Well my family all of the elders in my zone and district hate me about right now because I was the only one who received mail this past Tuesday. I got all of the letters from Grandma and Grandpa Lee and Ross and a letter from Nolan and Dana and Miranda and Jessica and Midge and Jiggs and Ahnica and I also got a paper that I needed to sign to receive a package. So this Tuesday I am going to be getting a package. I don't know what it is but its all good. So don't worry about that. Thanks for all the love from the family! It means a lot!
So this past week we had so much success its absolutely Insane!!!!! This week we had divisions Thursday, we didn't have them last week because the Hermanas had different plans. The two Hermanas are the district leaders. We split our area in two and went our ways. I went with a Hermana from California. She is a convert and her parents are both from Mexico. But at the end of the day we had 8 new investigators and 5 with a date for baptism. WOW!!!!!!! Our area is on fire. We have 11 that have dates for baptism. And we are planning a baptismal service this Saturday for the friend of Silvio. And the next Saturday for his sister. WOW SILVIO IS ON A ROLL!!!!! But it was so fun doing divisions. I learned so much from this Hermana. She is so good at what she does. I seriously received so much more excitement to do the work. Which reminds me............... GUESS WHAT I FOUND IN THE STORE THE OTHER DAY...................PEANUT BUTTER!!!!!!!!!! Oh my dear family I wanted to cry. Hermana Cortez laughed at me. . Its a good thing that yesterday was fast Sunday. But we didn't have any meals with members planned but the elders in our ward did. In fact Sunday they had two meals planned so we received one of their meals. BLESSINGS. Sunday we had 7 people attend sacrament meeting. The new couple AND THEIR FAMILY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am teaching a family that have accepted a date for baptism and the whole family went to church!!!! And Silvio's friend and his sister came with us too. We taught 14 lessons this week and another 10 that were with members. Tons of lessons this week. Sorry this letter is a little jumbled in my thoughts.
We teach all of the friends of Silvio every Tuesday and Thursday in the nights. He has invited about 6 different friends and 4 of them have dates for baptism. We were teaching the plan of salvation to all of them when Silvio raised his hand and asked if he could say something. He has a speech impediment. I don't think I ever told you guys that. But no one says anything to him about it. Anyways he raised his hand and asked if he could say something. He stood up from his chair and looked at all of his friends and said. I know that Jesus answers our prayers and that this is the true church. He answered my prayers and he can answer your prayers too. I looked at Hermana Cortez and we both seriously wanted to cry. It was wonderful! He is so strong!
So Sunday nights our Leader of the district calls and asks us about our numbers for the week. I had the privilege of telling him our wonderful numbers. And when I finished he came back and said... 7?!? you guys had 7 assistencias? JAJAJAJAJAJAJA Well he hung up and about 10 minutes later our leader of the zone called us and asked if we could talk to our zone this Tuesday about what we are doing. WHAT!? The problem is that we aren't doing anything different. Its the investigators and their decisions. We just have faith in them and in our heavenly father that he will help them want to grow. It really is a miracle.
This week it was hotter than hot! I wanted to die! But the benefit is that when its hot everyone is out and about. This is really great! Its the reason we had so many different lessons. I made omelets for Hermana Cortez. She acted like she had died and gone to heaven. She had never had them before. Mom have you guys had the missionaries over for dinner recently. You guys should because it really is great when we have lunch with members. I would love for Christmas some sticky notes. The small ones that are plastic. I use them to help me find scriptures. I would particularly love the color purple, blue, green, orange. These colors because they are the colors of the chapters in Preach My Gospel. I'd use them to help me with my studies. Because sometimes its hard to find scriptures in Spanish. I received new scriptures and now I'm just waiting for my scriptures cases.
Weird experience for the week. We had investigators that are Catholics. The ones I told you that is sang too. Well we taught them and in the middle of the lesson the wife started telling us that she had received a gift from the holy ghost. A gift that the leaders of her church had given her by the laying on of hands. The gift of tongues. Well she then started talking to us in a language that doesn't exist. And then she told us that she has a friend who received a gift that she can interpret this language. Well the spirit wasn't in that lesson anymore! poof! Gone went the real Holy Ghost! And after that she started rocking the rocking chair next to her back and forth and said that she had seen Jesus in her life. When ever she is cold she remembers Jesus Christ. WEIRD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not much that I can say about that. But we have the good experiences and the weird experiences. But right now I know that this is where I need to be. I love this gospel with all of my heart. And I love you all with all of my heart. Have a fun holiday. Love you all!,
Hermana Tiffany Ross
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