Dear family,
It has been an eventful week!
On Tuesday we had a
conference with Elder Ochoa (of the seventy, also of the Central America
Presidency).
He talked a lot about faith
and the importance of increasing our faith and helping others to do the same.
He basically told us that Honduras desperately needs missionaries and that the
only thing we can really do to help these people is to help them get baptized
and then keep their covenants.
Hna Hill and I are trying to
use the Book of Mormon more in our teaching and contacting, and I think it is
helping. There was a time where the mission was short on copies of the Book of
Mormon, and I think we got out of the habit of using it as much as we should,
but we are now starting to talk about and loan a copy often from the first or
second time we talk to them or teach them, often before we explain about Joseph
Smith.
So you remember
that yarn you put in my Christmas package just to be cute? I found a use for it
this week. And, yes, string is always useful. We took our new family to a
member's house on Friday for a Noche de Hogar (FHE). We taught the lesson on
the Restoration. We had already taught the family about prophets and priesthood
authority, so we reviewed that and then moved on to talk about how the Lord
established his church in ancient times--prophets, apostles, priesthood, and
revelation. We tied a long stretch of string from a tree to a pole and then
turned out the lights, it was dark outside, so the only light was my
flashlight. We then asked several family members to follow the string--blindfolded--to
reach the light. Easy. While the mom was walking we cut the string. And she got
lost---the Great Apostasy. We then diced up the string. Part of it was lost
(authority). Other parts (faith, hope, works, peace, etc.) were spread around
to make other churches. Finally we taught about the first vision and how the
Lord once again restored prophets, apostles, priesthood, and revelation. And
then we restored a new length of string. We at least enjoyed ourselves, and I
think it helped them.
On Sunday
disaster struck. The family is planning to move out of our area. Still in the
ward, but much farther from the church. They weren't even going to come to
church Sunday, but (miracle!) they slipped in for the end of Sacrament meeting,
but then left. We are hopefully going to have a family home evening with them
tonight, and see what we can do to help them keep progressing. If you want to
keep family Hernandez in your prayers, it wouldn't hurt.
Have a wonderful week!
Love,
Hermana Davis
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