Elder Petersen, Elder Millett and Elder Enriquez.
Elder Millett and Elder Enriquez. Hermana Dayes and
Hermana Comstock.
"We found a Denny´s and went, it was pretty gross and I don't think we are going to go back again but it was pretty fun!"
That is Jenifer who just got baptized on Saturday with her uncle Hermano Cruz who baptized her!
Leandro is in the red tie in front of me, Adrian is behind me. Jenifer, Cati Hermano Cruz, and my companions.
Had a really spiritual experience teaching Jenifer on Thursday. Last Sunday (a week ago) in companionship inventory Elder Petersen expressed to Elder Enriquez and I that he would like more time to talk - he has the least amount of time in the mission and said that sometimes Elder Enriquez and I are talking and he gets a prompting to say something but we keep talking and by the time it gets to him he doesn't have anything left to say because we have already said it. So this week I've been trying on keeping my segments shorter and to-the-point to allow Elder Petersen to follow his promptings. Anyway, during the lesson Elder Petersen said something, and then I said something, and then Elder Enriquez said something, so naturally it was going to fall to Elder Petersen again (it isn't really good to fall into a pattern like this in teaching but it is super hard with a trio companionship to divide the time evenly). While Elder Enriquez was talking, I felt prompted to ask Adrian (other 13-year-old cousin of Jenifer who was in the lesson with us) to share an experience he had had in the temple with Jenifer. I realized that it was Elder Petersen's turn next but I really didn't want to miss the opportunity to ask Adrian this question and let him share his testimony with Jenifer so I resolved in my mind to just go after Elder Enriquez. Then, as Elder Enriquez was coming to an end of speaking, the Spirit whispered to me "Trust that your companion Elder Petersen will be inspired to ask the same questions." I hesitated as Elder Enriquez stopped speaking, but was about to speak anyway when the Spirit told me again that I needed to trust Elder Petersen. So I didn't say anything. The first words that came out of Elder Petersen's mouth were the exact ones I had planned on saying! "Adrian, ¿antes usted ha tenido la oportunidad de asistir al templo?" I was pleasantly surprised that he had used the same wording I was going to use. Adrian answered positively and Elder Petersen continued with a second question, again with the same wording I had planned on using. "¿Le gustaría compartir con su prima una experiencia que tuvo en el templo?". I know that we are all the Lord's servants and that as long as we are worthy, my companions and I will be blessed by the unity of the Spirit. The spirit is the real teacher - it tells us what to say and how we can say it to help the people understand and feel the desires to come closer to Christ.
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