HI FAMILY!
Saturday night, we got a call from the Gonzalez family and when we asked them how they were, they said, "We're terrible. We locked our keys in our car!". They asked if we knew how to break into cars. So we replied with a resounding "YES!" (we've seen enough movies and there was a convenient wire hanger in our trunk) and were off to the rescue. We got to their house and they said, "Hermanas, we really want to go to church tomorrow but we need to be able to drive our car." Okay, no pressure. After just a few minutes of struggling to get the wire hanger into the door, the blissful sound "Dink!" of the door becoming unlocked began a choir of angels singing. Haha the awesome part of it all is that we had just had a super powerful lesson with 1 Nephi 3:7 the night before about how the Lord will provide a way for them to go to church every Sunday if they had the faith to talk to their bosses and get work off. So it was a perfect object lesson--Satan tries to get you to "lock your keys in your car" but we have been given the tools (faith, prayer, wire hangers, etc.) to "break into our car" if we really have the desire and the faith to keep the commandments. I'm a cheese ball. But anyway, THEY CAME TO CHURCH!!!! All of them were in church dress, when in the past they've come in jeans and t-shirts. Little Arthur was even wearing a sweet white suit. We sat next to them the whole time and couldn't stop smiling. AND both of them are asking their bosses to have at least 2 Sundays a month off so they can come to church as a family:)
I think the coolest thing about this family is that when we bring up things like getting work off and getting married, they reply "Oh yeah, we've already been talking about it.". Heavenly Father has been preparing them for so long that they've already made up their minds to follow the commandments before we teach them. We just show up, God has already done the work!
By the way, I am not a fan of the World Cup. No one will answer their doors and we can hear them yelling in the back. But I guess Mexico won so we are expecting lots of baptisms as a result. Hurrah for Israel!
I was reading in the Book of Mormon the other day at the end of the war chapters. Pahoran was talking to Moroni about the help that he needed and after all this instruction that he received, Pahoran says "See that you strengthen Lehi and Teancum in the Lord.". At this point, I bet Moroni was so tired. He's been at the head of these battles for years, he's been in charge of thousands of people and I am willing to bet that he was so dang tired. And yet, he receives instruction to keep his eye on the sparrow and strengthen his friends. And not only strengthen them, but strengthen them "in the Lord."
There are times when we are tired, but it is a miracle to see that when we are in the business of lifting, we realize that God strengthens our shoulders and our knees, and we receive the strength that we ourselves have been pleading for. And when we think that our energy is spent, this is when we can rely on the reserve tanks that our faith brings us. We will always have enough to do the things we have been asked! And we are happy as a result. And who doesn't want that?
Life is so so good. Sorry this is a bit on the short side! Know I love you and pray for you all the time!
Les quiero,
Hermana Hess
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