Short and Sweet Miracles!

Hi Everyone!

thanks you all for the personal emails I'm receiving from you all, they make me super happy!!

 

ok so i am writing a list of short and sweet miracles:

1. A young boy we are teaching went from being completely atheist to knowing that God and Jesus Christ Live and we read The Book of Mormon with him daily and study the messages behind it, he receives revelation that the path towards eternal life, with his family and being able to see his brother again, is going to church and keeping the commandments! Otherwise all the things he does will be pointless if he didn't have hope in The Plan of Happiness!

2. We found a super cute Mexican man with a 5 year old daughter, he loves God and he knows what we testify is true, for he has received strength from the Lord when times are hard and he's a progressing investigator. We found him through a line of people.

3. A less active sister invited us over for lunch this coming week, miracle.

4. LOL! we went heart attacking at an investigators house for the second time on Saturday and we got caught in the very act again, lol!

 

 

I know that we were guided by the spirit and we were meant to be there to talk to him, because otherwise we wouldn't have known that he lost his job and also that he wouldn't have gone to church because he didn't have a white button up to wear, so we got him one and he went with his wife Merium and son, (also our investigators) Church was perfect!! Because it talked about the super cheap education system that will help you get a job and you don't have to have legal documentation to go to school and progress. This program was inspired from the Prophet and his counselors! which makes sense, of coarse, that is how we can serve better and provide for our families, and a requirement is to be an active member of the church! which helps the person in all aspects of life, for without the help of the Lord nothing is possible!. Guess what! he registered!

5. i love that family, we had a great lesson with them about prophets once and i bore my testimony about how i found out to know if the B.O.M was true and at the end of the lesson she started to cry:) the spirit was so strong.

6. I love my companions!!!

 

7. We have way to much fun, I've never made anyone laugh so much as much as them. My companion cracks me up when she starts speaking like the Grinch.

8. I wish i can tell you all the funny stories that happen but i don't have time.

Riding Bikes Everywhere!

Hello everyone!

 

I am super excited, we are teaching a twelve year old girl with a baptism date for the first week of June! her name is Jaqueline she is so prepared to hear the gospel and live it! She reminds me of me, she is humble, asks really good questions, takes notes on the Book of Mormon, prays everyday loves church and she is hungry for knowledge i love her she makes everything so much. we taught her about personal progress and she was really excited to get started and her mother was also there and she agreed with what we were sharing, i know her mom will get baptized as well :)!

Super amazing that we get to go to the temple once a transfer here in Mesa :)! In fact we go this Wednesday.

 

sorry I keep forgetting to bring my camera or else I'll be sending pictures

 

let's see who else are we teaching... oh Alberto, he is 16 years old his parents joined the church a year ago and we have taught him The Restoration, The plan of Salvation, The Atonement of Jesus Christ and we have invited him to pray and get baptized and read the Book of Mormon everyday. he isn't too sure about getting baptized yet and he is too lazy to pray and study everyday so we are reading The Book of Mormon with him every day:) I love that it is so much fun :) We have seen him progressing so much, before he was just lazy and now he runs with his mom, works out so he can join the football team, he has more patience with his sweet dad, he looks happier, he pays attention as he reads and doesn't doze off like he used to, he prays with us, and every time we ask him a question about Nephi or whoever we are reading about he answers with the right answer, which is prayer! and obeying God's commandments. This is truly a big deal and it fun to see him grow in knowledge and I hope we can help him strengthen his faith, so he may want to be sealed to his brother that passed away and that he may be comforted in Christ.

 

I love that we get to ride our bikes everywhere especially at night because it's warm and there is a coolish breeze, especially because we eat Mexican food everyday, so we totally need it. :D

Today we get to go grocery shopping I am looking forward to that that because last night I had cereal for dinner and peas for dessert, yummmy!

 

My companions are so funny I love them so much! On Thursday after personal study as we were getting ready to have companionship study ,Hermana Herbert shared that she knows we all have strengths and we all have something great to contribute to the companionship and it helps us teach really good lessons, but what would be better is if we can help each other have those strengths where the other needs improvement on. So I had an idea to write on the blackboard our names, one strength, want we need to work on, and space for how we can teach each other how to have that ability. We both loved how confident Hermana Longshore was when she went up to people, got to know them, became their friend, and somehow weaseled in the gospel or The Book of Mormon in there, but it is smooth and great. Hermana Herberts strength was the experiences she shared and how the gospel helps her life and the life of her family( her family is now having FHE and going to church which they didn't really do before, but now they do because she is on a mission. little great miracle!) They said that they love that I have a scripture that can apply to everyone we teach and when I teach and share a scripture, I not only want to read it and make sure they understand what it means, but help them apply to their lives for their benefit. I'm actually trying to become a spiritual encyclopedia, It didn't come to me in a month, but through pondering on how a passage of scripture can help me and how it can help someone else with a different question. So that motivated me to keep memorizing scriptures! and I am working with them to memorize where One scripture is and what it's about over a week and keep changing it. I also shared my testimony about color coding scriptures which really helps!!!

 

well love you all and don't forget to take time out of your busy lives to say hello to me!! :D

Visiting the Provo Temple and Seeing Elder Allen!

 Today Tuesday April 30th was our Preparation day, which came sooner than expected, but the exciting thing was that we got to go to the Provo Temple! We arose at 6 am to meet with our district outside to walk together. I was super tired, but it was worth it. Had a wonderful time and that reverence and spirit carried us out to help us during personal study time, I wasn't distracted for one second! I was focused and still have the energy to do all the things that we need to do today, I even feel extra inspired to study more than is needed, instead of doing laundry.
 

 

Yesterday we taught an "investigator" yet it was so real. I learned that by getting to know them first can lead us to teach them in many different ways that will help them come unto Christ. Although it is still pretty hard to know what we should teach them, I feel that the Lord will be by our side. We are here to stand in his place, teach what He would teach, serve how He will serve, and love how He will love. This makes me want to work harder, for I do not want to do anything less than that, I am here to be as the Savior himself and bring others to come to Christ. Although I am not in the field yet, I can already see God's help :)

 

Guess what I saw Elder Allen a day before he left, so I took pictures Sister Allen! but I can't send them on this computer and without a usb that connects to my SD card that plugs into the computer.

BTW he looks great and happy and mature! and I heard he is the best Polish speaker :) I know you'll be happy to hear that he is a great missionary from other people.

 

I can't believe I leave in a week to Mesa, I'm super excited! Well I'll get the pictures coming eventually :D  I love all of you thank you for all you support and love! Thank you for the prayers because I sure need them!
 

 

Ocean branchers and Presidency take care of Naomi and each other you are the best I cant wait to hear from you and see where life is taking you!

New in the Missionary Training Center!

I entered the MTC on Wednesday April 24th it was sort of sad saying bye to my mom and sister Adams. 

I am glad my mother came with us on this trip and she loved Temple Square, the spirit was so strong there! I was crying my eyeballs out after we went through "The Plan for the Family" display room in the visitors center. I testified to my mom that I wanted to share this message to the world; that we can be eternal families in the presence of our loving Heavenly Father and He will gladly give us all he has if we work hard and follow his plan here on the earth! Bashawn Adams bore a POWERFUL testimony about her eternal family and the blessings of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, that she knows her loving son is a missionary on the other side of the veil and that he is theirs for time and all eternity! that anything we do in life won't compare to the happiness only God can give. I shared that when her and I work at our mother daughter relationship our time is blissful and loving, but only when we work at it. Same with our Father in heaven, he wants to hear from us, give us counsel, wants us to apply the Atonement of his son in our lives, to be relived from our troubles and be cleansed and feel a deep love for life, others and most importantly Heavenly Father. Sister Adams said that it is hard being a member of the church, but that the blessings are worth it! She promised to be her friend and help her out while I'm on m my mission. My mom Felt our love and the spirit of the Lord was so strong. Insomuch that she wants to change her life, I love her and what I learned in the MTC so far is that  " Obedience brings blessings, exact obedience brings MIRACLES.."   I got to teach her the illustrations from the Book of Mormon that are on display at the conference center too! I am so glad that those were there as a teaching aid to help me share my testimony of the courage of the prophets more simply.

Well our district here is so close we love each other! one Elder said  "I  have never loved a group of people so much after only three days!" :D this was after an hermana bore her testimony as our responsibilities as missionaries and a group prayer. It's fun too see so many young sisters out on missions, oh guess what I saw Elder Allen and Sister  Baer! I haven't had the chance to take a picture with them, but sure will when we get the chance, because we are super busy running around trying to get to places and sticking to our companions.:) 

I am in a triplet companionship I love these hermanas, one of them is my twin, interest wise and personality. Her name is Sister Abarca and she is from Oakland  and going to Tempi Arizona! haha Sister Miller is so spiritual, she is an American, but out of our Advanced Spanish speaking District she is the most professional  in the Spanish language lol! 5 out of 6 of us are lations, which I think is pretty amazing!

I am enjoying all the role playing after we are taught on how to teach the doctrine to very diverse people! it's fun and the spirit abounds to helps us teach and fill our mouths with what he needs us to say. Anyway i am running out of time I have to throw my clothes in the dryer then go to the gym and pump some iron!! love you all let me know what you're all up to and thank you Sister Wood for that beautiful letter, I was super excited when I got it, it  made me very happy :)