This week was fun. Well, I don't know that you can really call the whole week fun but it averages out above a 5 so it works :). Hmmm, Monday...Wednesday, Thursday, found it! FRIDAY!!! was a great day. Geralene and I woke up early and made our way to el Temple (you know I don't speak spanish, but I try hehe). It was a great time and sadly the last time before Newport closes for the next couple of weeks, sad day; I guess Im just going to have to go visit Marci in San Diego, which I'm never mad about. Anyway, It was a nice time and not too busy so that's alway a plus. Leaving we found that the sun finally decided to come out. It's weird. We are not getting any sun at all this summer which is really making me sad. Not that I would be at the beach everyday, but the thought is always nice, haha. So on our way home we decided to stop off at some grocery stores to pick up , in my case, greatly needed food supply...good thing we did cause we discovered this amazing Persian grocery along the way!!! I have to say, its been a while since I've had falafel and hummus that good. The produce was great and the variety was soooo ridiculous; anything you could imagine they had. Uh, just another reason I culinarily prefer CA over some other places, ie Utah. My palate just gets spoiled and treated to all the varying tastes of the world!
Moving forward, so later on that day the missionaries had called me to help out with a first discussion they were giving that night. They call me every once in a while so that I have the opportunity to experience some of what I will be doing for he next few months :). We had an appointment with a guy named Nico. The story of how this appointment came about is the missionaries were walking back to their apartment one night and one of the Elders put his thumb out as they walked along, just joking of course haha. Low and behold, the young man Nico we were going to teach pulled over and shouted out "Hey Mormons, want a ride?!" No introduction needed right?!! So as they drove they talked about how this young man was just thinking earlier in the month how he felt there was some soul searching that needed to be done. As he later stated during the lesson, "he felt there was more out there."
So I had the privilege of teaching the first discussion with the elders to this willing young man. He was so inviting of the Spirit and ready for the message we were sharing with him that night. As we had introduced him to the church and filled him in on a bit of background, in turn we were delighted to know that he had known some LDS members in the past. He expressed his past opportunities of getting to know the church had come and gone and that he was very excited about this new availably he had to go to church with us. Though he has work for the next couple of Sundays, he was very interested in us returning and teaching him more about the Gospel. We even set a goal of August 28th! It was great to see how touched by the message of the First Vision he was. The Spirit speaks truth loudly when the heart is softened.
As the night ended, we concluded with a prayer and an invitation to some of the activities that were going on in the upcoming week, which he greatly accepted. It was obvious the Spirit had been preparing him for this moment for some time now. It just goes to show we are not in this work alone. For those who "ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ" (Moroni 10:4-5), he will deliver his message to you. The work is real! and amazing at that. I just look forward to more instances like this in the near and coming future. :) Time is dwindling down to none, and so it is...
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