Hello Family,
How is everyone doing? Ready for summer? :)
On Wednesday we were going to an appointment.. they weren´t home.So we went to our plan B.. they weren´t home either. So we did what we always do and looked for the house closest where we could tell people were home. So we started to talk to this old lady and her daughter, who is like 40. They did not seem interested at all and so i was completely shocked when they told us that we could share our message with them. The old lady brought us into the her house and as we see a young mom sitting on the couch. We started talking to her. She´s 20 years old and has 2 little girls. She lives with her boyfriend right now, but they want to get married. She told us that she has been wanting to go to a church for a while now, and that she would come with us on Sunday. And when we challenged her to be baptized she accepted without even hesitating. She was pretty quite throughout the whole lesson, but i could tell she was listening So we left that lesson feeling great. Her baby got sick and so she couldn´t come to church yesterday, so last night we went by to see her. Right when we got there she got all excited, got everything ready for us and we started to talkin. She told us she needed to tell us something, and i always get kinda nervous when that happens.. but we sat and listened. this is basically what she said...
"Last time when you guys were here, talking to me i felt something so different. All my life i have been surrounded by people telling me what i needed to do in order to be accepted in this world. At 12 years old i started to doing drugs, and by 16 i was pregnant. And then you guys showed up, 2 girls my same age, that were telling me that my Heavenly Father loved me, and telling me to be good. i dont ever remember anyone ever telling me to be good. So i had this feeling and i dont know how to describe it, A feeliing i have never felt before, like something in my heart, that felt so goood, and yet at the same time i felt the need to cry. That´s why i hardly said anything, because i didnt want you guys to see my crying. Then yesterday i was reading the folleto that you gave me, and i started feeling the same thing as i read about a light a boy saw, that ended up being Jesus and God."
Listening to her talk, testifying of something that she didnt even know yet, was such a testimony builder for me, especially about Joseph Smith. This mom has been tossed around all her life, looking for acceptance, and love, and she has now found it. We were able to testify to her that everything she had been feeling what the spirit, telling her that what she was hearing and reading is true. She told us that she moved here about a month ago, and has felt such a need to go to a church, but didnt know where to find one. just like the scripture in D&C 123:12
"For there are many yet on the earth among all sects, parties, and denominations, who are blinded by the sutlecraftiness of men.. who are only kept from the truth because they know not where to find it-" and now she is so happying, knowing that she has found it.
Half way through the lesson, her boyfriend walked in, and well lets just say that he has the same thirst to change, and to have there family forever. They both have the goal to be baptized July 4 :)
So we left that lesson probably the happiest missionaries in the world. :) Hermana Gomez turned to me and said, "i know understand why I am here in Santo Domingo. This is the family that we have been praying for." Missionary work is the best and brings happiness that is everlasting and REAL:
Other than that our week we great. With lots and lots of rain, okay actually this is nothing, just still holding my breath, knowing that pretty soon i will be swimming from appointment to appointment. haha but we are working hard, and seeing miracles. This next week is Hermana Gomez´s last week of training,and i can tell she is soo excited to be finishing! I am excited for her too :)
Oh and on Tuesday we had interviews with President. I will be honest, i was a little scared to see what he was going to say because i hadn´t baptized in a while, but my whole interview he was just telling me how proud he is of me, and the work i am doing. I even brought up that we hadn´t been baptizing and he explained to me about how missionary work is not just us, if the members of this branch aren´t helping, and aren´t welcoming new people, heavenly father isn´t going to put more people in that church, which makes sense. At the end he said, "Hermana Peters, one day i would like to meet your parents, and have them tell me how i can raise a daughter just like you. I will be the happiest dad if my 3 daughters end up like you." i left feeling soo good :)
Well i love you all so much! Have a wonderful week :)
Love, Hermana Peters
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