A miracle with a plot twist

8/16  This week we saw another incredible miracle with a bit of a plot twist. We were walking down the street contacting with a member when we heard a woman calling us over to the other side of the street. We crossed to go talk to her. Her name is Delia and she told us that she has been here in Spain for 8 months, but just before she came she and her family were visiting with the missionaries in Honduras and she was just about to get baptized when she left for Spain. She told us that all her family members have been baptized in Honduras, and she is the only one missing. We set a visit with her a few days later, taught a wonderful first lesson, and set a baptismal goal for the 27th of August. She is so prepared! Then she threw us a curve ball and told us where she lives. She lives just crossing the line into the other elders' area. Though I don't understand why things like this keep happening, I know that if I don't do what I'm suppose to, I'll loose blessings. So, as hard as it was, I again passed her to the other elders. As I said when we did the same with Liliana, the most important thing is that she gets baptized. It doesn't matter which pair of missionaries does it.

Our other investigators are doing well. Manuel this week mentioned that this church is the church for him. He straight up told us that he has no objections, and that he has everything very clear. Ima on the other hand is full of doubts. Manuel says he will only get baptized if his whole family can be baptized together, but the issue is, the only way I can see his family progressing is if Manuel gives the example to follow by being baptized. We will continue to work with him on that.

Every visit we have with Eva Maria, she says that she can't wait to be baptized. She is absorbing everything we teach like a sponge. She came to all three hours of church this week and loved it. She also came to the family home evening again with the Mambo family. She is loving every part of the church. We are excited to help her with the word of wisdom this week, and help her get that much closer to baptism.

The lesson I have learned from my experiences this week is that the Lord uses us as tools in His hands to bring about His work. Delia was praying to find the missionaries. She needed to get baptized, so the Lord used us in order to find her. Although we won't be able to teach her, I am content knowing that we were able to be tools in the Lord's hands that were able to find her and answer her prayers. It is such a privilege as missionaries to be constantly blessed with the opportunity to follow spiritual promptings and answer people's prayers. The Lord knows those who are prepared, just as I said last week, and He uses us in order to find them.