A Week full of Miracles!

Dear everyone,

This week was truly one of the most magnificent of my life.  I witnessed so many miracles!!  One of which, I will delve into:  We clapped a house and a lady came out an immediately began to yell at us.  We asked her if she believed in God and she told us that there was no way she could.  She was so angry!  Normally, for those who mock us or yell at us, Elder Sevilla and I just say goodbye.  But we stayed and just began to testify of the Plan of Salvation.  It was crazy that the idea had just popped into both of our heads, but we did it nonetheless.  She wouldn't have any of it.  All we could do was leave her with a pamplet of the Plan of Salvation, which she ripped out of my hand in a fit of rage, and we went on our way.  

That night we contacted a family on the street who seem really interested in hearing our message, so we wrote down their address and made an appointment for later.  Well, I hate to break it to you, but we get a lot of non-existant addresses.  This address existed, but it wasn't their house.  As we arrived to the house four days later, we realized that it was the house of the lady who had yelled at us for five minutes straight.  So we clapped it again.  She saw us through the doorway and said "just a second!"  She got ready, came outside, pamphlet in hand and everything about her countenance was completely different.  She smiled and sat down with us as she explained why she was so upset.  It was because on top of many other misfortunes, she had lost a child.  But upon reading the pamphlet, something felt different.  She told us that she had been to many churches in her life, but had never found one in which she felt comfortable.  She was now willing to listen and wow, it was such a good lesson.  Her name is Cristina.  We have began teaching her and I have really high hopes.  This was just one of the several miracles I witnessed this past week.  I can't express how different my relationship is with the Spirit of God now that I am set apart as a missionary.  What a blessing this is to be out here.  I love it so much.

After our lesson with Cristina, it began to rain.  Not like one of those, hey-it's-raining rains.  One of those HOLY-COW-WE-HAVE-TO-SWIM-HOME rains.  Elder Sevilla and I were laughing all the way home as the rain came from any and all directions.  We were soaked from head to toe.  Goodness gracious, that was quite a trip.  It was about six kilometers back home.  (Yeah, they use that system out here...)  I don't know how much that is in miles, but it felt like a lot, nonetheless!

I gave my first talk in church yesterday!  But I had time to prepare it, so it wasn't one of those talks.  Those impromptu talks.  It was on missionary work and an invitation to the members to participate more in member-missionary work.  I felt like it was a really good talk and I realized that I still love to speak in front of large crowds, even if it's in Spanish!  I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY!  I must now go and serve the beloved children of God!

LOVE,
Elder Plautz