire to be baptized soon. Pray for him!

Last miracle ... we taught Tina and her sons. She has three sons, ages 14, 11, 8. They're so great. We all sat down at the table and talked about the Restoration. Her 14-year-old son was SO CURIOUS! He drilled us hard core with questions. Fortunately, the Spirit was with us, so we were able to answer them all. The Spirit was so strong. The boys asked us, "Do we need to be baptized to be saved?" We then read John 3:5 with them and they all want to be baptized along with Tina, their mom! It was incredible. She was a referral to us from a member and they're very prepared. We love being over there.

God has blessed us so much. I have been praying to find a family for the longest time now and God has blessed us with three families to teach. It's the greatest thing ever. Our teaching pool is increasing and it's because of our diligence and faith. God will never leave us alone. HE ALWAYS ANSWERS, not always in the way or time that we'd like, but always in the way that we need.

Rely on Him. I love y'all. I love my Savior.

Sister Sanchez