January 19, 2009
Well, this week was nothing but amazing and almost perfect! On Tuesday we had ZL/DL and then went back to a street that we had prayed about the first week we were here in Arad. This is the street that was the same on both of our lists. We had already tracted it but we felt that we needed to go back there because first of all there were vila's that didn't answer the first time and second of all if it was the only street that was the same it means that God had someone there for us to find. So we went back...it was sweet. First of all, the first time we had gone there we were walking up to the first house and we talked to a lady that was walking to the house as well. She was the nanny and told us to go to the front door and she would send the mom of the family out to meet us. So, we go to the front door and the mom comes out and we give her BOM even though she kind of took it reluctantly. So, back to present...we knock the entire street again (all the doors that were unanswered last time) and to no avail. But here is the thing we knew that we needed to be there. So, we get to the one house again and we look at each other and I say that maybe it is the nanny that we need to meet with. My companion was like yes but it is kind of awkward to come back so soon ( a couple of doors). So, we prayed about it. After we prayed about it we looked at the house and both felt good and we both had in our minds "the nanny". So we go to the door and call the ringer. The nanny answers and tells us that the mom isn't home...and then we ask her if it would be alright if we could talk to her. She comes to the door and we talk for a couple of minutes and we related to her our experience about praying about to come back. She was grateful. Anyways, it turns out the mom had shown her the BOM and she had been reading from it when the kids were asleep! We got her number and she said that we could continue to talk. Later on in the week we called her and she said she couldn't meet but that she had read some more and she thinks it is interesting and cool. So...we will see.
On wednesday: We knew since Sunday that we would be meeting again with Familia S. tonight so we planned the best first lesson we knew how...and we had plans to bring them brownies and our family photos as well to get to know them better. So, we are pretty much contacting all day until then and yes have some "success". The time finally comes and we go to Familia S. When we first get there, there were only 3 people at home 2 of which we hadn't the time before! So now, the whole family gets home from being in town and there are 10 people! The 2 newbies are the daughters’ husband (super cool and open) and the Uncle's daughter. Ok, so we start teaching them our lesson. All is going well, they are asking questions and the dad and uncle are the most argumentative but the rest of the family tell them to shut-up and that we are right and that they want to listen more. So, half way through the lesson Simona (the mom) gets a call from her sister who lives in Florida and she wants to talk to me. So I take the call and answer all of her questions about Mormons and so on and then she tells me that for the past while she has been praying as hard as she knows how for God to send her family messengers to teach her family how to gain a real relationship with Christ! Meanwhile, they had asked my companion how in the world we chose to come to them out of all the homes and places in Arad. So he tells them that we had prayed to find out where God wanted us to go to find a family to teach. I hang up the phone and tell them what Simona's sister has just told me. Then, we testified that it wasn't a coincidence that we were here teaching them and trying to help them. The rest of the lesson went super well and we got to the Joseph Smith "story" and the spirit was amazingly strong. This is by far the best first lesson I have ever experienced (and my companion)...not only because of the Spirit being so strong but also just all the events that had lead up to that point and everything happening at once. It is absolutely amazing! They committed to read the reading assignment, pray to know if Joseph Smith was a prophet and if the BOM is true and also to come to church on Sunday! Again, we left the house flabbergasted and giving praises to God for His goodness and the fact that He truly is a God of Miracles!
Saturday we tried everything in our power to set up lessons and appoinments but no one set up so we had an entire day of contacting! It was sweet. Plus...by this point we had done all we could to set up for Sunday having a family of 10 come. We co-ordinated with the branch leaders to have fellowshippers and so forth, we added a new row of chairs so they could sit...and all day saturday we fasted! We didn't know what else to do. We had called Familia S. to confirm if they were still coming. They didn't answer their phone on friday or saturday.
Anyways...it was sweet because contacting is sweet!
So...yeah, the S. family did not come. It turned out that they had called us like 3 times but our phone was on silent because of Church. But they had had guests from la tara come into town unexpectedly and so couldn't come. We didn't know this so we had gone to their house and they told us...and they also set up for tuesday at 7!
Well, this week was nothing but amazing and almost perfect! On Tuesday we had ZL/DL and then went back to a street that we had prayed about the first week we were here in Arad. This is the street that was the same on both of our lists. We had already tracted it but we felt that we needed to go back there because first of all there were vila's that didn't answer the first time and second of all if it was the only street that was the same it means that God had someone there for us to find. So we went back...it was sweet. First of all, the first time we had gone there we were walking up to the first house and we talked to a lady that was walking to the house as well. She was the nanny and told us to go to the front door and she would send the mom of the family out to meet us. So, we go to the front door and the mom comes out and we give her BOM even though she kind of took it reluctantly. So, back to present...we knock the entire street again (all the doors that were unanswered last time) and to no avail. But here is the thing we knew that we needed to be there. So, we get to the one house again and we look at each other and I say that maybe it is the nanny that we need to meet with. My companion was like yes but it is kind of awkward to come back so soon ( a couple of doors). So, we prayed about it. After we prayed about it we looked at the house and both felt good and we both had in our minds "the nanny". So we go to the door and call the ringer. The nanny answers and tells us that the mom isn't home...and then we ask her if it would be alright if we could talk to her. She comes to the door and we talk for a couple of minutes and we related to her our experience about praying about to come back. She was grateful. Anyways, it turns out the mom had shown her the BOM and she had been reading from it when the kids were asleep! We got her number and she said that we could continue to talk. Later on in the week we called her and she said she couldn't meet but that she had read some more and she thinks it is interesting and cool. So...we will see.
On wednesday: We knew since Sunday that we would be meeting again with Familia S. tonight so we planned the best first lesson we knew how...and we had plans to bring them brownies and our family photos as well to get to know them better. So, we are pretty much contacting all day until then and yes have some "success". The time finally comes and we go to Familia S. When we first get there, there were only 3 people at home 2 of which we hadn't the time before! So now, the whole family gets home from being in town and there are 10 people! The 2 newbies are the daughters’ husband (super cool and open) and the Uncle's daughter. Ok, so we start teaching them our lesson. All is going well, they are asking questions and the dad and uncle are the most argumentative but the rest of the family tell them to shut-up and that we are right and that they want to listen more. So, half way through the lesson Simona (the mom) gets a call from her sister who lives in Florida and she wants to talk to me. So I take the call and answer all of her questions about Mormons and so on and then she tells me that for the past while she has been praying as hard as she knows how for God to send her family messengers to teach her family how to gain a real relationship with Christ! Meanwhile, they had asked my companion how in the world we chose to come to them out of all the homes and places in Arad. So he tells them that we had prayed to find out where God wanted us to go to find a family to teach. I hang up the phone and tell them what Simona's sister has just told me. Then, we testified that it wasn't a coincidence that we were here teaching them and trying to help them. The rest of the lesson went super well and we got to the Joseph Smith "story" and the spirit was amazingly strong. This is by far the best first lesson I have ever experienced (and my companion)...not only because of the Spirit being so strong but also just all the events that had lead up to that point and everything happening at once. It is absolutely amazing! They committed to read the reading assignment, pray to know if Joseph Smith was a prophet and if the BOM is true and also to come to church on Sunday! Again, we left the house flabbergasted and giving praises to God for His goodness and the fact that He truly is a God of Miracles!
Saturday we tried everything in our power to set up lessons and appoinments but no one set up so we had an entire day of contacting! It was sweet. Plus...by this point we had done all we could to set up for Sunday having a family of 10 come. We co-ordinated with the branch leaders to have fellowshippers and so forth, we added a new row of chairs so they could sit...and all day saturday we fasted! We didn't know what else to do. We had called Familia S. to confirm if they were still coming. They didn't answer their phone on friday or saturday.
Anyways...it was sweet because contacting is sweet!
So...yeah, the S. family did not come. It turned out that they had called us like 3 times but our phone was on silent because of Church. But they had had guests from la tara come into town unexpectedly and so couldn't come. We didn't know this so we had gone to their house and they told us...and they also set up for tuesday at 7!
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