Week 62

Hahah mom I am sorry I made a mistake last week.  I said 10 companionship but it was only 10 missionaries. Typing too fast.

Well I just feel so grateful to here that you are going to have an awesome family day.  I am far away but my heart is there with you all.  You don't know how much peace it brings to a missionaries heart to hear that everything is going well back at home.  I know missionaries that left inactive families or who are divorved.  And sometimes they go a month or two without hearing from their families in email!  What faith those missionaries have.  Oh how I want to be able to handle my trials like them one day.  What a blessing you are for me.  THANK YOU!

Well another week gone by and I am enjoying the mission more then ever.  We have been having some crazy lightning storms here lately.  I thought that I knew what heavy rain was and a bad lightning storm but wow it is a whole new world here.  They don't last very long but it is insane.  At night we turn off all the light and we live on the second floor with a lot of windows so we can just see Monterrey being destroyed by lightning.  It looks so sweet.  The other night at 820 pm we were going to our visit someone and met someone in the street.  Within seconds it started pooring harder then I have ever seen in my life and we had to run to a members business to find shelter.  It is miracle that my scriptures are not destroyed because I was soaked from head to foot in less then a minute. But the storms have been a blessing for us.  I will tell you somethings that happened to us last night.

So at 730 we were going to vist a golden family with a member and we got there and once a again they told us that they were not going to be able to receive us.  We went away sad and wondering if they were actually escojido or if they were just deceiving us.  I was discouraged. I am not going to lie.  But not 5 minutes later we get a call from the same family and the brother asked us if we could passed by right then.  We got to his house and he told us that he was sorry for not being able to recieve us and that he had been rejecting his house to us.  He opened the door with a smile on his face and had seats set up and everything.  It almost looked as if he had been waiting for us all day.  We sat down which is always a relief after walking all day.  He told us that when we left he felt bad and his friend that was visiting him told him that he should never reject the Lords servants.  He changed his plans and called us up.  That was a miracle .  I know that the Lord inspires people through the Holy Ghost to bring to pass his purposes.  His friend was inspired to tell him that.  We left the house and could see the lighting coming in the distance.   We knew that it was going to rain hard again.  Well I have got to go now but remind me to finish the story next week because due to the storm a miracle happen.  I will finsh but just wait.  Love you all.  Have a great week and a great family day. Say hi to CAMEROn for me.  

Oh and by the way I am going to learn Portuguese because there is a missionary in my ward that is from Brazil.  Pretty sweet right!

Mom we are going to have zone conference and we are going to teach the zone about personal conversion.  I would like to start with a sweet story that can call the attention of the missionary and get them to ponder the importance of personal conversion.  Could you send me some short stories that could have to do with conversion.  Thank you.  It can even be a new story or something not from the church and we can relate to conversion. Something exciting and interesting but not too long.  Ask Shelby to help you find the translation in spanish.  Thanks so much!

Elder Quist