Gaerwen Week 14

It's been a great week! We have seen many miracles and I know that God is very active in this work. Sister Colinares and I will only be together for 6 weeks but I am excited to be able to work more  with her.

To begin, our recent convert Moruf received the priesthood yesterday! It was a very special experience to be there and to hear the blessing that he was given. We have been talking with Moruf about the temple and he is very excited to attend. He is going to meet with the family history specialist and hopefully take some of his own ancestors to be baptized in the temple. It is amazing to see the joy the gospel can bring into our lives.

We also saw miracles this week in regards to being led to those that we needed to speak to. We were driving back from Caernarfon on Friday and I really wanted Subway for dinner. There is a Subway in Bangor (where we live) so we parked close to town and started walking in. As we were walking, we stopped and talked to this man on the street. It turns out that he knew one of the people we were meeting with and had attended church in Gaerwen several years ago. He knew one of the members of the ward quite well because he was the bishop at the time. He said that he had a few things to sort out but that after he did he would be interested in coming again! We thought it was quite odd that we happened to be there at that time but sometimes the Lord uses unusual methods (AKA our stomachs) to guide us to those that are being prepared.

I have also really enjoyed doing the new Come Follow Me program. This past week as we studied about Mary and Joseph and Elizabeth and Zacharias, I was thinking about each of their responses to the news of the Savior's birth. With Zacharias, he doubted that Elisabeth could have a baby in her old age. Because of his temporary lack of faith, he was struck dumb until the birth of his son. Mary's reaction was quite different. She immediately trusted in the Lord and his timing, even if she didn't understand why or how it would happen. As we fully trust in the Lord, especially during times of uncertainty, we can also know that "With God nothing shall be impossible". 

Letter to Mom:  A typical day starts with exercise, planning, getting ready, and studying. We finish our studies at 10am and if we have time we will also do companionship study right them. We find in the afternoons, usually by going to a specific area and stopping by people's houses that have been promising and street contacting in between. We've spent a lot of time in Caernarfon recently because there are a lot of families there. We then (hopefully) have appointments in the evening because it is dark. We eat tea maybe once or twice a week with a member. I always forget to pass around the tea list during church (and it's kind of awkward asking people to have us over for tea). Hopefully we can get more with the new year.