During our zone meeting a
week ago we made a goal as a zone to hand out 250 copies of the Book of
Mormon. So Hermana Maxwell and I decided to set up a little Book of
Mormon stand in downtown Madera. It was so much fun! We had these little
charts with questions on it, and on the other side were pages in the
Book of Mormon that answered those questions. I absolutely loved it! We
asked people if they wanted to do a short 1 minute activity with it, and
one man after reading a verse said, "that's beautiful!"
Also
we got transfer calls last night, and I'm staying in Madera and will be
with Hermana Feldman- who was my companion my first day and who I've
gone on exchanges with a few times. It's going to be great! I'll miss
Hermana Maxwell though!
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| The day we both happened to match |
We went and did service
at the Villegas' house. They had a lot of glass antiques that we
dusted, super great way to get to know people better. Also, miracles are
so real! We've been trying to hand out four copies of the Book of
Mormon everyday to reach our goal, and on Tuesday it was 9:20 (10
minutes before we have to be in the apartment) and we still had two to
go. But we parked our car, walked outside and met two girls and their
dad who wanted to listen to us! And they were so sweet and offered to
help us with anything we needed.
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| Our Book of Mormon stand |
Our
investigator Marissa came with her kids to church! The kids absolutely
loved primary (the classes at church for kids under 12), and she said
she wants to keep going because she felt so good while she was there.
Eva came too, who is another person we met while she was trying to get a
hold of Petra and Jose a few days ago.
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| These adorable puppies Marissa has |
On
Friday we went to Adilene's graduation for her summer program at Fresno
State. It helps kids learn English and discover different interests in
preparing for High school and college. She was in the Arts program and
she did this really fun dance. We also saw some other boys do the Danza
de viejitos, which is literally the dance of the little old men, and
they wear fun masks. It was so cool because I saw that same dance in
Mexico with my family last summer. It was so hard to say goodbye to her,
but she's coming back from Mexico in two weeks, so just a short trip.
My
invitation for this week is to find someway to serve someone else.
Serving others brings us so much joy and really helps us focus on others
needs.
Spanish words:
ahijada- God-Daughter
Riñon - kidney
Rescate- rescue
Remate - Swap Meet
*Also
funny story. This guy told us he lived on "Surache" and we couldn't
find that on the map. Then we realized that he meant "Sur H", pronounced
the Same, but that means South H, as in South H street.
Have a fabulous week!
--
Hermana Marin Fisher
California Fresno Mission
1814 N Echo
Fresno, CA
93704
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