Solid Week in Texas

So I thought I'd feel you in a bit on the peeps here in La Joya:) 

We taught a lady this week named Maria De Los Santos, what a perfect name I thought being that the name of the church in Spanish is La Iglesia de Jesucristo DE LOS SANTOS de Los ultimas Dias. So when we were first teaching her we had stopped to look at our map and I looked up to find an address when I saw her standing outside her house. So I waved and she waved back, and I had the thought come to me, "you prayed for the Lord to put people in your path", well we all know that was the Spirit! So I told my companion, "Come on Elder Newns we're going to talk to this lady!" So as we began to teach about the Book of Mormon her face lit up and she said there are prophesies of other books coming forth in the Bible and we told her yes this is the fulfillment of that prophesy! Well the next time we went back we sat down with both her and her husband and as we taught she would ask us to look up random scriptures in the Bible that would testify of the message of the Restoration. She would say things like "you see it testifies that there would be an apostasy and that Christ would restore the truth again in the last days." Well I think that about did it! Her family is amazing! 

That same night we had the thought while driving to go visit Ever, an investigator we hadn't talked to in a bit. Well turns out that very same day he had left the house, after getting hooked on drugs in Mexico and then being caught under the influence driving here in America the family was left with little ones, a mother and family members that were enduring a lot. Well God lead us to them and we were able to share a message of Christ and of hope. Well God had answered their prayers and it was amazing. Ever's sister said the last prayer and it was so filled with the Spirit! They came to church on Sunday and they loved it. The tough Mexican mama said she had come to church just to accompany her daughter but said she left really being accompanied by her daughter that when she was there all she felt was love and peace. 

It's been an amazing week! Sorry no photos but I hope that the email makes up for it just a tiny bit:) I love you all and know that God hears and answers our prayers in his perfect timing!