Week 69

11/23/15

Hi Family!

Sending you greetings and a big hug from Camarillo California, where you don't feel any cold at all and it doesn't feel like November.

Well, as you know, I am working with Hermana Brown and we had a great week!  I am so happy and thankful to be able to be her last companion and to have a friend as my companion more than anything. :)

We are teaching a lot of good people.  We have an investigator named Porfirio who was a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses his whole life.  Right now he is an inactive member and has lots of questions.  Yesterday we had a really great discussion about Jesus Christ and His great sacrifice for us.  It was cool because during the discussion he asked us questions that I have never had asked and truthfully, I didn't have any idea how to answer.  But taking time to think and pray to our Heavenly Father about what we should say, the Holy Ghost put in our minds what we should say and it was perfect for him!  The Spirit really is the teacher and I know that by following the whisperings of the Spirit, we can teach according to his will.

We also met a family that was a member referral, they are the family Barrajas.  They are a couple with two children.  They are so nice and you can really feel the Spirit so strong in their home.  We taught them how to pray because they only knew the memorized prayers like "Our Father".  So the concept of being able to prayer what they want to say was weird fro them.  But their son Alex, who is 10 years old, said he wanted to say the prayer but he didn't know what to say.  So, I told him in his ear what to say and he said it so good!  At the end he said he loved it and that he wants to always say the prayer!

I know that the Lord is preparing so many people and we don't have time to count all of them.  But I know that He uses us as instruments in His work.  And not just us as missionaries, but all of us as members!  Us missionaries can't do our work without the members.  So, don't be scared to share your testimonies because there are so many people that need the gospel but they don't know where to find it!  And it's with us!  We have to share they light that we have inside of us.

Have a great week :)  Read and study the council and talks by our beloved prophet Thomas S. Monson.  I know that he is the Prophet chosen by God to guide us in these latter days.  I know that by following his council, we can be happy :)

I love you all so much!

- Hermana Cuevas Da Silva ♥

Hermana Brown!  My new companion

Our District

I saw Omar, Cristina, and their family yesterday at Stake Conference :D