So this has been an awesome week!! Lots of work and lots of fun! There
are so many things I want to tell you!! So I will share some fun
stories...
First off...God has a good sense of humor because look what happened.
We have been praying for a family of five people to find and teach and
baptize. And well they always teach us to be specific in our prayers
and we weren't specific enough because in Spanish we said "..Padre
ayúdanos encontrar la familia de cinco.." And well this week we found
Gabriel and Maria Cinco. Yep that's there last name jaja They just
moved here from Monterrey and we are excited to teach them but we were
not expecting that as our answer for the family of five jaja But God
works in mysterious ways so maybe they are the family we needed to
find!
Then we found the Franco family. We went looking for a less active
family and knocked on the wrong door (the door of the Franco family).
They told us which was the right house and we thanked them and went to
go on the right door. We wanted to tell them(Franco family) about the
gospel but they didn't open their screen door. So we went knocked on the
door of the less active family and they weren't home. My companion
hermana Smith and I both felt that we had to go back to the Franco`s
house so we did. We knocked on the door and they answered! they
accepted us in their house and they told us that they wanted to get
closer to God and we were glad that we came back. Its was so amazing to
see the reward of following the spirit!! They are an amazing family of
four!
Then we found Paul and Erika and their two children. It was like
8:30pm and we had nothing else to do because all of our plans fell
through sadly. We didn't want to go home early so we decided we were
going to go tracking in our housing track. We were walking and there
was NO ONE in the streets. We were determined to find someone tho so
we kept looking. My companion Hermana Smith all of a sudden says she
saw a key and I was like okay..and she insisted we find the key. So we
took out our cell and used the little lamp we had to find the key and
after a few minutes I found the key! Then I thought now what...Well we
knocked on the door off the house in front and they told us that it
wasn't their key and that maybe it was the neighbors key and shut the
door fast. We went to knock the neighbors house and nobody was home
but just in that minute the family pulled into the driveway. They
came out of the car with puzzled faces and the first thing I said was ,
"Hola, buenas noches, creo que encontramos su llave." They were so
happy that we found it!! They went all the way to a beach called San
Carlos to go find the key and couldn't find it. They were so happy
that we found it like super super happy because it was a key to their
motorcycle. They invited us to teach them the gospel and said they
wanted to go to church and share the gospel with their friends. We
joked later and Hermana Smith and I were saying we may of given them
the key to their motor cycle but next we will give them the key to
enter the waters of baptism and begin their journey living the gospel
to make it back to our eternal home. We thought we were clever jaja
But really it was such a cool experience!! They are such a prepared
family!!
Okay last one...there is more but I can't write them all. So usually as
missionaries we say good morning, good afternoon and good night to the
whole world because we are nice like that jaja Well one day after
lunch we were walking to an appointment and said "Buenas tardes" to a
woman in the street she didn't respond and we thought hmmm thats weird
and kind of rude but turns out she was crying! She looked startled
when we passed by because I think she was thinking of a lot of things
and then said said softly " Buenas tardes muchachas". I knew and felt
we had to talk to her...so we did! We shared a brief message with her
and showed her a video and she just started crying more and told us
this is what she needed. More than anything she needed help with her
oldest son. We told her that our message was for the families and that
we could help her if she put her faith in the Lord. She told us where
she lived and we made an appointment and hugged and kissed us. I know
that God helped us find her in that moment and that the gospel will
bless their lives.
But yes as you can see many miracles are happening here in Guaymas!!! I
love it here so much. We have so much work to do that I don't have too
much time to think of other things so that's good!! I love this work
and I am so blessed to be a part of it. The gospel is true and I love
sharing it!! I hope this letter finds you all well and surrounded with
love. Have a great week and we will talk more next time!!! Love you
guys!!! SO MUCH!! :)
Con todo mi amor,
Hermana Rauch
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