Hna Infanzon and I :)
Dear family and friends,This week I had a lesson in how God answers prayers. I`ve told you before about how our area is huge, including about 9 or 10 small colonias or pueblos over a distance of several miles. I don`t know how many, I just know we were always on the bus. Hna Infanzon and I had been praying to know how we could work more efficiently in our area, and late one night we received a rather abrupt answer when the phone rang and our mission president said, `Good evening, Sister Henrie. How was your day?`
He proceeded to explain that he wanted us to focus our efforts in the part of our area with the most Church members. That means we can`t use proselyting time to travel more than 15 minutes by bus, which meant we basically redrew our area boundaries to include only 3 colonias. I cried a little (okay, a lot) because it also meant stopping visiting several investigators and a few members in their homes. We can still teach them in the chapel, but it was a real lesson in faith for me to redraw our area boundaries. Many times, the answers we receive to our prayers are not what we expected or even wanted, but remember always that while God doesn`t always give us the things we want, he always gives us the things we need.
As we started working in our `condensed` area, we saw miracles in the way of finding a lot of new people prepared to listen to us. I know that all the work Hna Escalante and I did in Nejapa and all the other colonias we no longer visit wasn`t wasted. We were called to plant seeds rather than harvest them, and God will keep working with them until the day comes that missionaries walk those streets once again.
Keep the faith! I love you all!
Hna Henrie
We made Rice Krispie treats! with cornflakes and multicolored marshmallows. We intended to regalarles a los miembros but wound up eating most of them. haha
We ate lunch on the go last Wednesday. (Our cocinera works in the temple on Wednesday so we`re on our own for lunch)
A friend we made while eating lunch. We call him `Amigo.` Not very creative but it`s true.
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