Week 44

6/1/15

Well, I'm leaving Lompoc!  I'm going to be moving to Newberry Park and my new companion is......I don't know.  I will be training a new sister missionary so I don't know who it will be yet!  Tomorrow we are going to meet in Ventura and there I'm going to meet her :)  I am really excited to have this opportunity and to be able to serve and love her!  I am a little bit nervous because we will both be new to the area, but it's ok.  We will get lost together :)  I know that good things are going to happen these next 6 weeks and I am excited :)

My new address is:
1780 Via Calle Rojo APT. F
Newberry Park, CA
(I don't have the zip code yet, sorry)

But!  I am also sad to be leaving everyone in Lompoc!  I feel like part of my heart is going to stay here and I don't want to leave the members and the investigators.  But I know that this is what the Lord wants, so I have to trust Him.

This last week was so great!  We had a discuss with Beatriz, a new investigator and we taught her about the Restoration.  She is so READY!  She understood really well and she really liked what we taught.  We left her with a Book of Mormon and we invited her to read and pray about it.  She said that she will take the time to do it because she knows it is important.  We also went with Hermano Julian and we taught about the Plan of Salvation.  The Spirit was so strong and he really felt it and this time he accepted it!  At the end he thanked us told us that he felt so good and felt so peaceful.  I know that little by little he will let the Gospel into his heart and into his life again.  We had lots of other great discussions with members and less actives.  I have been able to see that everyone has a desire to be good and follow our Heavenly Father.  That fire to be baptized is still there inside of them but they let it go out a little bit.  Maybe it's not as big as it was before, but that testimony is still there.  We just have to help them to find it and help it grow.

This weekend we had a baptism and three brothers were baptized!  They are 16, 13, and 9 years old.  It was so cool to see them take this step :)

Well, I love you all so much, and hope that you have a great week!

- Hermana Cuevas Da Silva ♥

With Jack & Darlene at the Friendship House

Saying goodbye to Elena

Saying goodbye to the Trujillo family

Week 43

5/25/15

Hi Family!  I hope that you all had a great week :)

Here in California everything is going great!  There are three people who are preparing for baptism in our group.  Little by little we are growing.  The Bishop say that by mid-June we will be able to turn into a Branch!  We are all so excited :)  Especially the members of our little group.  You can feel their excitement to share this great message of the restored gospel.

Last week while we were knocking on doors, we found two really cool guys.  We found Carlos and Francisco.  We are going back this week and they both have a great desire to follow Jesus Christ and do what is right.  We were teaching Francisco about the restoration and then his friend Fabian came.  We were going to leave because it looked like they had plans, but Francisco said, "where are you going? My friend also needs to learn about Jesus Christ and His plan for him."  It was really cool and then we got to teach them both and we left them each with a Book of Mormon and we told them to read it and and pray about it that God would let them know if it was true.  He told us later when we say him again, "well sisters, I read it and I prayed and now I'm just waiting for God to answer."  We taught him more about the restoration of the church and about Joseph Smith and more about the Book of Mormon.  He has a great desire to learn more and discover the plan that our Heavenly Father has for him.

Brother Julian is coming along, little by little.  Our last discussion that we had with him, he gave the closing prayer and thanked God for sending us with the truth.  It was really cool to hear him pray.

Well, family, I just want to tell you that I love you all so much and that I love to share the Gospel.  I feel such a great joy in doing so.  I hope you all have a great weekend!

- Hermana Cuevas Da Silva ♥

The Uribe's daughters

Driving home

The Trujillo kid's birthday