Buenos Dias!

How is everyone? Hopefully everyone is doing well with school and work. Things are going well here. Sister Wyatt and I got a head cold this week so we've been a little under the weather; but things are looking up once again, so that's good news!

Today was a different p-day. The zone decided to go to RPM, a indoor race track, and race go karts. It was fun but to me definitely not worth the $10 (which is discounted for missionaries) you have to pay. Luckily for us, we have a couple of elder companionships that live with members, that help them out more than is necessary with food and such, and they offered to cover Sister Wyatt and me. I didn't have any intentions of racing and was only planning on watching; but they all insisted, so I figured why not!

Ok, I'm gonna go ahead and get started with this weeks C.A.M.E. moment...
1. Tracting into an opening garage only to see the guy coming out of his house in his underwear... YES it happened last night. So to make things NOT awkward, I continued contacting the guy as if nothing was wrong... The moment we were out of ear shot and sight, Sister Wyatt and I couldn't help but bust out laughing! That guy was not expecting to get caught! We asked him if he believed in Jesus Christ. Sadly, he said no!

There you have it... This weeks EXTREME C.A.M.E. moment.

Other C.A.M.E. moments:
2. All the elders and my companion counting down my days for me. I hate it, but they all find it very amusing! I personally feel like they are the trunky ones, not me!

3. People who don't understand the NO CONTACT rule who are of the opposite sex. It's always weird when someone who doesn't know or understand that rule comes up to put their arm around you or give you a hug! What do you say??? "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" Touch me not or God shall smite thee..."-Abinadi

Since we were sick this week, Sister Wyatt and I were told to take it easy and ended up staying in all day Wednesday. I hate staying in and not being able to go out and work. I feel very unproductive. BUT, although we were sick, we went over to visit the Islas family's cousin, Humberto and Norma, who just lost their 4 year old to a fever. We've been visiting them on and off for the last month and decided to go by and visit them again this week. We set up an appointment and watched "Finding Faith in Christ." They really enjoyed it and we told them what our hopes were for them as far as being baptized, coming to church and later being sealed as a family; they said that we could keep preparing them. It might take a while, but then again it might not. Norma came to church this week and loved it, and we are praying that Humberto gets Sunday mornings off from work so that he can go! They are a great family!

MIRACLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! WHOOHOO!!! YEAH! This week's miracle has to be Ricky. Ever since Alma,his mom, was diagnosed with breast cancer, he's been really closed up and claimed that he didn't believe in God or Jesus Christ and all kinds of bologna... Anywho, we went over to listen to a conference talk with him from the 2006 Annual Conference given by Thomas S Monson on "Maka Fetes" and the different kinds of lures Satan tries to distract us with. It's a really good talk but Ricky, being a typical "punk" teenager, was letting anything and everything be a distraction to him. With God on our side, we said something that grabbed his attention and he said, "I have noticed that!" It completely changed everything! He opened up once again and we are going back over tomorrow to finish our plan to help him stay strong in the gospel. It was a MIRACLE, nothing less!

I was reading about Joseph Smith's experience and pondering over it today: I just love his story. He had a question, in which he wanted to act. Not knowing what to do or what was right, what God wanted him to do, he humbly and faithfully asked God to tell him what was right, with every intention of acting upon that answer. How many of us are like that? How many of us ask "What does God want me to do?" or "Who does God want me to be?" I know there have been many times I catch myself thinking "What do I want?" or "Who do I want to be?" and when I go to the Lord in prayer for guidance, it's hard to know what's right. I was listening to President Eyring's talk, from the same General Conference, about an experience he had when he was younger. He prayed for hours, searching for the right answer, but it wasn't until he changed his attitude from "What do I want?" to "It doesn't matter what I want, but what You want! Thy will be done!" that the Spirit was able to speak to him and guide him to what the Lord knew was best for him, with or without the outcome President Eyring wanted. As a missionary, I have personally gained a testimony of this principle. This is the Lord's work and it's not about "What do I want to do today?" but rather "What would the Lord have us do today?" Our Heavenly Father loves us and is ready to give us the guidance we seek. No one knows better than our Heavenly Father and as we seek and follow his guidance, no matter what it may be, we will be shaped and molded into the child of God that he knows we can be, we can reach our full potential!

I love you all so much and I wish you a wonderful week. Remember next week is transfers so I won't be writing until Tuesday!

Love Always-
Hermana Bradfield