A Rollercoaster...

Well this week was definitely better than the last! Other than some sore bodies and a continuous pain in my right shoulder, we are good :) And even though it was still extremely hot, somehow we managed to sleep so I was very happy about that :) But I´ll tell ya, my memory is super bad and I don´t remember too much of this past week, but I will do my best :)

So basically the deal with our investigators here is like a rollercoaster. We always have weeks where we find some really awesome people who are super interested and we have such a spiritual lesson with them. Then we go back and they either don’t progress, we never find them again, they run away from us or they have suddenly moved. So we never seem to have a steady teaching group. But finally, we have 2 or 3 people who are really progressing and have stuck with us!! Woohooo!!!!

First off, Rianne. She is the cousin of some recent converts here. She is 18 and super awesome! So last week on Monday she went to the family night we had in the church and she really liked it! But unfortunately, we didn’t see her all week because she has started working. So she was in training all week long and she finds out tomorrow if she gets the job. So first off this made us super scared because she is working at a grocery story. And most of the time the people who work at the grocery store have to work Sunday mornings, every Sunday. But after much prayer, we found out that if she gets the job, one week she will have the morning shift and then the other week the afternoon shift. So at least she will be able to go to church every other Sunday. But we went and visited her yesterday to see how she was doing. And every time we go to her house we always meet someone new. So yesterday we met her mom, who is super nice and cool as well :) Rianne has only read the BOM a little bit so we sat down and read with her, her uncle and her mom. We read 3 Nephi 11 and they loved it! Her mom asked us for a BOM after and luckily this week she will be staying here in the city so we will try to visit her as much as we can. She lives on the farm so she rarely comes to the city. But the Lord was so nice to have her stay this week so we will take full advantage of it :)

Also, don’t know if I have ever told you guys about Sônia. She is the owner of our apartment and lives right underneath us. So every now and then we visit her. The elders started teaching her and then when we arrived we took over. But she never went to church and hardly ever read the Book of Mormon. So we just visited her every now and then when we had no one else to visit and it was a little late to be knocking doors. So we decided to visit her again this week and I sure love how the Lord prepares people. Basically, she had a realization this week that she wasn’t happy with the way her life was and wanted to change it. She lives with two of her kids but they are never home. So she has been super lonely and straight up told us that she knows to needs to go to church more and read more. So she asked us to get on her back about these things. So that’s exactly what we have been doing. We went to church with her yesterday and she loved it! She told us that she has started reading the BOM again. Last night we showed her the video of the first vision and tonight she said she is going to go to the family home evening with us. So we are super excited with her!!

But this week we seemed to find a lot of people passing through tough times in their lives. And what do we do? We give them the gospel :) Never before have I taught the Plan of Salvation so much in my mission! But I love it! I love helping people realize that their family can be eternal :) It’s the coolest thing!!!

Well that’s about it for this week :) I hope you all are still reading your scriptures and saying your prayers :) If not, you better get on it! Have a fabulous week!

Com Amor,
Sister Steadman

Weekly Update

Well, this week was a good one! The first couple of days were a little slow because nobody was home, but we worked hard to find new people and the end of the week was full of success!!!!

So first off, we went and visited Bia again and she read the Book of Mormon and commented on how she felt and she knew right away that it was true! We were so happy! And she said she feels so good every time we teach her! So we invited her to be baptized but she didn’t accept because she wants to go to church first and see how she feels there. But she still hasn’t had the opportunity to go to church because she works every Sunday. But we are continuing to teach her. We will be visiting her again tonight.

This week with Raquel was also really good! Tuesday night she opened up to us and basically told us her life story. But it was really good to help her out. We were able to see what her needs were and plan our lesson accordingly. She is an amazing woman! She is super strong! So we are super excited! Unfortunately, she wasn’t in church yesterday and we aren’t sure why. But we will be visiting her tomorrow night.

This week we visited the cousins of some recent converts here. So we met Rianne, Natalia and their uncle whose name I still don’t know ha. But in the first visit we taught Rianne and Natalia and we taught them the Restoration. And let me tell ya, it was a super good lesson! We taught them with Iasmin (Recent Convert) and her testimony helped a lot. But Rianna accepted our message so easily and she got the goose bumps! Some people truly are prepared by the Lord! But I was commenting to my comp the other day how easy it is with her. It has been so long since I have found someone so prepared as she is its almost too real to be true! I am so grateful that we found her and are able to help her come to know the true gospel of Christ :)

Well, that’s about it for this week. I just wanted to share with you all a scripture that has helped me out a lot and is one of my favorites :) Matthew 11:28-30

 28 ¶Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Well I hope you all have a wonderful week! Keep reading your scriptures and saying your prayers! I love you all!

Com Amor,
Sister Steadman