Heart Matters

Heart Attacks

We decided to do Heart Attacks on the members who live on our side this week. If was very fun to go around leaving heart shaped pieces of paper with scriptures written on them on the doors of members. The members loved it and even though we tried to do it secretly they all knew it was us. 

It was nice to do something nice for the members and I just love that something so simple can make people so happy. It was a reminder to me that when we are in the service of our fellow beings we are in the service of our God. Seeing people's faces glow with the light of Christ after it really made it clear that when we serve others it encourages them and makes them more excited to serve. 

Heart Broken

Artemio broke up with us. You ever had an investigator break up with you by giving you and your companion a box of chocolates, thanking you for all you've done for him, but then telling you his path is better solo? Well I have. The box of chocolates are Brazilian and very yummy, but they don't make up for the fact that Artemio won't be getting baptized. 

Not the break up chocolates, but I needed a picture...

Sometimes after all you can do things just fall through. It hurts a lot and it's hard to put your everything into something just to see it all be for nothing. But I know it wasn't for nothing and I know Artemio will be baptized one day, even if I'm not the one who does it. In the Gospel Library there's a video called "Wrong Roads." I really recommend watching this 2 minute video because I think it really illustrates that sometimes God lets us take the wrong road so we can be sure that we're on the right one. 

I'm gonna keep praying for Artemio, and keep praying to find the people the Lord needs me to find, because I know that the Lord will guide me if I look to him. 

Heart Mended

Another thing I've learned is when some things fall through, new roads open. We were out knocking houses the other day and I felt a prompting to knock a particular house, but the guy was outside his house so I felt very awkward trying to get his attention, but finally I decided to knock anyways. We normally ask people if we can share a quick message of hope or peace with them and normally people say no,

But this guy said yes! He said yes and we shared the Restoration with him. He liked it a lot and he told us he wanted to come to church with us (which ended up being a bust because of the rain), and gave us his phone number and address so we could pass by. 

We're gonna have our first real lesson with him tomorrow in the church building and I'm so excited! When one door closes another one opens! Pray for Ezequiel this week! 

Heart Failure 

It rained so no one came to church this week. Nah cause why does this always happen. I swear it rains like every Sunday and only Sundays. Trial of faith be real up in here (and everyones failing). We still managed to find 3 new people on a Rainy Sunday here through phone calls so all was not lost! Next Sunday pray for sun! (But not too much sun because then people will go to the beach instead of church.)