Holla from Houston!: THE BERG #9

hello again everyone!! how we doin?!

i have some SUPER exciting news for yall!!!! but let me tell the story....

so remember shirley? the absolute GOLDEN investigator??? i believe i mentioned she didnt come to church last week and crushed our little hearts....but we were excited about her interview with President Calvert (mission presidency) on tuesday. we werent able to make contact with her on monday--which worried us a little, but we felt confident she would show for her interview............she didnt. she doesnt have a phone currently so the only way to contact her is at her house. so we knocked on her door all day long, asked neighbors..even tried a referral she gave us and asked them if they knew where she was...asked our other investigator who lived in an entirely different complex if she happened to know shirley... it was a long shot but we asked her anyway...turns out ella (the other investigator..im fixin to tell yall about her in a sec ;) DOES know shirley...in fact her son married shirley's sister!!! but after multiple attempts to get ahold of son and sister we still came up empty handed....it was lame breaking the news to president calvert--who had driven down from houston--that the interview wouldnt be happening that night...wednesday passes..thursday...friday...no contact...until FINALLY saturday night (after praying like crazy in the temple all day--oh! i have to talk about the temple too!) we found shirley and stacy (other investigator) sitting outside chattin!! shirley explained to us that her mom and sister had surprised her and she was with them for the week..but that she had been reading and studying and was planning on coming to church the next day.. sunday morning rolls around and sure enough! shirley came and announced her baptism to everyone in relief society and so we gave bishop the go to announce it in sacrament meeting as well! after church she got a priesthood blessing to help her be strong against the temptation to smoke and she passed her interview with president calvert!! (bless his heart for making the drive again!) so SHIRLEY WILL BE GETTING BAPTIZED SATURDAY AT 7PM!!!!!!!!!!!!! we are soooooo soooooo beyond thrilled for her!!! calling her golden doesnt do her justice anymore...this lady's straight PLATINUM!!

ok so ella...she was a referral from the spanish sisters in the area. so we found her sitting out front, rockin on her porch smoking..the first thing she says to us when we explain we are her missionaries is "i want to stop smoking and gain more faith" i laughed a little and told her "well, you are talking to the right people ;)" after a teary first lesson (her..not us) we invited her to be baptized-which invitation she gladly accepted--and closed with a powerful prayer. at the end of the prayer i felt inspired to ask her if she had the faith sufficient to believe that God could help her stop smoking today...she said yes. so i took her pack of cigarettes and she committed to herself that she would never smoke again!!!!! IT WAS AWESOME! we've seen her a couple times since then and she is still going strong ;)

ok temple...so i had the blessed opportunity to go to the temple for Rosario (from h1) to recieve her endowments!!! i was shocked and honored when she asked me to be her escort!!!!! i was a tiny bit nervous because i hadnt done a spanish session in a while and would need to do all the translating and what not beforehand..but the second we were in the temple all worries high-tailed it!! it was an INDESCRIBABLE JOY that filled me up the whole time being in the temple with Rosario (along with many others from my h1 family!!!) it truly felt celestial <3 the temple is the goal guys...get there as often as possible!! somewhere i NEVER regret going!!

well, the church is true guys! promise!

love yall mucho!

hermana hull