August 11, 2014

August has started off at a mad dash!   This last Tuesday we received our new companions....and I returned to my area!  I was so happy!  My companion is my second companion that is not new to the field.  Hermana Gonzalez is from Nicaragua and has 6 months in the mission, but holy smokes she works and teaches like she's been doing this for years!  We are working super hard and we both have high goals for this transfer.  This last week we found a ton of new investigators, eighteen new investigators!  From there we have to see who will actually progress, so we'll be weeding it down a little bit this week.  It feels so great getting to get out and work hard. 

We had a great lesson with one of my favorite investigars.  She is super sweet and wants to be baptized but she has to get married first.  We had a lesson with her 'spouse' yesterday and it was excellent. We got to understand why he is nervous about marriage. He's afraid of it falling apart. We told them that if a marriage is based on Christ and they constantly work towards improving their relationship with Him, their relationship will also improve and survive any trial.  They are going to pray about it.  Love them! 

One of the most interesting things that happened was talking with a man who wants to know our point of view about the soul.  He doesn't believe that it exists.  His logic is all science built, but as he explained the science of what he believed, I couldn't help thinking of how it is basically what we believe....just with religious words.   There's a mormon message that talks about science and religion, how they both testify of the existence of God.  The Bible says that by at least two witnesses will the things of Heaven be revealed.  So, science and religion are two witnesses of the same thing. 

It has been great being in my area again and I love being able to work hard.  Looking forward to what we can accomplish here in 5 weeks!   Love you all and take care!

Also...next week I will not write on Monday. We go to the temple Wednesday! So I will write on the 20th.  Don't Panic.  :D

 

Love you all!

Hermana Schultz