Sandra and Brunella
Okay, so I wanted to write about a
cool moment with two of our investigators who are sisters. Their names are
Sandra and Brunella. First, this is how we met them. We had been visiting every
Saturday for about a month and a half with our friends Abel and Marguerite
(whom we’d met contacting and who have been teaching us to weave baskets out of
vacoa). They live in St. Joseph, and one day Sr. Thomas and I had decided to go
knock on some doors to find people to teach and the very first door we knocked
on a lady opened the door. We said,
like usual “Bonjour, nous
sommes les missionaires pour l’Eglise de Jésus-Christ des Saints des Derniers
Jours, comment ça va?” (Hi, we’re missionaries for the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints, How’s it going?)
And she said “Oh! I already know you! You are Soeur Wilson and Soeur
Thomas, come on in.” I promise that we had never seen this lady in our life,
and it is not very often that we are invited directly into someone’s home, and
never that they already knew our names. Well, Marguerite has a daughter named
Sandra whom we had met and it turns out she’d spoken about us with her
half-sister Brunella, and there we were in her house :D She thought Sandra had
sent us over, but we explained how we had no idea that she lived there but that
God knows everything and I don’t believe in chance J. We had a great first lesson
with her, and she loves reading the Book of Mormon and finds it very
interesting! Since then we have taught her and Sandra together about once a
week and the little story I’d like to share comes from one of those moments.
We had
decided to talk about the Holy Ghost and how to recognize the Spirit in our
lives and when/how he communicates with us. We brought a CD player and put on a
long piece of very beautiful music (“I Feel My Savior’s Love”) and everyone
closed their eyes and paid attention to their feelings. When it was over we
asked them to talk with us about what they had felt. They both told us, and
Sandra in particular talked about how her chest had felt filled with warmth or
a heat. We hen shared some scriptures we had prepared and I shared one of my
favorites in Doctrine and Covenants 9: 8-9 that talks about how “your bosom
shall burn within you.” And as I read that Sandra was really struck and said
“Oh my goodness, that describes exactly what I felt.” J Woohoo for the spirit!!! He
is what testifies of/helps us to recognize truth J
We are still teaching these two sisters and now many of their friends J.
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