December 4, 2009

Hey everybody!everything is going great here! of course it is:) i have a story to tell you, two in fact! so, we had to teach the first lesson to our teacher the other night because hna squires got sick so we had an uneven number of companionships. anyway, we've taught it before of course but only to other elders and sisters. my teacher is super intimidating. i'm pretty sure he played football for BYU and he's huge! but probably the most loving person in the whole world, and SO spiritual! anyway, he taught us first and then we were supposed to teach him back but his lesson was so amazing and we were just really overwhwlmed and we know we can't teach that well, so it was incredibly humbling! i almost cried just thinking about it... but that's probably just cuz it's that time of the month:) haha i know it's too much information but i don't care!!! so, we tauhgt and it ended up being really good. the spirit was really strong and even though he was being way too nice for an investigator, still we taught with power!then last night was awesome! we had an appt to teach a teacher and we started teaching and it just wasn't very good. we were going through the lesson but the spirit wasn't there. the teacher stopped us and was like, ok i just have a couple questions. does he know why you're in his house? do you know why he invited you? do you know anything about what he believes? and at this point i was already on the verge of tears! and then he asked me, " Sister, why are you hear?" and even though i've known it all along it just hit me really hard, and i said, " i'm here because not only does God love me, but he loves all his children so much and he wants them to come back to Him! that's what He wants more than anything. I'm in this house because this is God's son and He want him to be happy and know the way to get back!" or something to that extent and i was bawling! and the teacher said, tell him that! tell him why your here and there is no way he can deny your message. and then find out what he needs and help him. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is what can help him!so when he came back in we started over completely! and when i say me, i mean I started over completely. hna Georgeson was just having some sort of stupor or something. and i think maybe God knew i needed this and that's why she didn't talk at all. i don't know, but i just got to know his concerns and testified to him that God does love him and so does Jesus Christ. and I paused for hna Georgeson but she wouldn't speak so i just kept going and it was SO amazing and powerful for me! the spirit was so strong! and afterward we had to stop in the bathroom and just cry for a minute but they were good tears:)i don't know if i really got across what i wanted to, but the point was, i never want to forget that feeling of love for God's children. I've never experienced that before and i think that's how i should feel toward everyone on my mission and then i'll be able to help so many people!!!that's all. sorry that one story took up my whole letter but it was a WOW moment for me so i had to share!thanks for the letters:) i want some pics too!Love you all,Hermana Jones