I got mad at a drug dealer

I cannot believe BYU football has started up again. I feel like I have been a missionary for like a year, but I feel like I was JUST at the football games! Time is weird.  My good news is that we had two investigadores come to church this week! My first investigadores at church. Get ready for the best story ever. Buckle up!

 Jose. Jose is the best. One day I was on an exchange and from across the street we saw a guy yelling at us and waving a Book of Mormon. This exchange was with Hermana Whittingham (remember our spanish is not very good). We saw him and we were running late for an appointment, so we just waved back at him and kept pedaling. I had never seen him before, so I was a little confused by the whole situation. We finished our appointment and we couldn't stop thinking about this guy! It was late so we went back to the apartment and when Hermana Day got back we went to visit him. As soon as we rang the doorbell he swung open the door and said, "Let me get my book!" Turns out he has read the Book of Mormon TWICE! He pulled out a list he had made of words he didn't understand and had done research on like: apostasy, Zion, atonement...I could not believe it! Some missionaries had given him a Book of Mormon a few years ago, but never taught him the lessons. We asked him if he believes that the Book of Mormon is the word of God and he said, "Yes!" But this story is not all butterflies and rainbows. He told us he is NOT going to change religions. He said, "I have been Catholic for 70 years! I don't want to change!" We got him to come to church, so slowly but surely I hope he sees how much the church can bless his life. He said he liked sacrament meeting so that is a good start. Hermana Day and I are starting a scripture class that will be on every Wednesday. He said he is very interested in coming to these classes!

Here are some insights from Elder Hamula:

   One thing I loved was he gave us

  A Pattern to Change Your Nature

           1. Accept your agency. Get beyond yourself and          accept that nobody is perfect.

           2. Turn outward when you want to turn inward

           3. Allow Christ into your life

 He also taught us how to get answers to our prayers. He compared King Herod to Joseph Smith. I don't have a lot of time, but look up how Joseph prepared himself to receive an answer from God. Then study how Herod asked Jesus Christ questions in the New Testament. Joseph got a answer. Jesus Christ told Herod nothing!

Elder Hamula also said, "Jesus is known with the Spirit or not known at all." The Spirit is everything! So many people saw, touched, heard Jesus cristo, but they still rejected him! Look for and remember those times where the Spirit confirmed something to you. That is your most powerful witness that God exists. 

Random Story: I got mad at a drug dealer. So we were teaching a less active member and he invited his buddy to talk with us. The "buddy" has a reputation as a drug dealer and he kept telling us about his "side job." Anyway he was talking to us about how he just got out of jail and while he was in jail his girlfriend had their baby. He said, "I was locked up because I messed up my baby mama because I needed to put her in her place. If she doesn't let me see my baby, I will do it again." I stopped him right there and said, "You will not mess up the mother of your baby! You can get counseling, but you are not going to touch her!" I had a lot more things I wanted to say, but thankfully Hermana Day stepped in. I left that conversation a little fired up...I am very grateful for the kind, respectful men in my life like Dad, Brennan, Uncles, Grandpas! On a side note he had a huge tattoo on his neck that said, "the struggle is real" I had to laugh because that is what my friends would say when we were like 16!  hahaa

Love you so much mom! Thank you for all the letters and updates. You know me so well! P.S. I think some important birthdays are coming soon ;) 

Here is my quote for the week,

"Work hard at being grateful. You will see that it yields wonderful results" (true to the faith)

       Hermana Moo