First, Thanks so
much for the Valentine's Day card. You timed it perfect! :) I received
it 2 days before Valentines. :) So a person in my zone is the nephew
of G.C. from Morgan Hill. Her name is super familiar but I
couldn't remember much about her. You know her right? Maybe just a
quick memory about her, like Josh said, its fun to have connections even
if they are super remote. haha.
So this week we had so much
happen! It has been really great to see the hand of the Lord in the
work. We spent some time Sunday morning looking for a Less active member
that a different less active member referred us to but we didn't have a
name or physical description, just that there was a boy and girl who
were siblings. So we just went around to the 3 red gates (where many
different boarders live) that matched the description the member gave us
haha and asked about siblings that were mormon. Well, nobody knew of
mormons living in the compound and we eventually headed off to church.
After Sacrament mtg a man walks up and introduces himself to us and we
find out he is the one we were looking for. It was so weird and great
cause now we know! :)
Oh another cool story. As we
were walking we found an old woman (~75 and 4'10) who was selling
brooms. We told her we couldn't buy a broom but of course gave her a
pamphlet and talked with her. We showed her the name of the church on
the back of the pamphlet and told her where the church bldg was and that
it started at 1pm. Well, she is actually from an area half an hour
away. She seemed a little confused about which direction to walk to get
home so we pointed it out and said goodbye. Well the next morning we
get a text from the sisters that one of our investigators came to their
branch... We were confused and then they explained further. It was
Nanay! (name for mom but what we call women out of respect sort of like
maam) She had looked for the name of the church and some how showed up
to attend 9am (!) church in her own area (the sisters area). What a
miracle! Funny part: During the second hour she asked the recent
convert sitting next to her "Tapos na ba?" Is it over now? hahaha. She
stayed for all three hours. Hope she attends again. :)
Just lots of cool stuff like
that this week. Plus all the kids that went to the primary activity
last week begged to come to church this week. So someone went and
brought them all. Sadly, the parents are yet to be as excited and didn't
yet attend. But we have faith they will. :)
Oh dad-- So my Australian
companion taught me the other day that they call cantaloupe Rock Melon.
It made me think of you since its your favorite fruit and it's a cool
name. So yea. I think I might start calling it that, although
cantaloupe is a pretty sweet name too. :)
Congratulations to Juge and
Hadley. :) That is great. I will definitely keep Shalisa in my prayers
and actually felt like I should pray for her earlier this week but
didn't know why!
So grateful for all your prayers and love. I love you all so much! Have a great week!
Love
Sister Hamm
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