Hermana Mary DeWitt: Softened Hearts and Invitations!

We started teaching Hailey, who we had met last week while trying to visit a member family (she is their next-door neighbor and we accidentally knocked on her door, but she was interested and said we could come back!) So, on Sunday, we went back and talked about the Restoration - she said her husband Cory wouldn't be interested in joining us (he had experienced some trauma with different churches when he was younger), but halfway through, he came in, sat down on the couch, and listened to us! It was so cool to see how the Spirit softened his heart.

We also had dinner with Angela, who joined the church about 4 years ago, but became inactive during quarantine. She's SUPER nice and is perfectly fluent in both English and Spanish, which is really awesome! We talked about why she hadn't been to church in a while, and she realized that she needs to come back! It was crazy to see how willing she was to make the commitment to come back to church - all she needed was an invitation!

Fabiola is doing great! She loves the Book of Mormon SO much and truly understands the importance of coming to church and taking the Sacrament every Sunday, to the point where she wants to call inactive members and ask why they haven't come to church! She's such a good little missionary - we're so proud of her!

Personal Study Excerpt for the week:

D&C 136: 17 - "Go thy way and do as I have told you, and fear not thine enemies; for they shall not have power to stop my work."

--how often do we hesitate to follow Spiritual promptings because we're afraid of what others will say or think? I know I definitely have! But, the Lord promises us that if we do what He asks us to do, we have no need to fear what others will think!

--don't fear what man can do - TRUST in the Lord and follow Spiritual Promptings!

Love you all and have an awesome week!

- Hermana DeWitt