Hermana Amy Geis: Week 37- Spiritually (and Physically) Fed

Hello everyone!

Well this past week was good! Visiting lots of people and learning lots. Hermana chatwin and i (theres your proper grammar dad ;) ) are really realizing our purpose as missionaries more. We have realized how we should feel about the work and the people and how we shouldnt feel - we shouldnt feel stressed, pressured, or rushed - we should feel at peace with everything. God doesnt want us to feel stressed, and a lot of missionaries forget about that! We have been focusing on our priorities and what the Lord really wants us to do. Last night we had the option of visiting a bunch of different people close by, or just going to the house of the investigator Griselda who lives far away but we are preparing for baptism. We felt like we should go with Griselda, even though that meant only having one lesson, etc etc. But wow it was so inspired that we went there. We had such a spiritual lesson - probably the best ive ever had on my mission. We were completely focused on her and we really followed the spirit, and we really helped her understand how she is going to recieve her answer. She has her baptismal date for this weekend, but she says that she doesnt feel ready. So we are praying a lot for her so that we can help her feel what God wants her to do.

A cool experience happened last week - we were walking to an appointment and i saw a lady on the side of the road with a little girl. For some reason, the thought came into my mind, That woman is a daughter of God. And God wants us to talk to all of his children to help them come unto him. That thought came really strongly into my mind, but i didnt stop to talk to her because we were hurrying to another house. But i was feeling bad that i didnt talk to her, and then like an hour later we were talking with someone outside of their house and she passed by me! So i excused myself from who we were talking with and ran after her! Haha i knew that God wanted me to talk to her if he gave me two chances. She was then with two of her sons, and they said we could pass by her house any time. So then i told my comp what happened and we both felt like we should go right then. Luckily her house was really close and we saw where she went, and we went and had a really really good lesson with her and her family. So that was a good lesson - if we feel we should talk to someone we really need to. Because heavenly Father isnt always going to give us that second chance.

So on sunday i was the fullest i have ever been in my life....we ate a really yummy lunch of arroz con pollo and frijoles, with arroz con leche for dessert, and we were breaking our fast so we ate a lot and left feeling extremely full. Then we went to recent converts house who are an older couple, and they had invited us earlier to come and eat soup, but when we got there we were like, We just wanted to pass by and say hi! And she said, Oh you dont want any soup...okay.... so we had to say, No of course we want some! So she gave us a bunch of soup and it was delicious but so painful to eat. Oh my i dont think ive ever been so full.

So weve been working with Ginia and Yuleiki, a mom and her daughter who i wrote about them coming to church and Ginia getting a blessing. Well ginia is so ready to be baptized and wants to do it as soon as possible, and last week we moved up the date for this sunday, the 8th, and of course the day before church they all got violently ill! Throwing up and all these crazy things. Satan will do anything to push back baptisms! But we know that they will still get baptized and that everything will be alright. They are so prepared and excited to take this step. Ginia just loves the church and the book of mormon and everything, and whenever we talk about it she is just so happy.

Hermana Chatwin and I have realized that we are here to help people prepare to meet God. Everything we do is centered on the plan of salvation. That is why we are here on the earth, to prepare to return to live with God. Thats the only important thing - becoming more like Jesus Christ and growing closer to our heavenly father.

Well thank you all for everything and i love you lots! Have a great week!