Querida Familia y Amigos,
We had a very sister-missionary experience this week. One of the members of our ward got married this week to someone who speaks Spanish as his first language and is one of our investigators. For our service hours for the week they asked if we would go and set-up the decorations for the wedding (iron tablecloths, arrange flowers, tie bows to chairs). We happily did it but laughed because I don't think elders would ever be asked to do something like that.
Elder Kikuchi challenged us to contact 80 people a day. We really struggled this week because we're trying to find 80 people who speak Spanish in one day in a big city where they are all spread out. But we love the challenge and we are having to be more and more creative. On Saturday one English-speaking member told us about some elementary schools that have high Spanish-speaking populations so we know what neighborhoods have Spanish-speakers. We had a dinner appointment on Sunday and the couple told us about some other places we might consider going. It is nice to see all the members pulling together to help us out in the work!
The Relief Society broadcast was great, wasn't it? We were on exchanges that day so Hermana Probst and I went to the stake center and watched it in the Spanish rooms with four other sisters. We don't have a lot of active Spanish-speaking members here in Federal Way but we love working with them. There is a really good feeling in the group.
We were blessed with a miracle on Sunday! Another one of our members, from Peru, just got married two weeks ago to someone who is not a member. She has not been interested in the church and didn't attend with him for the last few weeks. This week he gave a talk and she came to support him! He also brought his younger brother that had been going to church with him, but when he got married and moved out, his brother stopped coming. We had been so disappointed on Saturday because it looked like all of our investigators weren't going to come to church and this happened. We were so thankful.
I know that Jesus Christ is our Savior and that we are all privileged to be a part of His work on the earth today!
Con amor,
Hermana Kinghorn
