Heavenly Father truly has poured out His
blessings upon us this week.
This week I went on exchanges with Sister
Randall. All of our
appointments fell through, but we got to
have a really good lesson
with a less active girl in the ward. She
is 17 and doesn't come to
church because her mom works on Sundays.
Last week Sister Young and I
had a movie night with her and her friend
that is not a member and
watched "Joseph Smith: Prophet of
the Restoration." It was so fun, but
we had to go before the movie was over so
that we would be home on
time. So, when we went back over, we
shared a brief message of the
Restoration and invited her to pray to
know for herself if that was
true. The spirit was wonderful!
Anywhoo-- regarding Christlike service,
there are so many stories I
could tell from this week about how
loving and charitable the people
around us have been, here are a few :)
Wednesday it was blazing hot. We stopped
by a home where members
lived, but the wife was not home so we
couldn't go inside. He told us
to go stop by the home next door that
some members of the Polynesian
ward lived there and that we could talk
to them. We went over and they
welcomed us in. They gave us all sorts of
food and drink and
popcicles. We had never met these people
before. I cant even say their
last name, but they were so willing to
reach out in love to us :)
Next is Gina. Gina and her family have
been loving the missionaries
for quite some time. She is the sweetest
woman I have met. Everytime
we stop by she tries to send us home with
all sorts of food and soap
and pretty much anything you can think
of. This week we went over and
she taught us how to make sopes (Its a
mexican food I think) and fed
us more dinner than we could possibly
need!
Last, is kind of a funny story. Yesterday
was the Soto's youngest sons
birthday. He turned seven, and we baked
him a cake. We were in a hurry
out of our apartment to go to their house
and give him his gift and on
our way out locked our keys in the
apartment. Lucky for us we didn't
notice until about 5:15, and the
management office closed at 5. That
meant that we were out of luck until the
morning. Lucky for us, there
are so many kind people. Our next
appointment, the Johnson's, came and
picked us up from the Soto's and brought
us back afterwards. They fed
us a delicious dinner and even let us do
our planning at their house.
They also gave us towels and toothbrushes
and soap so that we would be
able to shower that night and get ready
for bed. We then got to go
back to the Soto's who gave us pillows
and blankets and offered us
clothes to wear. Lastly, the other
Sisters in our apartment complex
let us come sleep on their couches for
the night and get ready at
their apartment. This morning we were
able to go to the property
management and have them let us in. We
were also blessed to be able to
find our keys :)
Heavenly Father is so good to us. Find a
way this week to reach out in
real Christ-like and selfless service to
others. You never know how
much it will bless them :)
Love you all!
Sister Hope
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| We needed some natural light to try to make it look like we weren't so tired :) |
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| Gina :) |
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| This is Sister Ramirez. She is the sweetest! She is helping us on our Spanish and is also going to thread our eyebrows today! |
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| I now know what the heck these are :) |
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| Sister Ramirez also makes these awesome Pinatas! |
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| Selfie Sunday :) |
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| It has seriously been on fire this week. This is what happened to my lotion from leaving it in the car during church. If you look closely the temperature is 110! yikes! it has been a fiery week! |
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| Cutest little boy every! We love his prayers! he is so full of gratitude! |
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| The Soto Family!! :) |
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| Sister Johnson! :) |
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| Christlike service :) |
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| homeless for the night :) |
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