Feliz Ano Nuevo!

feliz ano nuevo!

the pictures are of a few of the sisters down here in the valley, and my district after eating lunch at taco palenque. this was a good week. me and my roommate got to go to a leadership conference (because we're training) and we learned a lot of good things. the gospel is amazing. there are these members in our ward, the ochoas, who are newlyweds. and they had been talking to their neighbors recently about the church. so we decided to stop by and visit them. and for the past month or so things kept getting in our way and we couldn't get over to teach them. but then finally this week things started happening. on monday we went over and we met the wife. her name is sonia. they just had a baby about two months ago. it's so cute. anyway, she asked us all about our purpose as missionaries so we told her we were there to represent jesus christ and help her make changes in her life and come to know of the truthfulness of the restored gospel for herself and so on so on. so she agreed to have us come back again. then they weren't there for their appointment. lame. but we didn't get discouraged. we stopped by again yesterday. we were planning on teaching them about the restoration, but then after we prayed we got the distinct impression that we needed to watch together forever with them. for those who don't know, together forever is a delightfully cheesy 80s movie all about how living the gospel of jesus christ can help us in our family problems. whether it's marital problems, or death in the family, or rebellious children.. luckily in spanish, NOTHING is cheesy. so anyway.. both sonia and her husband jose were there. we call them in to watch the movie. by the end of it the spirit was so strong and sonia was crying a river. when it was over she got up to go to the bathroom to dry her face. jose told us that he wanted to act. that it's one thing to watch or listen to the word of god, but that we need to act. we need to be doing things. then sonia came back and we asked her how she felt. she cried again and told us that she loved it. we then shared 2Nephi 31:10-11 about following jesus christ. and how he has commanded us to repent and be baptized. they had a little bit of confusion as to why they needed to be baptized again because they were already baptized when they were babies. we shared another scripture and then asked them to kneel down and ask god right then if he wanted them to be baptized again. we all knelt down and sonia offered the prayer. the spirit filled the room. she was crying. we asked her what she felt. she then opened up about how they've been having all of these marriage problems and she's been praying everyday for the past few years that something can make their marriage better and that they could grow closer together. We invited them both to be baptized on the 6th of february and they accepted. We promised them that as they grew closer to jesus christ and continually strived to become more like him, and by following his example and being baptized, their marriage could be better. It was such a beautiful moment that i don't think i will ever forget. it's so amazing to see that the lord is constantly preparing people and putting us in their paths at just the right moment. when we called the ochoas later and told them their neighbors were getting baptized they were so happy. it was cool. i'm grateful for members who are not afraid to open up their mouths and talk to their neighbors.
anyway. that's about it for me. looks like me and sister busath are staying together for another transfer.. we got transfer calls this weekend. hope everybody is happy and well.
love
brittany