I hope you have a great fathers day daddy! I am so blessed to have the best dad in the world. and HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my best little friend Stratton! I can't believe you are turning 5 now. This week was soo hot. It reached 111 on Saturday!!! How is the weather at home?
I was able to finish the Book of Mormon Challenge. So when I first came out to the field President and Sister Lewis gave all the new Missionaries a book of Mormon with a 6 month challenge. To read the whole thing and mark all the doctrine in blue and then every time Christ speaks or his name is mentioned in red. Wow, my testimony of the Book of Mormon has grown so much more. I really was able to see, feel and understand how it really is another Testament of Jesus Christ. My testimony grew as I really studied and didn't just read. I know the Book of Mormon is the word of God and I LOVE the opportunity that I have now to share it with my fellow brother and sisters. After I finished reading I said a prayer to know if it was true again. I felt this grand love and comfort in my heart and then a little voice whisper, "you know it's true". What an amazing, strong spirit I felt. I will never forget it and my love for the Book of Mormon and for my Savior increased beyond what I thought it ever could.
This week was a week of following promptings. There are 2 experiences I want to tell you about. One, we were tracting and saw this lady and said "hi" and walked by her. She didn't really say anything and was walking her dog so we just kept going. We were around the corner and I said "We need to go talk to her." Hermana Sharp looked at me like ok! So we went over and talked to her. Her name is Irma and she has a medical problem so it is hard for her to speak and understand everything but invited us to come back and share a message about Christ. Normally I would have just been scared and kept going, but why should I let someone go by when I have the greatest message to share? 2nd time. We have gone to this street to tract a lot and we always knock on this door but no one answers. We were about to leave again but then I felt like we needed to knock on the garage door. Hermana Sharp thought that was so weird, and I did too but i thought, "hey, what could happen?" So we did and a sweet lady named Romy answered! She was so impressed we could speak Spanish she let us in right on the spot. We got to know all about her life, testified of Christ, gave her a Book of Mormon (Hermana Cosby was with us as well on exchanges so she added a lot to the lesson) and then she told us she had a dream that night that people would come to her house and teach her about God. WHAT!? MIRACLE!! How great is that? So she is a seamstress and a client stopped by. She can speak a little English to do her business so she was talking to this lady. Come to find out she is a member and had just returned from the temple. She said she had a prompting to go visit her now instead of tonight like she was supposed to see if her dress was done. She bore her testimony and I translated. Look at all these great things that happened from following the spirit? DON'T EVER BE SCARED AND FOLLOW PROMPTINGS INSTANTLY! We are so blessed to have the Holy Ghost, and I am learning that more and more each day! So Romy is one of our great new investigators and we hope to make a lot of progress with her fast. She is ready! Thank you for your love, support and prayers. They do not go unnoticed!
Anna had to work this week so she was going to miss church. yeah right! We had a solution for her. She understands English and can speak it really well so we took her to an English ward at 9 am so she wouldn't miss church! She loved it and cried during a talk on being spiritually prepared. I am so excited as I watch her feel the spirit and progress. There are a few baptisms this week by the elders so she is going to go and see what hers will be like! We still have a lot to review with her but we are so excited! It felt so weird to go to church in English haha. I had to concentrate a lot more.
Ready for the funniest story ever? We stopped by to visit Carmen and Ricardo to see how they are doing. Well she invited us and gave us all this stuff! She said she made me nightgown.. haha. She made Hermana Sharp this skirt and blouse. Then greatest part, Mom she said that since the first day she met me she has been working on making you a sweater for the winter. She made you a sweater "from her heart". She ignores us for weeks, doesn't want to talk to us but then makes us all these clothes? She was so excited to give them to us, she was crying and kept telling us she made them from her heart, love us like her daughters, etc. It was so sweet of her. So of course when we got home at night we dressed up and took pictures :) Hope you enjoy.
I love you all so much and hope you have a great week :)
con todo mi amor,
Hermana Thomas
Clothes by Carmen
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