The weather here has been fine. A little bit of rain but I am not really sure if that is because of Florence or just because it rains here. The part of Virginia I am in probably won't really get hit but the storm but the people in my last area will get a lot of rain.
This week we went on two exchanges and it was super great! We did a lot of finding and talked with some people. I love being able to learn from different sisters and see how they do missionary work :)
This week we taught a man and his wife, Edwin and Lily. It was a very interesting lesson. We sat down and Edwin went to get Lily and we think they may have been fighting before we got there. Anyways, so we start the lesson and teach the restoration. We asked Lily to end the lesson by praying and it took a lot of prodding since she didn't really want to but once she started she was going and started praying for Edwin's brother who is in jail and there was a super big rush of emotion and she started crying really hard and talking about how he is innocent and all this stuff but it all worked out and they said they would come to church on the days they aren't visiting his brother in prison.
As of Sunday after church we had found 1 new person to teach for the week and we had a goal for 5. So we get going and we go back to teach this lady that we found on exchanges and she invited us in and we taught her and her two teenage daughters the restoration. They moved here from honduras a couple of months ago and the daughters don't speak any English but they are going to school here and its super hard for them because they don't understand much of what is going on. They really enjoyed the lesson and are excited to have us back later this week. We are really excited to start teaching them. A couple minutes later we found another new person to teach and then we had reached out goal!
I recently started the Book of Mormon over and I have been reading the story of Nefi and his brothers. I have been really amazed at the forgiving heart that Nefi has towards his brothers. Those guys are literally trying to kill him at some points and are doing everything they can to torment him and rebel against Lehi who is literally a prophet of God, but Nefi is always praying for them to have soft hearts and repent and then when they do he is very quick to forgive them. I feel like that is how God is with us and all of his children everywhere. Whenever we sin or go against what he is teaching us, He is hoping for us to change our hearts and right when we do He is ready to forgive. I know that God is a god of mercy and forgiveness.
I hope you have a great week.
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