Hermana Mary DeWitt: More Blessings, Sunday School, and Grace!

I hit my 9-month mark last Wednesday! Most of you have probably already seen my Facebook post, but in case some of you haven't, I'm officially more than halfway through my mission, which is super crazy! Time really does fly when you're having fun.

We started teaching this woman named Rosa last week - she was a referral from Pablo, our one active Hispanic member! Rosa is such a cute lil' lady - she's probably around 4'8 and she LOVES hugs! She also can't read and her phone is broken right now (so she can't listen to the Book of Mormon like an audiobook on the app), so until her phone gets fixed, we're having her watch the Book of Mormon videos (made by the church a year or two ago) on her TV! We watched the first one with her on Thursday and she really enjoyed it!

On Friday, we went and visited Xochitl and her family to teach her husband, Juan, the Restoration (because he wasn't there when we taught it, and it's good review for the rest of the family anyways!). Xochitl is SO amazing and knows SO much - she answered all of our questions, helped the kids and Juan participate, and shared really cool experiences she's had with personal revelation. She's SO ready to be baptized!!! We're so excited for December 5th!

On Sunday, all 6 of them came to church again, and loved it! Xochitl said she starte crying during the Sacrament hymn because she just felt the Spirit so strongly! Afterwards, we had our Spanish Sunday School, so Xochitl and Juan came and we read D&C 133, which is all about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ! They both have such strong faith and are going to be AMAZING members!

After church, we took the Elders to Rosa's house to give her a priesthood blessing! She's been having a lot of health problems, and had never had a blessing before, so we were excited for her! After the blessing, we asked Rosa how she felt, and she said, "Oh, I feel so much joy. Thank you, thank you!" She was wiping away tears and gave me and Hermana Shumway big hugs.

Personal Study excerpt for the week:

TG: Jesus Christ, Redeemer

2 Nephi 2:6-7 - "Wherefore, redemption cometh in and through the Holy Messiah; for He is full of grace and truth. Behold, He offereth Himself a sacrifice for sin, to answer the ends of the law, unto all those who have a broken heart and a contrite spirit"

--I love how it says Christ is FULL of grace and truth - We're not gonna get to the judgement seat and hear Jesus say, "Oh darn, I actually just gave the last of my grace to the guy in front of you. Sorry!" He is FULL of grace and it never runs out!

I invite you all to learn more about grace - there's some really good General Conference talks about grace and also some really good BYU speeches, including Brad Wilcox's "His Grace is Sufficient". Study those talks and look for their invitations! I promise you'll find something new to work on that you hadn't ever realized or noticed before!

Love you all and have an amazing week!