miracles

Family and Friends,

The weeks are starting to go by faster and it seems like yesterday that I just wrote.  This week was amazing and we truly are seeing miracles here in Zap. It's interesting as I read Jesus the Christ and study the scriptures, there are miracles everywhere.  Physical and spiritual miracles.  As missionaries we get a front row seat for amazing spiritual miracles, and occassionally phyisical miracles.  I love this work!!! 
Our investigators are slowly progressing, and we are seeing truly where their desires are.  Lydia and Igor are having some serious financial problems (something about some credit they owe) and they are really worried about it.  Let's just say Igor hasn't been keeping the word of wisdom, and Lydia is worried day and night about him and their problems. So we went over there last week on Wednesday and she told us all about it and even cried to us. We didn't know what to say or do, then all of the sudden we started talking about the law of the fast, when we had originally planned to teach tithing (ironic, huh?). We bore testimony of what fasting can do, and she immediately understood what it was all about.  We told her we would fast with her, and she was glad.  We fasted the next day with her and we talked to her a few days later and both her and Igor were fasting.  We had another lesson with them on Saturday, and we brought a new member named Alexander. It was such a good lesson, the spirit was so strong.  Somehow the spirit worked through me and I talked a lot and threw it down to Igor that he needs to change or else God won't bless them.  It felt so good, my language skills are growing slowly but surely.  We have peace that everything will be okay with them, and we made it very clear to them that they need to change and repent and follow the commandments and be baptized.
Let's just say last Wednesday was the best day on my mission thus far. We taught Lydia, then we went to this lesson with the elders for a contact they received. This lesson was pretty funny, this lady is an opera singer and she just immediately clicked with the missionaries and just loves us haha.  She calles us "her girls" haha. She pretty much asked us about our ancestors, why we are here, and sang us like 5 songs, then we invited her to church and she accepted.  She was happy that we sing hymns at church haha. She came yesterday, and we are meeting with her this week sometime. 
Then we taught this Babushka that night. Babushka is Luda's mom and Lea's grandmother (2 wonderful members in our branch, they are like the Gilmore Girls of Zap). So Babushka is usually not interested in anything we have to say, but the last time we were over there we gave her some scriptures to read and last week she said she read them and liked them.  So we gave a lesson about the brother of jared and about his faith, and Babushka liked it.  We gave her like 4 verses to read in the Book of Mormon, and she said she would read them.  We were helping Lea with some english after the lesson, and all of the sudden Babushka was like, "girls, you need to give me more scriptures to read, I have already read all these!" so we gave her more verses, and she was like "No, give me a lot to read!" so we assigned her some chapters and she was happy.  She hugged and kissed us goodbye and was so happy and wants us to come back.  It was truly a miracle, missionaries have been working with Babushka forever.
We also had a few lessons with some less actives that were super spiritual and great.  We taught FHE about prophets last week and it was also really great.  Life as a missionary is up and down, but always worth it.  I am so lucky that I get to witness people accept Christ into their lives and change and follow him.  It is amazing to witness people pray for the first time, or read a verse of scripture that touches them.  It's hard to see people's trials and how much satan can drag them down, but it's wonderful to know how to help them.  Last week was our most successful week number wise, and the best week of the mission thus far. We are being so blessed here, and we are striving to be worthy of those blessings.  Sister Clark and I are constantly evauluating what we could do better and how we can change more to become better missionaries.  It is beyond great.  I am so happy, I love you all, the gospel is the best news to be sharing, and life is great. A side note-there is finally snow, and I think it is here to stay...but I think I will survive.  It's actually pretty with snow. I love you all!!!!

Cectpa DeMille