Touching cows and sowing seeds! April 18, 2016

Blackberry bushes grow so big here.

What a great week! Full of ups and downs! Just like missionary life
should be.

We had a lesson with Jose. We gave him a church tour, and he thought
it was all very interesting, especially when we told him that
President Monson raised pigeons too. But the best part was when we
walked into the chapel. We stood there in awe for a moment just
feeling the power from above. We had a great lesson with him about the
gospel of Jesus Christ. We pestered him all morning before church, but
he decided not to come. But he wishes to be baptized on May 14, so
pray for him!

We had the greatest lesson with Ron and Ryan. Oh they make us so
happy! They just feel like family. I guess that is what charity is
like. Ryan has had interesting experiences in the past while serving
in the military, and totally believes in God and has completely turned
his life around. It's funny because he said he used to think Mormon
missionaries were desperate. But now, he is really considering
baptism. Ron is a little hesitant, but that's kind of expected with
everything that has happened lately with his wife passing away
recently. He really does want to get sealed to her, so that will help
him out. We taught them the restoration on Tuesday. On Sunday,
we had a lesson scheduled in Drain. We had a member take us there, but
the lesson got cancelled. We then felt as if we should go see Ron and
Ryan at their ranch ( which by the way, they let me pet their baby cows,
oh that was so awesome!) and they just bombarded us with questions.
Good questions. It was such a blessing to go and see them, we just
love them so much.

We ended the week with a lesson with Chris. This week we taught him
the Word of Wisdom, he wants to get baptized on April 30th! He, at first, was a
little hesitant to give up coffee, but as soon as he  decided that he
was going to try it out, the Spirit touched him. He felt so much joy,
and he knew he was making the right decision.  Pray for him and his
wife, Connie. They are so close to being just perfectly happy
together. We meet he best people here.

We went tracting all day on Friday and Saturday, and didn't find
anyone. It was really discouraging. But I can now testify to you that
I know that the Savior will uplift and help us through whatever
challenges we are going through. He can give him our weaknesses. He
can uplift us.

Alma 26 is now my favorite chapter.