Sunday, November 3, 2013

Hello! (third email)

 
Hello everyone! Just wanted to say hi and let you know how everything is going in Virginia. We have two baptisms coming up in the month of November, which is exiting. Yesterday, we had some of our less-actives come to church and see us singing "As Sisters in Zion", so that was a real treat. Yesterday we were tracting. I ran up to this one house. Before I did that though, I got this feeling, "What if we ran into someone from church?" Well, we finally got to that one door and a woman from our ward opened it. I said hi to her. She said her brother lived there and he was a non-member. We started talking to her at first. He later came into the room and we started talking to him. Sister Tuckett than said some things about our church. He said had problem with fasting and we tried to explain to him that that was okay if he couldn't fast due to medical reasons. (He has epilepsy). I then felt like I should bear my testimony and said, " You know Heavenly Father knows each and every one of us individually and knows what we are going through. He knows our struggles and challenges and He loves us all equally." He agreed to that. He didn't want to take the lessons, but I felt like there was a reason we were there, and I really hope and pray that he can open up his heart to the Gospel. We are going to try and talk with him again.
 
How is everyone doing? I miss all of you and hope all is well. I have to run but will write you again soon.
 
Sister Habibpour

Hello (second email)

Hello Everyone!

Just wanted to say hello and wanted to let you know that I am receiving a temporary reassignment to the West Virginia Charleston Mission! I am very exited for this and am happy to be getting out into the field and starting the work.

Our district has been super busy with learning the language and working with our "investigators", such as Siuza and Maria. I bore my testimony to Siuza in Portuguese about the Plan of Salvation and how she will be able to see her brother again after this life (her brother had passed away) and talked about Christ as Savior to maria and how much He loves her. I am so grateful for the language and to be able to communicate to others about it. The Holy Ghost is strong here. It works in so many ways and it never ceases to amaze me.

I am also exited for today because we will be teaching others in our TRC (Teaching Training Center) meeting tonight in Portuguese. Some of our "investigators" have served missions, so I gained some insight from them about what it will really be like :)

I hope you all are doing well. I send my love to the ward family.

Love,
Sister Habibpour