Dearest Family,
This was a really awesome week! We saw lots of cool miracles with the missionary work. Eva Vasquez, the sweet lady that I said we were losing to the Jehovah's Witnesses...has a date for February 9th!!!!!!!!!!!! The lesson we had with her was just incredible! We had planned to talk more about the Restoration, but both of us, in personal study on morning, felt like we should go through the Articles of Faith, which outline our belief's as Latter-Day Saints. We went though them one by one and she found that she actually DID agree with all of our beliefs! It was super Spirit-directed. I love the feeling of following promptings that result in helping others. There is nothing better! We had another lesson this week withe Hno. Jose Noesi, he is the non-member husband of a sweet older lady in our ward. He was home one night when we went to teach Hna. Noesi and he decided to actually come when we invited him! Usually he goes into the other room. This first lesson with him last week was just intense. He had lots of questions and spoke really fast...sometimes those lessons just stress me out. But this one wasn't too bad because the Spirit was still there in our lesson. Hispanics just talk really loud when they speak...ANYWAYS. We had another lesson with him this week. We found that the majority of his questions come from not understanding the Heavenly Father's plan for us. So we prepared a BOMB lesson using only the Bible because he is weary about the Book of Mormon still...and...his heart was so softened. It was incredible y'all!! The tone of the lesson was completely turned around and he was calm and listened. It was obvious that he felt the Spirit so strongly, he even teared up. And his wife, who didn't believe that he could or want to change, was awe-struck! It's amazing to me that I can study the scriptures as much as I want, but if I don't listen to the Spirit and teach to the spiritual needs of God's children, I will not find the other half of success, which is to bring others to Christ.
So, my crazy pitbull experience...We went to see Eva last night. So we park, walk up the drive way and Hna. Wilzbach is walking in front of me. We're about to turn the corner and she stops dead in her tracks and I run into her. I asked what happened and she said, "Is it nice?" I look and see a white and black pitbull! Well it belongs to Eva's son, and I've pet the dog before and everything so I said, "Ya she's so sweet!" so I walk up and pet her. Hna. Wilzbach walks slowly behind me, timid as ever, and then the dog starts to growl deep in it's throat...So I feel like I should just take a step back...and I did. But right when I did it lunged for me barking like crazy! Luckily it was tied...but I turned and ran anyways. As I turned I looked for Hna. Wilzbach...ha ha ha ha the woman was already half-way to the car!! It was a pretty funny experience. We laughed about it after our hearts stopped racing and we checked for each limb. Then late that evening we went to visit Estela who has this obnoxious little white, fluffy dog. We walk up to her house and the little yapper comes running but doesn't even get close so we don't worry about it. We ring the doorbell and wait for a minute. As I'm looking at the door, waiting, I hear Hna. Wilzbach say, "Um...there are 2 other flippin' dogs behind us!" So I turn around and there is this one tall and skinny dog doing come kind of possessed potty dance and a black medium size dog just staring, along with the white yapper(still yapping). We are pretty much surrounded and Estela obviously wasn't home and we tried to slowly make it to our car. But the possessed one started to look like it was choking! So I ask it if it's choking. But it doesn't answer, probably because it was choking. But maybe also because it's a dog. We made it to our car but the choking possessed dog that has a bladder problem followed us all the way to the car. Hopefully we don't see him again.
Well those are my stories for this week! I hope y'all have a wonderful week and remember that I love y'all so much! Be good and safe!
Love,
Hna. Erica Florence
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