All you need is a Mustard Seed: Drenched And Blessed

Hello familia! How are you doing?

IT STORMED THIS WEEK. We got soaked, but we were so blessed! It was incredible!

Hermana Davis and I worked so hard. We came home at nights feeling like little kids after swimming all day, EXHAUSTED. It was the best feeling in the world to know that we worked so hard and did all we could do. And you know what?

The Lord blessed us SO much. We had 10 investigators at church on Sunday. I've never had that many people come to church and it was incredible. We needed more Hermanas Sanchez and Davis because we didn't have enough time to talk to all of them. Good thing we had there member friends on top of it.

First huge miracle. On Monday night, while walking to see another investigator, we met this woman named Carol. She didn't have a lot of time, but told us we could come back and see her on Tuesday. So on Tuesday, while we were walking back, we saw our investigator Sherly. She was walking with this boy who told us he wanted to come to church, too. So we asked him to talk to his parents and Sherly told us that his mom was the lady we spoke with yesterday! So we went back to teach her and her two sons! It was awesome! They're incredible. We taught the Restoration and the boys are like sponges. They absorbed EVERYTHING. They repeated back to us word for word what the Restoration is and what happened. We committed them to read and pray. When we returned, they had kept their commitment! We extended baptism for them on April 10 and they all accepted. The boys came to church yesterday, too. Their mom couldn't come, but the boys did and they loved it.

Miracle 2! We saw Yamir and Jennifer this week! They were referrals we got a couple of weeks ago and we hadn't seen them in a while because of their work schedules. The other day, however, while it was pouring rain and all our lessons canceled, Heavenly Father prompted us to stop by and leave a note on their door, so we did. As soon as we were walking out, Jennifer walks up to us and says, "Hello!" Ha, ha. She told us that she didn't have a lot of time, but that we could come back on Friday! So we did and we brought Itzel with us, an awesome member about Jennifer's same age and we taught them the Restoration again! Yamir was there, too. And he always has the best questions. He asked, "So you all have your testimonies that this is true?" And of course we replied with a yes, and then he said, "We're going to get ours." Basically sounded like a challenge accepted. It was awesome! They committed to read and pray every night. Jennifer came to church yesterday and loved it! She told us after that she's going to ask her boss for all Sundays off! They also accepted baptism! Yay for miracles!

Norma and Luis came to church, too! We felt prompted to invite them and her husband said yes! They came! AHHHH, such a miracle.

Our awesome member, Hermana Yolanda talked to a woman on the bus while she was busing home from work. It turns out that this woman she spoke to attended the church for 15 years in Venezuela and never got baptized. Moved to Houston and could never find a church. Well, she brought her to church yesterday and we introduced ourselves to her and she said we could come back and teach her on Wednesday! So cool.

Our less-active, Gabino, came to church, too! AND HE BROUGHT HIS COUSIN who isn't a member! We set up an appointment with him, too!

WOAH.

Last but not least, EDILIA. Man, this woman is unreal. I wrote a little about her last week and this week we taught her twice. Once in a member's home, she took the bus with us there! And another in her home and the two lessons were focused on the Plan of Salvation. She has had so many questions about it lately. The second lesson was really powerful because she asked about what happened to those that die without the opportunity to hear the Gospel. Well, of course we had the answer. We explained all about the Spirit World and baptisms for the dead and we LOVED it. She shared a really sacred experience with us about how she has had dreams of her father, who has passed away, and he keeps asking her to help him. She said she has spoken with her mom about it, but they could never figure it out, so eventually they ignored it. So after we taught her the full Plan of Salvation, she told us with confidence, "Hermanas, I know this is what my dad needs." It was awesome! I shared with her the story of my grandpa YoYo and when we took his name to the temple. How Dad baptized Marito and mom was bawling. I remember asking her why, and mom confidently told me that she KNEW grandpa had accepted. That has been such a sacred experience for me and I love sharing it with others. Edilia is praying and studying the Book of Mormon and waiting on her answer. Please pray for her!

Love the work, love my Savior. I know that He works according to our faith, so we have to believe to receive. I am grateful for this time of year to celebrate His death and resurrection.

Follow Him and find new life.

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Love y'all!

Sister Sanchez