dearestests,

ok. so. this weeks was interesting. i think i always say that. i´ll have to count how many times i say that in all my emails after my mission....haha. we had some pretty cool experiences.

there is a family that we are teaching. ok, it is a husband and wife that we are working with. the husband is a less active member that goes to church every once in a while and his wife is pentecostal evangelist. i think that is how you say it in english... anyway, to say the least, she doesn´t want anything to do with us. whenever we come over, it is "hello, how are you?" just to be nice, and besides that the only other thing she has ever said to us is, "i´m not in this conversation..." when we tried to ask her what she believed about faith, etc. anyway, so it has been hard. we have felt for a long time, that we need to break the ice with her. we need her to trust us and have more confidence in us, but we haven´t found a way in.

so we decided to make a calendar to help him do his scripture reading. everyday for a month we put a scripture from the Book of Mormon and a scripture from the Bible that talked about similar topics. topics like the restoration, the restoration, and the restoration. haha. no. not all of them were about the restoration.

when we got to their house, he wasn´t there (which was weird because he doesn´t usually work that day, but this time he did). we thought she wouldn´t let us in, but she asked us if we wanted to come in for a little bit and wait for him. so we said, yes...of course. :) so we were so happy for THAT miracle. we got to talk with her, and we feel like now she trusts us more. then we explained what we did with the calendar and she seemed pretty happy about the scriptures we put from the bible. then as we were getting ready to leave, her husband walked in. so we explained it to him, and we left.

then sunday, he came to church. he told us he was really grateful for what we did and that we came just in time. we were a little confused, but happy he felt that way. then the ward mission leader told us what had happened.

in elders quorum, this brother broke down crying while he was bearing his testimony. he told everyone that when he was traveling home on the train that day, he had decided to drop the church for good. there were just too many contentions in their marriage because of their religious differences, and he couldn´t do it anymore. so as he was coming home, he was trying to figure out how he was going to tell his wife. well, when he got home, we were there. then after we left, the elders quorum president called him. those two things combined were a testimony to him that God really didn´t want him to give up. They were a testimony to him that God knows what he is going through and cares about him.

i was so happy when i heard that because it helped my testimony grow. i know Heavenly Father loves every single one of us. I know that He cares about us, and not just that, He cares which church we go to and which church we are in. He wants us in His church, and once you are in, He doesn´t want to loose you. I´m so grateful everyday for the opportunity I have to participate in these miracles.

Ok, no time to write more!
love, sarah

p.s. this past sunday was mother´s day here. might be the only country in the world that has mother´s day in october and not in may. so, happy mother´s day mom! (again). and it was on your birthday. or is your birthday the 18th. i´m forgetting everything here. it is weird. either way, happy birthday again!!