Crazy, Crazy Week!

Ok, little milagros to start. Last week we were reading emails and Emily's wouldn't load and then none of the photos were anywhere. So I tried everything to fix it, finally Elder Riding says dude say a pray so I do. Instantly they all pop up and start working! Today we needed one more quarter for laundry and had nothing! So he says a quick prayer, I throw out an amen, walk out to throw away trash and boom there is a quarter just out of the corner of my eye, walk back in and we are good to go! And this morning at 5 I rolled out of bed said a prayer and included asking for energy to work out. Start have a great work out. My comp was struggling and said he felt sick so I told him, bro say a pray helped me this morning. So he does, starts working out and says man I feel all better. So just three but amazing testimony builders to us this week that the Lord provides and always hears our prayers no matter how small the matter! God is great! 

Next thing up, Elder Riding and I woke up at 3AM did our daily lifts and immediately got ready and drove down to McAllen it was so awesome, mostly because I took a baby nap in the back;) The mission president is the absolute best! I can't even explain to you how awesome that meeting was! He taught us so deeply that my brain can't even wrap around all that he said. I am still thinking a lot on what he said! I am extremely grateful for that! :) Listening to him speak has given me a lot of motivation and desire to dig even deeper in the scriptures to learn them and to understand them. His understanding of them was awesome! He basically taught us that in order to bring people to the fold we must first help them understand the why by showing them the destination - La vida eterna then the how they can obtain it then we help them get there! BOOM! Let's go baby! He of course went into things so crazily awesomely deep that I would need to be in person to explain! :D 

Ok crazy new investigator story. So last week during our mormon.org hour this guys sits down and the Spirit says get out! So we leave but I had a prompting to give him a Jesus card that said hope you have a great day man! He runs after us and we are walking very fast thinking we are about to die in a library when he catches us and says thanks that card really helped a lot. Fast forward a couple days I'm on an exchange with the ZL's and I'm picking up pennies when I look up, there he is, the same guy on the street. So we talk to him teach him a little bit and set up a time for him to meet us at the church the next day for a tour. He ends up coming and walked across town to get there. We give him the tour he said I don't even know why I'm here.... not the first time I've heard that... So we tell him we can get him a ride for church if he wants he said we really don't have too etc. Fast forward a few days - Elder Riding and I are walking down the road knocking doors when this lady answers and we teach a little, set up a time to come back, and all is well. As we turn to walk away, up walks her son ... the same guy!!!! So we say hi, he's shifty as always, but slowly warming up to us. Well appt falls through with the fam and we sort of lose contact. Sunday rolls around and a new convert goes by to pick him up and he comes! He comes to church!!! Once again he says he doesn't know why he's even here but he likes parts of it and slowly warms up to it little by little bit more! Well the reason he came was because of the Spirit and church is the place he needs to be!:) Man you can see little changes happening already. I'm so excited to help him receive that full joy and light of Christ in his life!!! 

There are sooo soooo sooo many more amazing stories I could share and milagros from this week but I've got to go! I love you all and this work is the work of the Lord. So to all who aren't members just give the Book of Mormon a chance, open it and read and then pray! 

Papa Bear ... how NOT to ride a bike. ;)

Doing service for members.

Got hit by chew from a drive by shooting - turned into a great new family we are teaching!