Famlia!
Wow what a week it has been here
in Quincy! I can't even express how extremely grateful I am to be about
the Lord's work. I have no doubt that he has his hand in it and that he
is watching over us. I am also extremely grateful for all the people who
help make this work possible. I am nothing compared to the grand scheme
of things.
We have really been focusing on trying to talk to
more people everyday. Not just talk, but open our mouth and testify of
the good news that brings us peace. It has been great to see just how
much the Lord is preparing people to hear his message. At the beginning
of this week I was looking at how I could better be used as an
instrument in the Lords hands. As I started Preach my Gospel over I
read, "We challenge you to rise to a new level of commitment" and it hit
me. I needed to really see how many more souls the Lord has to put in
my path and work diligently to help them. It has been crazy what has
happened this week. One of the people we were really excited to teach
called to cancel her appointment but we couldn't get her off our
minds... Saturday
was her birthday and we decided to drop off a card for her birthday.
Well, we had a great lesson about what reasons she had to be hesitant to
jump back in and by the time we left she told us she would some to
church. So she came to relief society (we have classes before sacrament
here) and she loved it. It had answered some of her questions, addressed
her concerns, and she realized how many people there were that she knew
there. It was a great experience. Some of our other investigators
didn't make it to church this week, but they are all slowly moving
forward and finding that desire to be baptized :)
That is just one example of the Lord having his
hands in everything and finding people that are truly prepared. Last
night after dinner we went back to work and we couldn't believe the
night we had. 2 of the 4 or 5 people we talked to invited us in and
talked to us about thinking they needed to go back to church and that
they didn't know how and maybe we could help them. I seriously was blown
away! As we had exchanges this week Hna. Larson and I were talking
about how often we don't ask for miracles because we feel that we are
asking too much of the Lord, and then I found a scripture yesterday in
Moroni 7:37
that says, "Behold, I say unto you nay; for it is by faith that
miracles are wrought; and it is by faith that angels appear and minister
unto men; wherefore, if these things have ceased wo be unto the
children of men, for it is because of unbelief, and all is vain." That
scripture hit me sooo hard! every time as I read the scriptures I am
amazed at how much faith they have and how close to Christ they are and
the miracles they see, this week I realized that we are entitled to
those same miracles, and if we aren't receiving them it is because we
don't really believe that Christ truly can do all he says he can. So I
started to pray for miracles and thought, man we really can see these
happen and they have been! Quincy is definitely prepared and part of the
Lord's work!
Another really cool experience was with one of the
couples we are teaching, they are so cute and amazing, and their culture
background is different. They are Buddhist and the wife doesn't speak
English hardly at all. So as we were starting to teach them, they got a
call from the sister missionaries in Salt Lake City, who we have been
working with (also a new experience) She reexplained everything we were
teaching in Thai and we could see the light bulbs going off. Thank
goodness for technology. It has been really fun! I can't believe how
much I still don't know about this gospel everyday!!
On top of that awesome week we had a great Zone
Conference where we learned about helping people grow their own
testimonies and focusing the work around them. President Ware is so
inspired about what we need to hear. I know that he was called of God.
He cares so much and has been really helping us with the way the Lord
wants us to do missionary work.
We definitely feel so blessed that the Lord loves us
enough to help us out in this work. People are the key. They have such
honest and sincere desire. Don't be afraid to answer a question that
someone has about the church, as we constantly study our scriptures, the
Spirit has answers to draw from and tell you what to say! Pray for the
missionaries in your areas, they need your help and your prayers more
than you realize! I love you all and thank you for your prayers and
support! Let us all go out and be happy servants of the Lord!
Hermana Ray
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