How is everyone's week?? I hear it's super hot back at home! Hope you are all surviving alright ;) Just be glad you have air con and don't have to rely on electric fans...
This week has been....AMAZING!!!!! The Lord has answered so many of our pleading prayers. :) I wish I had time to highlight it all.
Romel is doing great!! His whole family has been coming to church for 2 weeks now :) He and his wife! And their two boys :) Cyrus is excited for his baptism as well! He is such a brilliant kid. And the very first thing he does when we walk in their home is start telling us about what he read in his Book of Mormon Stories book. Haha! Not even a "hello". It's just, "Ah! Nephi went back to Jerusalem! And...." Hahaha he cracks me up :) I love him. Romel and his son will be baptized on July 11 :)
We are also teaching a guy named Noel! He's doing great too!! His baptism will be on July 19th! If I had more time, I'd tell you about him too.
What I want to highlight most is the powerful lesson we had last night...
First off, there are 2 recent converts. Brother Orly--the elders had just contacted him on the street (Orly is a trike driver). He was baptized back in January. Then he was able to help his wife accept visits from the missionaries and was baptized back in April. They really really want their 3 kids to be baptized, but they aren't really interested and are all going to church to different religions. We first contacted their youngest, Jet. He's 17 years old. But he was super shy. He said he would come to church that next week. Well...sunday came and Brother Orly and his wife had someone with them!! But it wasn't Jet... haha. It was Reymart, their nephew! He was really receptive, we went to their house that night and taught him. We thought he would come to church yesterday....but we were surprised to see that he wasn't there...but somebody ELSE was with Brother Orly and his wife!! Haha, their 2nd oldest son, LA! He is 19 and he also brought along his girlfriend, Alexandria! They were awesome!
They actually really enjoyed church! The ward here is so great, they had friends welcoming them with open arms right away! We visited them as well after church. Well just LA. He said that he was impressed that it felt like one big family when he came to church.
We taught him Lesson 1. It was incredible :) I don't have the words to describe it. The Spirit was just so powerful! I literally don't know how to describe it. Everyone in the room was just smiling so big. We could all feel it! LA wanted to be baptized right away. We invited him to first pray to gain a witness from the Spirit about the message and the Book of Mormon. And we set a baptismal date for July 25!! We asked him to give the closing prayer. As he began to pray, he got emotional....It was a beautiful prayer. When we said, "Amen." All of us had tears streaming down our faces and smiles so wide. It is one of the sweetest moments that I will never forget. Natalie and Orly were especially emotional. Their long, patient prayers that their kids would join the church, have begun to be answered. :) This work is AMAZING!!
We are going back to teach LA and Alexandria tomorrow! They will probably both be baptized on July 25th!!
M I R A C L E S!!!!!!!!!! I can't even describe how much I've seen the Lord's hand in our work. Yesterday, we had 8 investigators at church! We are just amazed at this fruit that He is unveiling in front of our eyes.
I know this is true. :) Our Father loves us so much. He DOES answer our prayers. In His own way, and in His own time. And it is always for our good, because He loves us that much. He is aware of us all. Every single one of us. Even you. Yes, you. The one reading this :) Don't ever forget that. HE LOVES YOU.
I hope you all have incredible week. Take a little more time this week in your prayers to Him. Because He truly is listening. Are you? :)
MAHAL KO KAYO!!
Sister Oyler
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