Uuuggghh....a cliffhanger.

So Im sitting in my house on Sunday after church, getting my stuff ready to leave to work, when there is a knock at my door. And it is two young men who are preparing to leave on missions. And they asked me if they could go on splits with us. So i told them sure, and real quick i divide the plans so my comp can visit half the people, and i could with the other half. And so we split up, and about five mins after leaving the work i get a phone call from another one of my friends who is leaving on him mission in a couple of months. And he told me that he was on his bike on the way to my house, and that he wanted to leave to work with us. So i told him where i was and a min later we meet up.

And the first person we taught was a woman that i started teaching just a few days ago actually. She was a reference that her sister in law gave me. And i had only taught her once before, so i didnt know too much about her. But as we were walking over to her home i told the young men what we were going to teach her. And the plan was to teach about the book of mormon. So we get to her house, and she invites us in. And after a min of talking we pray and i start teaching. And i start out by verifying if she read the pamphlet i gave to her the other day, and she said ``Si´´ But was really quiet. So i asked ``And did you pray to know if Jose Smith was a prophet?´´ And once again quietly she said ``Si´´ And so i ask. ``How id you feel when you pray´´ And she explained to me exactly how any mormon would explain the holy ghost. And so i told her. ``I really like it when i feel like that when i pray, because i know that God is listening to my prayers. And so i know that he listened to your pray´´

 I then asked if she believed that Joseph Smith was a prophet. And once again she said ``Si´´ So i bear my testimony about how i know that he is a prophet as well. And then i start teaching about the book of mormon, and how it is a gift from God providing us with even more evidence that He restored his church to the world. And then after teaching i ask Abraham (one of the young men) to bear his testimony, And he bore an incredibly sincere and powerful testimony ( he just got baptized a little while ago) And then after i testified that what he said was true and then taught a little more.

And then i asked Alexis (the other young man) to bear his testimony, and he bore an incredibly testimony as well. And after i again testified of what he said. And then i asked Maria (the woman we were teaching) how she felt right now. And she told me ``Really calm, and at peace, and i feel something really good in my heart, almost exactly how you said happened to you Alexis (referring to his testimony)´´ And the spirit was incredibly strong there in the room so i said `Hermana what you are feeling right now is the Holy Ghost. And its God telling you that the things we are teaching you are true. And that this truly is Gods only true church on the earth.´´ And i paused a second then said ``And Maria when you are a member of this church, God promises that you can always have this same feeling that you have right now.

And so we have an invitation for you. Maria, when you know when the things we are teaching you are true, will you be baptised for someone who has this authority that was restored.´´ And she sat there and thought about it a second, then said ``Si´´ So i said ``And i want to help you prepare yourself to feel ready to make this covenant with God. And so my companion and I are preparing a baptismal service the 28th of February. Will you prepare to be baptised on this day´´ And she thought about it a second, and once again responded ``Si´´ And then i promised a bunch of blessings. And then asked if we could end the lesson with a prayer. And i asked her to do it, but she said  that she would prefer if i did it.

Now whenever an investigator does that it means the either dont know how to pray, or they feel embarrassed praying, so i taught her how to pray, and then said that if she wanted i could pray so that she could listen and have a example of how to pray, and then she could pray after me. And so i prayed. And then once again taught the steps of how to pray, and then she prayed. And after i thanked her for her time and asked if she needed something. And she said ``Actually yes there is´´ And she started telling me about a problem she has with her legs that caused her alot of pain every day. And then just stopped talking as if she was expecting me to do something. So i said ``Maria do you remember how in the bible Christ and his apostles healed the sick and preformed miracles´´ And she said Si. So then i said ``Do you believe that really happened´´ ANd she said ``Of coarse i do´´ And then i said ``All of those miracles happened because of faith´´ And then explained that faith was a prerequisite to miracles.

And then i asked ``Maria do you have the faith to be healed?´´ And then she started to tell me about how every night she has been praying to God for a miracle so that she wouldnt be in so much pain, and had been praying for a long time, but nothing ever happened´´ Then Alexis said ´´God heard your prayers, and He sent you one of his servants so that you could be healed´´ Then she started looking really attentively at me at the edge of tears and i said ``Maria remember how i taught you about the priesthood being restored to the earth´´ And she said Si. And i asked ``Do you believe that this is true´´ And she said ``Si´´ again. So then i told her ``Maria this priesthood is the same power that Christ gave to his apostles to perform miracles, so do you believe that you received a blessing by someone who has that power that you can be healed´´ And very emotionally she said ``Si´´ once again. I then said ``Maria I am one of those men, who holds the power of God to be able to give one of these blessings. Do you believe me?´´ And she said Said Yes and then asked me for a blessing. So i gave her one, and the spirit was incredible strong. When i finished i set up another appointment and we left. And the two young men who were with me were incredibly silent obviously deep thinking about something, probably from the thing they just saw haha. So as we were walking away they were both just very reverently silent, and i felt like i needed to break the silence so i make a little joke and then start telling them stories from my mission. And then start telling them the plans for the next person we were going to teach. The story doesnt end there, but im out of time, ill have to tell you the rest of the story another day

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