Spiritual Gifts

Family and Friends,

This week has been so spectacular!! I just want to share a couple of

quick awesome things that happened:

The first on was Monday night. We got to have a combined Family Home

Evening with a couple of families in our ward. Familia Mondragon y

familia Ramirez. They are both Hispanic families. We decided to have

them have the Family night in Spanish because Hermana Ramirez and

Hermano Mondragon prefer it. The lesson was on the Plan of Salvation,

and we were very excited about it. We told them to just talk and

pretend like we understood everything they were saying. It was truly a

remarkable night. Here is the real miracle and the spiritual gift

though: Sister Young and I both understood. We were able to keep track

of the conversation and knew what was going on the whole time. We

didn't understand every word, but we knew what they were talking about

and understood. We were both very surprised by it, and we even said

the prayers for the lesson. It was interesting that after the closing

prayer was said, we went back to having to ask what words meant. It

really was quite the experience! Heavenly Father really has opened up

the windows of Heaven. When the Spirit was there and we were talking

about spiritual truth we were able to exercise spiritual gifts and

power! It was amazing!:)

To add to that, I really have been learning so much Spanish here in

Fontana. We taught another member of our ward in Spanish later in the

week. We have been able to share our testimonies and ask if people

want to learn more. Wow!!

[It may or may not be my secret desire to get transferred to a Spanish

area. Probably not going to happen, but I definitely would not

complain if it did :) ]

The next experience was also very fun. On Tuesday we had a crazy

rainstorm. It was pouring! Within about 10 minutes the streets were

starting to flood, and we were walking through ankle deep water--

that's right, WALKING :) We were loving it though. However, about 15

minutes in to that we were absolutely soaked. We also were blessed to

have a few cars drive past and splash us. Like in the movies when the

splash is taller than any normal sized person. So, it was quite the

adventure. When the rain stopped we were still on our way to someones

home. We were trying to decide who would let us in to wring out our

clothes. We finally decided to to to the Mendoza family's home. We

knocked on the door and when sister Mendoza saw us she almost started

crying. She was so excited to see us. She is one of the most humble

women I have ever met, and she said that she had been trying to get a

hold of us that day and wasn't able to. She told us that she had made

dinner and knew that she had blessed with more than enough for her

family and because of that she was praying that she would be able to

contact us so that we could come over for dinner as well. We didn't

have anyone feeding us and it was just very cool to see that Heavenly

Father really does lead us and guide us to where we need to be. He

places thoughts in our minds so that we can know that he is aware of

us and so that others are able to know that as well.

I am so grateful for all of the little things that we are able to

learn each day. Heavenly Father really does bring about mighty

miracles. If miracles have ceased in your life, it is because faith

has ceased. Have the faith that God really is there providing more for

you than you are aware of.

I love you all!

Sister Hope

The rains came down and the floods came up!

So many turtles. I surely hope that we dont get salmonella

Service at sister Kagle's House!