One Led to Another

Excerpt from McKayla's 1/12/15 email to mom:

We went to a recent convert's house where we were meeting with her son, Miguel, who's not a member.  He doesn't believe in God AT ALL.  So our lesson consisted of a lot of listening to the Spirit and asking questions based on that.  In the end, it didn't sum up to much, but I testified to him that even if he doesn't know God, God knows him and loves him and is looking out for him, no matter what.  The Spirit was definitely there but he was very closed off to it.  

But after the lesson the recent convert, Esther, was like "There's a girl here who's friend is on a mission.  I'll go get her so you can talk to her." So the girl came out and talked to us.  Her name's Jessica.  Her best friend Jenny is a convert to the church and is serving a mission in Mexico.  It's been super hard for Jessica since Jenny left because she's had one trial after another and Jenny was her support system. She's just lost her grandma, who was like a mom to her, and a lot of other people in her life aren't really supportive, and she can't eat.  She wants to but she's never hungry.  When she tries to eat, she usually throws it up. But she tries.  We had a REALLY good talk with her, shared scriptures and testified of how we know that she can find some peace in her life through the gospel.  She was SO open and really appreciative, and she agreed to meet with us another time.  So even though the lesson with Miguel didn't really go anywhere, it led to us finding Jessica.  It was really cool. 

We're also teaching Cesar and Moses (12 and 10 years old).  They're set to get baptized next week, but we just don't know if they SHOULD get baptized next week [because their parents are not joining].  We've been praying a lot about it though. We'll figure it out. But most of the elders have said we should just baptize them.  But we'll end up doing what we think the Lord wants.  Although sometimes it's hard to tell what He wants.

But next Sunday (on the same day that Cesar and Moses' baptism is scheduled for), one of my old investigators from Lake Elsinore is getting baptized.  I was invited back to that baptism, but I don't know if I'll be able to go if we have a baptism here.  But I'm stoked he's getting baptized regardless! He's so ready.

And besides Cesar and Moses, we have 4 other investigators who have accepted a baptismal date for sometime in February. So that's exciting! I think some of them still don't fully understand what it means/ the covenant they'll be making, but we'll help them with that.  But I'm excited! There's a lot of work to do in this area! 

Con tanto amor, 

Hermana Horne