2nd Hour Miracle

After sacrament meeting this Sunday in the Spanish ward, I was sitting there with the Martinez family when a member told me that there was a family walking around the church outside and they weren't sure if they were dressed properly, so they were a little timid to come in. I walked out there with him and recognized that it was the Ambriz family, a family that Elder Dundon and I taught almost 2 weeks ago on their porch. We hadn't had much contact with them and the only lesson we taught them was pretty short, but we just focused on church and the Spirit was definitely strong. We were pretty sad when they didn't come to church last Sunday, but fast forward to this Sunday and they walked into the church with me for second hour. The primary president met the kids and they went to primary and Maria came with us to Sunday school. After church, there was a despedida for a girl from the ward who is about to leave for her mission, so they stuck around for that and met about half of the ward members. They are pretty pumped for general conference and to come back the week after that for the whole thing.

On Tuesday, Elder Parata went to the temple with a recent convert, so we took Elder Larsen with us to a lesson with Margarita. The only two times we have taught her have been with Elder Larsen in a trio with us, so he is pretty much good luck for us. We had a great lesson with her and put her on date for 4-20. She was busy this weekend visiting her kids who live pretty far away, so she wasn't able to make it. She seems a lot more willing to meet with us frequently though, which will help her progress faster. 

We were in a trio on Friday and Saturday with Elder Larsen, so we had a good time teaching in both our area and the bike area. On Sunday, we ate with the Tenorio's who are famous for their food challenges with the missionaries. It is pretty much a Man vs. Food type of thing and this time it was 9 full scoops of ice cream with a ton of whip cream, cookies, and candy in there. I was just an honorary spectator, but I'll include a picture of the bowl of ice cream. After that, we set up a lot of appointments for the next week, so we are looking forward to a busy week.

This weekend will be fun with general conference. Hope everyone can watch it and learn something from the Spirit!

“Prayer is the act by which the will of the Father and the will of the child are brought into correspondence with each other. The object of prayer is not to change the will of God, but to secure for ourselves and for others blessings that God is already willing to grant, but that are made conditional on our asking for them. Blessings require some work or effort on our part before we can obtain them. Prayer is a form of work, and is an appointed means for obtaining the highest of all blessings" (Bible Dictionary). 

Elder Moon

We went to a luncheon for a NPO that our Just serve coordinator told us to go to in order to represent the church

Food challenge