This week ended up being another good one. There was some rain, some shine, and a lot of time walking through both as we tried to find the people the Lord has prepared for us to teach.
It was a good thing I had rain boots this week! Because I don't know what I would have done without them.
For example, when we woke up on Saturday morning, it was dumping buckets outside, so we geared up with umbrella, rain jacket and rain boots before heading out to work.
That afternoon we were blessed with the awesome baptism for Austin and Garalyn which was very spiritual and left us all super happy.
After the baptism, the Najera kids (some of our recent converts) wanted to go home and change clothes before their "New Beginnings" and asked if they could borrow my umbrella.
I said sure, but to only take the umbrella with the flowers. Unfortunately, they didn't listen! And ended up taking both my and Sister Segovia's umbrella... and they didn't come back, leaving us stranded at the church in the pouring rain.
Fortunately for us however, I happened to forget my other umbrella the other day in the area we would be working in that night, so using my rain jacket as a cover for both of us, we ran to find a tricycle and headed to Cobangbang. That's when I got REALLY thankful for the rain boots, because in order to get to the house with my umbrella, we had to walk through flood waters in the dark almost up to my knees... in an area with lots of cows. Meaning lots of cow poop as well. YUCKS!
Unfortunately for Sister Segovia,
she did not wear rain boots...
. . . so safe to say, she washed her feet REALLY well after that.
Besides that, I had a lesson on love last Tuesday in exchanges with Sister Leu.
I was so grateful to have gotten to work with her and once again, saw the importance of humbling yourself before the Lord, calling on him for help and relying on Him as we go about doing His work. Sister Leu brings the spirit to lessons really well and her overwhelming love can be felt from over a mile away, so safe to say... it was a great day of work and I am grateful for everything I learned from her. Now I need to strive to work harder as well.
In addition, we also experienced a miracle last Thursday when we went over to our investigator Jiko's house. We met Jiko a few weeks ago when we stopped him on the path because he looks Korean and Sister Segovia is obsessed with Korean people.
At first he didn't really seem to listen and after a few appointments when he still wasn't keeping any commitments, we finally decided to get real serious and told him that if he wants to know if our message is true, he is the one that has to act. After that we committed him to read and pray about our message and left him with a prayer.
When we came back last Thursday, the first thing Sister Segovia asked upon entering their home was "so did you do what we asked?" To our surprise, Jiko answered "Yes." To which we responded: "Did you get an answer?" Again he said: "Yes." So finally we asked, "So... is what we are telling you true?" For the final time he responded: "Yes."
Immediately the spirit flooded the room and we ended up having an amazing lesson. The spirit was so strong and left me remembering the Lord's promise to us: that if we ask, we will receive and if we knock we will find.
I know that is true. I have just had too many miracles on the mission for it to be otherwise. We pray and pray and pray and every time, my prayers get answered! Especially when we work as hard as we can to make it happen.
Here on the mission, one thing I have learned that has really helped us in doing the Lord's work is praying for the Lord's help. When we have a specific goal or plan, we will pray for the Lord to help us accomplish it and every time we are surprised when he always comes through. It really makes you realize, God will NEVER get tired of helping us--His children--to succeed. All the odds are in our favor! We just have to keep pushing, keep trying and relying on Him until the very end. Because it is always in the end and all the great experiences along the way that make the little bumps and turns in the road worth it.
And, before I go, I wanted to give a shout out to the Acayan Sisters! I am thankful for all the help we have gotten from the Acayan Sisters and excited for Sister Acayan to start her new journey as a missionary this week. She will be serving in the Cebu mission!
I love you all and hope you have another great week!
Until next time!
Love,
Sister Matheny
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