This week we saw the hand of the Lord a lot.
I want to share 3 of the many experiences we witnessed.
First, about 2 weeks ago, I was on exchanges with Elder Sarmiento in my area and all of our lessons for the night had fallen through. We started contacting everyone we saw and we eventually spoke with a woman selling pollo con tejadas (I highly recommend it) and she seemed interested, gave us her number, and told us where she lived. Well fast forward to this week. We had written her a few times but she never answered so we decided to just go find her house. We asked someone if they knew where she lived and they told us where to go. Well we made the greatest mistake ever after that in knocking the wrong door.
We found a sweet old woman named Carmen. She told us she was busy but that she wanted us to come back the next day. During our visit the next day, she told us that her 2 older sisters had been living in Tegucigalpa (the capital city) for 40 years and for all 40 of those years they were faithful members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Her oldest sister had recently passed away and because of that, her other sister moved back to our area to be close to family. For 5 months, this faithful member had not been able to attend church because she didn't know where it was. On Saturday, we returned to Carmen's house and this time met her sister. She told us all about her baptism and her experiences in the temple and her love for the Church. We gave her all of the information she needed to attend church and she will now be bringing her sister Carmen, a nonmember, with her each Sunday. (And the original woman we found selling pollo con tejadas didn't want anything once we did find her hahaha) It is just a great feeling to know that the Lord is using you as an instrument in his perfectly orchestrated performance.
Second, once again, all of our plans fell through at night so we started knocking doors. Eventually, a young father opened the door. I immediately knew he was special because he was wearing a Lakers shirt. He immediately started to try and find a polite way to tell us he wasn't interested and we asked if we could at least gift him a pamphlet. He accepted. As I wrote down all of the information necessary to get to church on Sunday or contact us on the back of the pamphlet, he asked “Why on earth would you guys leave the United States to come live here in Honduras?” After a little bit of exchanged laughter, we told him that it is because we know that our message changes lives because it has already filled our own lives with joy. Just then, his two little daughters ran outside to join in on the conversation. One of which only had one arm, accompanied by one of the happiest smiles I had ever seen. The man then out of nowhere invited us over to his house for dinner next Saturday night. We were honestly quite shocked haha he went from rejecting us to offering us dinner and a visit within seconds. The Spirit is just so real and when we listen to the questions he asks us, our hearts can be changed.
And third, prayer is real. Prayers are answered. Joshua and Marbely both agreed to be baptized with their sister on the 23rd! We are so excited seeing this family progress. The parents just gotta figure out getting married and they will follow suit in no time. However, Joshua still has many doubts so please keep him in your prayers!
Other stuff:
---Just said bye to Elder Dávila for who knows how long 🥲 nah I'm already planning the trip to Guatemala
---I got a hat and it's actually saving my life.
---Went on exchanges with Elder MacDonald and we did some fun impromptu service and we ended up on top of a mountain slurping some fresh coconuts. Twas lit.
This week was a week where I think I was more tired/physically exhausted than ever. But man it is just so worth it. I love being in the service of the Lord.
I can't say the same about the Honduras heat but ni modo haha
Thank you all for your prayers!
I want to share a verse I recently read that I just love. Jacob 4:11 “Wherefore, beloved brethren, be reconciled unto him through the atonement of Christ, his Only Begotten Son, and ye may obtain a resurrection, according to the power of the resurrection which is in Christ, and be presented as the first-fruits of Christ unto God, having faith, and obtained a good hope of glory in him before he manifesteth himself in the flesh.”
It's simple. Just trust him and everything will be okay.
With so much love,
Élder Snyder
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