So it was a rainy Sunday morning and we received a weather alert text. There have been a few tornado warnings in the area as well as really bad floods. The second is largely due to the fact that Houston has a terrible draining system. We did not hide in the bathtub though...Never knew that's what you should do in a tornado. Our power went out and we had to get ready for church with flashlights. But we still lived. No worries. No tornado. We're bueno.
I now have a new companion. Hermana P. No she is not from Provo but from Utah all the same. I quite enjoy her. Her Spanish is very beautiful and she's bomb at doing a Cuban accent. So J went to do baptisms for the dead in the temple! He loved it! He had to leave for Mexico the next day though :( We got a bunch of info for him about the church and the missionaries in Vera Cruz. We were a little worried but got a text not too long after the tornado madness that he was in the church building at sacrament meeting!
We were knocking the other day and met a kid who said he was "unfortunately agnostic." Uhhhh you can change that you know... Anyway he said his grandma would love to hear though. We went into the back of the house (kind of sketchy) and his cute little grandma was on her medical bed. She was hooked up to a bunch of wires and tubes and everything. We shared Helaman 5:12 with her and asked her about her relationship with Jesus Christ. We ended with a prayer and asked for us to pray for her friend M who is sick. This little old lady was in a hospital bed and can't move or walk or anything and asked us to pray not for her, but for her sick friend. I learned a lot from her in those short 5 minutes about the Christlike person I hope to one day become. Helaman 5:12 also brought to pass another miracle. The Bishop's Mother-in-law's sister is less active. So one day we decided to visit her. She only opened the door a crack and told us upfront that she is more interested in the Catholic church right when she opened the door. We asked her if we could just share a scripture with her. We shared Helaman with her and she went on and on about who Christ is to her. We left her with a prayer and then she basically told us not to come back. But guess what we did? 2 days later we were back on her doorstep. This time she let us in! We physically sat on her couch INSIDE. Pretty cool. She set up a return appointment too! The bishop and his mother-in-law couldn't believe it. Jesus saves, bro.
Everything is finally starting to click with our investigator J. She is really understanding the Priesthood and the keys that we have in this church that no one else has. She is excited to start coming to church. We have a lot of faith in her and know that as she continues praying for an answer, she will receive an unshakable testimony.
So we're getting iPads! Pretty neat. I was actually kind of bummed because it's kind of nice not having technology. BUT we are already seeing how much it can hasten the work of the Lord. We had a mission
conference with Elder Brent H. Nielsen from the 70. One thing that I loved was that everyone who spoke and trained today pleaded that we don't become "slaves to technology." We need to become totally transparent with ones we love. We can't let this blessing isolate us or control us. It's pretty cool and I'm pretty stoked to see how it
will open up doors to bless other's lives.
Con amor, Hermana Jorgensen
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