So these last two weeks have been crazy! With transfers, Holland, Temple trip, and switch of Pdays- my schedule is all messed up. But its been a lot of fun too! So my Latina Companion is awesome! She's super sweet and is such a hard worker. We've already found tons of new people to teach and bit by bit, we're buildling up our pool of investigators. Last transfer was tough because we already had any investigators. We worked a lot with the less-actives. Its pretty sad, a couple of days ago we lost two investigators (a mom and her son) who I had contacted and started teaching my first week in this area. The son didnt progress as much as the mom (she came to church and was reading in the BOM, he wasnt) and she even told us that she received an answer- so we set a bautismal date with her and her son. But when we returned the next time, it was like a 180 flip. She tolds us out of nowhere that she didnt have time for us and she doesnt want us to keep visiting her. I was heart broken. I heard a devotional once where the speaker said that since the Lord is hastening His work, that means that Satan and his angels are working even harder to hinder and stop the work too. I have definitely seen how that is true on my mission. But at the same time, I have seen miracles and have watched how the Lord blesses His servants and literally works besides them. that is one of the things that Elder Holland said when he was here. He talked about Jacob 5 and how not only the servants labored in the Vineyard but the Master too, alongside His servants. jacob 5 is actually a very beautiful chapter in the BOM...
Anyways, speaking of Holland... our conference with him was AMAZING! it was the first and probably the last time that the whole mission met together. And before, we were told that we werent going to be able to be greeted by Holland and shake his hand. That was bitter news, let me tell you. But when we were all seated and ready for the Apostle of the Lord to enter the room, our mission President told us that Elder Holland specifically asked if he could greet each and every missionary. so yes, i got to shake his hand and look directly into his eyes :) an experience that I wont likely to forget for my whole life :). Holland's talk was powerful. I got a front row seat and boy, was it intense. Having an Apostle in front of your face, in person, was indescribable. the power and spirit that radiated from him, was almost palpable. Seeing him person and hearing him talk, and recieve that revelation and message that he needed to deliver to us, left me no doubt in my mind or heart that he is an Apostle of the Lord. We truly do have a Prophet here on the Earth. He is called of God to lead and guide us. And we have 12 Apostles who are called by God too who have the same authority and power that the Apostles of Jesus Christ had when they were on the Earth.
So last Friday, we had the opportunity to go to the temple! Oh how i love the temple here. It is so gorgeous. And it will forever hold a special place in my heart. But I always love visiting the house of the Lord. I can tesitfy that it is truly a place where we can receive personal revelation, feel the spirit, and feel closer to our Lord and Savior. I am so grateful for temples and for the work we have the opportunity to do in there. I cannot express the importance of temple work and keeping ourselves worthy to enter this house. I encourage all of you that can enter to make temple visits regular, each week- if possible. and for those of you who cant enter just yet, do everything you can do to someday enter the house of the Lord. the peace, tranquility,and joy we can find there is nothing we can obtain anywhere else.
In other news, we have a baptism planned for April! Fransico is the nephew of a less active. He suddenly started coming to church and then we started teaching him. He is very receptive and believes everything we teach him. He says that he feels more peace in his life and when he prays. We're excited to keep teaching him and see him through to his baptism.
i love you all! know that i am doing good and learning lots every day! mission life is wonderfull, hard, but wonderfull.. and I am so grateful each and everyday to be apart of this great work. Thank you for your prayers and love!
hasta pronto!
hermana Dibble
we had a fun activity today. We went and toured a BEAUTIFUL garden. There was even a butterfly garden. it was so pretty
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