Hermana Amy Geis: 2015-03-08

Ok so this week was really really crazy.

We had a lot of disappointments, but also a lot of miracles. Let me just tell you about one of our days, that was really, really bad hahaha.

So we've been working a lot with Griselda - the 21 year old whose awesome, but does not trust in the answer she has already gotten about the church! She says that she feels really good about everything. So we always say," That's the spirit telling you its true!" And she's like, "Yeah I know...¨, but she doesn't feel the desire to get baptized, or she doesn't understand it.

So anyways, we had planned to visit with her on Friday night. She lives far away, so we always have to take the bus at 6:30, which is the last bus. So we were visiting lots of people in another area and we have to take a bus from that area to the center of Cartago first. So we got to the center at like 6:25. So we literally RAN through all of Cartago to make it to the bus. But when we got to the bus stop, the bus was JUST pulling away!! We were so upset! So we had to take a different bus that doesn't go to her house, and then take a taxi, and basically it was really stressful.

We had invited a member to come to Griselda's house (we usually meet in the house of the member, but we wanted to have it in her house) and the member brought her entire family over! So, the lesson didn't go as we had hoped, and so we went home still feeling a little stressed.

Then when we got home we found that our closet had completely collapsed and it looked like a tornado had passed through our room! As we were trying to fix the closet, it got worse and collapsed even more. So then we just sat down on the floor and laughed until our stomachs hurt.

So because we had no closet, Hna Chatwin and I had to go to the Mission office yesterday to get a new closet haha. Since we were in San Jose, we went to CHILIS restaurant at a Mall nearby...let's just say we looked like we had never seen a Mall or a sit-down restaurant or American food. It was pretty amazing. And if we hadn't had to go to the Mission office, I wouldn't have gotten a birthday package my family sent me! Who knew that a broken closet could result in such fun things!. So yay for the broken closet :)

So anyways, the week was full of things like that haha, but we also found a lot of prepared people! But here's the biggest miracle of all. On Sunday, we had 7 INVESTIGATORS IN CHURCH. That is the most we have ever had on our missions! It's a lot for here haha. And we didn't go for a single one of them...each one came with a member! It was so amazing. We both just wanted to cry of happiness in Sacrament meeting haha. Its crazy how things like that just make you so happy on the mission - because that's why we are here! To help people come unto Christ. And it's by keeping their commitments and making those changes in their lives that they are able to do so.

This coming week, on Sunday, (my birthday!) Gina and Yuleiki are going to be baptized! Hna Chatwin and I always say how this is going to be the most spiritual baptism ever, because Ginia is so excited and so ready. Our District Leader said that when they were doing her baptismal interview, she just started crying because she has changed so much and is so grateful for that. She used to have a really strong character or negative attitude, bad language, and really unhappy. Now she just has such a bright countenance and is so happy! She's like halfway done with the Book of Mormon, is inviting her friends to learn about the Church, and is just amazing. We are so excited for her - and I've never seen anyone so excited for their baptism.

This Thursday we had a Multizone conference! Elder Alonso, second counselor in the Area Presidency, came. He's amazing. He told us some crazy spiritual things and we learned a lot. We learned a lot about faith - something that we have been trying really hard to work on. And I really believe that is why we saw miracles on Sunday! Because we had faith and were exactly obedient.

So we have an investigator named Julia - she is so awesome. She is reading lots in the Book of Mormon and feels that i'ts true and everything, but is scared to go to another church. She had us over for dinner last night and we were talking about everything. It turns out that all her kids were baptized in another church except for her and her husband. We asked her, why didn't you two get baptized? And she said, I don't know, we just didn't....and we wanted to get married in a church before we get baptized (they're married, just not by a church.)

So we were like, "why haven't you gotten married by the church then?" And she said, "I don't know, we just haven't felt it." And then we pulled out a picture of the temple and said that it's probably because God wants you guys to get married here!! And we explained eternal marriage and she said, ¨so we have to get baptized before we can get married here?¨ So basically we have so much hope for her and even though it may not be right now, she is definitely going to join the church one day and have an eternal family!

Ok well thank you all for all of your support! Keep trusting in the Lord and always read the scriptures for strength. I love you all!