We picked up 3 new investigators this week! Veronica and Cecilia (mom and daughter) and Eliza. We found Veronica outside her apartment last week and we went to teach her the other night. We taught her the restoration, and the spirit was so strong. She would like to be baptized but she has to discuss it with her husband who is very Catholic... so we'll see how that goes. She and her daughter listened so intently and it was such a neat lesson. There is power behind the first vision. Eliza, our other new investigator, is AWESOME! The other day she was walking down the street and saw the Elders. She ran down the street to catch up with them, dragging her granddaughter. When she finally caught up to them she found that they couldn't speak Spanish, so she just gave them her address and told them to send other missionaries over. We went by her house on Saturday but she wasn't home, so we left a note that told her who we were and left our phone number. Not even 10 minutes later we get a phone call and it's Eliza. She asked if we could come by that day at 5pm but we already had a booked night. We invited her to church and she said she'd come if we could find her a ride. We found a ride and she came!! And she stayed for all 3 hours and loved it! It turns out that she just got here from Mexico, and in Mexico the Elders were teaching both her and her husband and they were at church regularly and were working towards baptism! She had been talking to her daughter that Saturday about how she wished she could find missionaries to teach her here in the United States, and then that same day when she went on her walk, she found the Elders!!!! THESE THINGS DON'T JUST HAPPEN! The members were so kind and friendly to her. They asked her if she was here to stay, and she said "yes, I'll be here every Sunday." :)))))) YEAH! We'll be seeing her tomorrow to start teaching her.
We had to stop teaching Jacobo because even though he is praying and reading the scriptures, he refuses to set a baptismal date, and until he does, there is nothing else we can do for him. But, it was a graceful drop and we're still friends, and says he'll still try to come to activities and eventually church when he can get Sundays off. As for our other investigators, we haven't been able to see them this week.... But, the work moves forward and we find more people who are truly prepared to receive the Gospel. The other day we went to try and visit Amanda, but she hasn't been at home. However, there are these 2 men that are always working outside at her apartment complex, and they're always friendly and talk to us for a couple minutes. Well, on Saturday
, one of them saw us coming and came up to us and asked, "hey, where is your church? I read the bible and stuff and I want to come to your church." How awesome is that?! He also wants the missionaries to start coming over to teach him. The bummer is that he lives in Riverside, which is a whole different mission, but the good thing is that he'll receive the gospel either way.
Hermana Magana is still awesome. We've got this companionship unity thing down to a "T." This whole week we've been saying the exact same thing at the exact time, all day long. It's kind of weird. My Spanish is pretty good, I guess. It's always a working progress, but I've gotten a lot more compliments lately, and I can't seem to carry out an intelligent conversation in English, so that's a good sign :) my companion is helping me learn a lot of vocabulary. We got another elder in our ward, so now our ward has 8 missionaries!
I'm glad to hear that the family is doing well. I'm glad Jesse's birthday party went well :) he's so funny! Who does he even text? I'm excited to read his letter. How is Dom doing? I know you send me his emails every week, but I honestly don't have time to read them... That's wonderful that our family has been able to enjoy the temple so much lately :) I miss the temple, it brings so much peace into our lives and opens up windows to divine guidance and direction.
I love you and miss you all! Have a great week!
Love,
Hermana Inman
Hermanas Magana & Inman
Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Hermana Inman and Elder Pendergast
Hermana Inman with Parrot
