Hello family!
It's been another exciting week. Yesterday was our stake conference, which went very well. Elder Antuñano of the Seventy spoke, as well as the San Diego Temple President and his wife. Speaking of temples, the Tijuana temple dedication will be December 13th. :) One of the things that was said in the conference is that we need to have spiritual experiences every day. That is very true. They can be while reading the scriptures, or in our prayers, in sharing the gospel, there are
lots of ways! In what ways will you search for spiritual experiences this week?
Yesterday we had a pretty cool experience. We had been rejected by a few people and some appointments had fallen through and it was pretty warm outside. But we kept looking. Then we saw an older woman struggling with her grocery bags and offered to help her. She lived
kinda far from there, so we got some good exercise. She is 80 something years old (though she seems a lot younger) and her name is M. She invited us in and we met her daughter A and her 27
year old grandson F. They are very kind and also very receptive. They listened to our message and accepted a baptismal date.
We felt the spirit very strong and were so happy and grateful during and afterwards. I love this work! The Lord blesses us, but He also tests our faith and diligence. He is so merciful and loving. We hope to keep working hard and seeing these tender mercies of the Lord. Sometimes it's hard being three missionaries with lots of time on the mission, because our bodies and minds and everything are tired, but we keep going and we want to take advantage of this time the Lord has
given us.
Remember R? We were teaching him a while back when Hermana Muir was here, but he didn't progress. He saw us in the street the other day and told us to come visit him again. He's not living with his girlfriend anymore and he wants to draw closer to God. We've taught him a couple times this week, and he came to church yesterday.
About G, we have seen him in a long time. He wasn't progressing and isn't quite willing to give up some things in his life. We hope he knows we love him and I know one day he will be able to live the gospel and receive these blessings in his life.
In other news, I had my last appointment with my doctor on Saturday. He said I'm all good and can be 100% back to normal physical activities. It'll be good to be able to do more exercise again. :)
This week I found a cool scripture in Acts 20:24 "But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God."
Come what may and love it!
Love,
Hermana Serena Loveland
