I don't even know where to begin. This week was a testimony to me that the Lord is aware of every single one of us. Like Christ says in D&C 61:36 'Be of good cheer, little children; for I am in your midst, and I have not forsaken you.'
On Wednesday we were knocking doors and met Maria, Mercedes, and Hilda. We also had a member with us who is going to the SAN JOSE CA mission this month! Her name is Sined. Anyways, we went inside their home and we offered a prayer, and once the prayer was over, before we could even say anything else Maria stood up and said I have a testimony to say. She was crying as she said, "I have been really sick lately. I just had surgery and I have been going through really hard things. And every time I pray to God and ask Him for something the answer is always no. So today I prayed and told Him I was mad and I am not going to ask Him for anything anymore. But you coming here today is a testimony to me that He is listening to me."
We then taught her the restoration. When I said the First vision the spirit in the room got so strong, and as Sister Mcaky, Sined and I bore our testimonies. The spirit in that room could have been cut with a knife. They continued to tell us that they were catholic and would not be baptized but they were in shock about us coming over. All three of them have been really struggling and they just couldn't stop thanking us.
As we all walked out of their house, Sined looked at us with so much excitement and shock.
Later that night we went to Magelas, and this quote she said will never leave me. She said "Before all of this (us coming over) I had no motivation and I was depressed. But now that I have the spirit I have hope, now that I have the Book of Mormon and everything else I have peace and I know everything is going to be okay." She's not even a member yet and she calls her self a Mormon. On Sunday she fasted and paid fast offerings. She is converted for life. The fullness it brings to my heart is unexplainable...more on her later.
The next day we knocked on another Marias door. She has been suffering a lot lately because she just lost her mom and her husband. After we said the prayer with her she said "last night I had a vision of two girls coming to pray with me." Then she said "do you get baptized by immersion, cause I was baptized catholic and I know that's not right." We hadn't even invited her to be baptized yet!!!
Later on Saturday night we were with Magela and we decided it was time to be bold. After some time I said "Magela, as representatives of Jesus Christ, the Lord helps us to understand what the people we are teaching need. I have been praying for you a lot. I promise you in the name of Jesus Christ if you and Alberto get married everything will work out. If you were married would you be baptized already?" without any hesitation she said "yes," Much more went into it but she said "okay I will ask him tonight."
Sister Mckay and I went over on Sunday morning so we could all say a prayer together to begin our fast. (oh yeah we were all fasting together yesterday) and she said "I told Alberto we were getting married on Tuesday, and he said okay."
But we had a minor set back with Alberto not having an ID, but we are working on it, and will have a baptism and a marriage soon! I wish I could explain how good it feels to be finally working on this situation. She is so ready, so elect.
Then last night at 10:28 as I was praying and the other 3 were getting ready for bed I heard a knock on our door, but I ignored it, then I heard it again. I got up and said "Is someone knocking on the door?" and we all kinda freaked out because well we are in Miami, and we see drug deals and cops in our neighborhood all the time. Our apartment is two floors and the sisters have a porch, so we opened the door on the porch and there was on older lady standing out there in the rain in a night gown. She saw us and said "I need to speak to someone who speaks spanish" I say "Okay we speak spanish." She says "Please I need your help" in tears "I was just diagnosed with cancer." Then Sister Ulin says "why did you knock on our door," not meaning it in a rude way, but in a way where we could understand why she was at our door. She thought it was rude and said "I know you are good Christian women and I thought you could help me" she then walked away. I yelled to her "Hermana!" She turned around Sister Ulin said "we cant leave the house past 10, but we are going to pray with you and will come visit you tomorrow okay?" We said the prayer and told her we would see her tomorrow.
I wish I could let you feel the spirit that was felt in these moments. Words can not describe or convey the power in all of this. People need us, and we need these people. Its all orchestrated perfectly.
THE LORD WILL NOT FORSAKE US.
LOVE YOU!!!
XOXOXOX
-Sister Koutz
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