Okay, so I think I just had the BEST day of my whole mission yesterday! I am so happy right now. So first of all, the ''Super Cambio'' of 8 weeks ended on Sunday. Hermana Martos and I are staying together here in San Juan, Whoohooo!!!! She is so fun, we're pretty much the same person but she's the Peruvian version and I'm the American one. Haha it's great :)
So here's the amazing story. Last Wednesday, we had a training with Elder Carlos Godoy and it was amazing! I learned a lot of great stuff. That afternoon, we were walking down the street and we saw a family--a husband, wife, and their son. My companion pulled out a little card with Christ on it and we gave it to them. Jennifer, the wife, was very interested. Her husband Oscar wasn't super interested, but he didn't reject us either, so that was good. Their son, Joshua, was just a happy little boy! I told Jennifer I liked her shirt and she was like ''I like your eyes!'' Haha the people here aren't used to hazel eyes :) Anyway, we tried to visit them on Sunday but they weren't home. On Sunday night, we went to bed and I was saying my prayers. I asked a special blessing to my Heavenly Father that He would help us find a family this week that is ready to be baptized in this cambio. I didn't know if it would be Jennifer and Oscar or another family, but I was willing to do whatever it takes to find this chosen family. I have already seen so many amazing miracles here, so I knew God would work more miracles. Well, yesterday morning, we went back to the house ofJennifer and Oscar. Jennifer came out and was really happy to see us. She asked us to come back in the afternoon so we could teach her and her husband together. She told us she wanted something to help her family come closer to God. It was a perfect situation :)
I was super excited all day to be able go visit them. We got to their house yesterday in the afternoon and they let us in. We started talking and getting to know them and began to teach the Restoration of the Gospel. They understood everything and they were both super receptive! When I invited them to read and pray about the Book of Mormon, Jennifer was like ''Of course! How are we not going to read it?'' It was like there was no other option for her. We told them how we felt that God had sent us there and everything. Jennifer said that the day we talked to them in the street, she had been praying for something that would help her marriage and family be stronger. Isn't it amazing how God works? He had every little thing planned out so that we could find them and talk to them in the street and find their house (it's pretty hidden and hard to find), but He made it all happen. I am just blown away by how perfect He is and this amazing miracle we have.
I keep crying of complete joy for all that has happened. I cannot believe how amazing my Heavenly Father is. I was reading my mission calling yesterday and there's a part that says ''Greater blessings and more happiness than you have yet experienced await you as you humbly and prayerfully serve the Lord in this labor of love among His children.'' I know that this promise is true. I have never been more happy in my whole life. I love being a missionary!!!!!!!!! :) :) :)
Well, that's my happy story :) I hope you all can find complete joy this week! I love you all!!!
Love, Hermana Winward :)
2 Nefi 27:23
P.S. Funny/really sad story: In Sunday School the other day, there was a bird that came into the room. It was flying back and forth from these little windows near the ceiling, but it couldn't find a way out (even though it was right next to the window!). Unfortunately, there are two ceiling fans in the room that were turned on and no one thought to turn them off. After flying back a forth a few times, the bird flew into the ceiling fan and feathers began flying around the room. The bird was on the ground, still alive, but its chest had been cut open. Someone picked it up and took it outside and told us later that it had died. One member said that it was a sign that the Holy Ghost had died in our class and my companion said it was our only investigator in church that day. Haha it was pretty sad... pobrecito.
