Week 30: Miracles are happening!

Hola Familia!!

Miracles keep happening in Villa Dulce! Yesterday at church, Joel and his wife Mikerlande came to church with their baby! We had a lesson with Joel this week and we were a little nervous because we planned to teach the word of wisdom and we knew he likes to drink. When we first taught him a month ago he said he didn't want to be baptized because he liked to drink. But as we kept teaching him, we really saw the hand of God change him. Before we even started the lesson on the word of wisdom he said "Hermanas, I committed yesterday to stop drinking because I know I can't be a man of God if I am drinking" He didn't even know it was a commandment to not drink!! He just stopped because he knew he needed too!! We taught the word of wisdom and he was a little disappointed that he can't drink coffee but he said if God can help him quit drinking alcohol, he can help him quit drinking coffee too! He is sooo awesome and I have really seen the gospel change his life in the past month!

Also a whole family who aren't members just walked into church yesterday out of nowhere! Ok not out of nowhere, the daughter in the family is friends with a member and wants to bless her baby in the church. After church, we talked to them and they want to learn more so we are going to teach them tomorrow!! MIRACLES!!!

We also found a family where the mom and one of the daughters are members (inactive) and the other two kids aren't members. We taught the whole family and the kids want to be baptized! The mom and daughter who are members came to church for the first time in like 10 years yesterday! The kids who aren't members (Carolina y Franco) couldn't come because they went to visit their dad for the weekend but we are going to try to get them to come next Sunday!

Today was fun, Hermana Del Valle and I went to Viña to go shopping with Keila (a recent convert). Keila is hilarious and has such a strong testimony. She is like our best friend in the ward and she showed us all around Viña.

Oh and one other miracle that happened this week...We started teaching a woman named Daniela. She just let us in her house and we started teaching the Doctrine of Jesus Christ. She lives alone and has been without a job for a long time. We could tell that she was feeling really sad and lonely. We started talking about prayer and she said it has always been hard for her to pray. That she has never fully trusted in God. We bore our testimonies of prayer and she started to cry and committed to pray that day. The next day we called Daniela and GUESS WHAT?!! She told us that she prayed as soon as we left the house and the next day she found a job!!!! If that's not a miracle I don't know what is! Its pretty rare that we get answers that quickly to our prayers haha. We met with her again and I asked her if she believes it was the hand of God that helped her find a job and she said absolutely. She didn't come to church so that was a little disappointing, but we are going to keep teaching her!

But this week pray for Joel, Mikerlande, Carolina, and Franco!!! There is a lot of work to be done here in Villa Dulce! I love being a missionary and sharing the gospel! I love all the people I have met here in Villa Dulce but most of all I love my Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ! There are so many people here that need to hear the gospel and I am blessed to be the one to deliver this message!!

I love you all and am praying for you every day!!

Love Hermana Snyder