"Open Your Mouths and They Shall Be Filled..."

This week Hermana Rasmussen and I found and began teaching 9 new investigators! And they are all "escogidos" (golden)! We have been talking to just about every person on the street and we have received so many references and addresses! It really does make a difference to talk to everyone. Heavenly Father has blessed us so much.

My testimony has grown so much this week as I have been learning  to rely more fully on the Spirit. I have been praying to be more receptive to the guidance of the Spirit in lessons so I can say the words each individual investigator needs to hear. It was not easy. It seemed in every lesson when my "companera" (companion) turned the time over to me to speak I felt unprepared and didn't know what to say. But then as I stopped worrying and started trusting that the Spirit would guide me and give me the words to say, He did. In every lesson I knew exactly what to say and I knew only after opening my mouth. It was so amazing; the words just came. It's just as Elder Holland said, if you stop worrying and trying to plan what you're going to say next and sincerely listen to what the investigator is saying you won't have to worry about what to say next because the words will be given to you in the very moment you need them. I know this is true! And my testimony has been strengthened even more because I have experienced this! 

​the view from the top of the stairs of our casa :)

There's one experience I'd like to share really quick. We were having a lesson with a woman named Juana; she is so wonderful! She was participating in the lessons and seemed to be soaking everything in that we were saying. Near the end, I think it was a relative who came in who was Catholic. She was very proud and tried to argue with us and tell us what she believed in. Right when she came and began talking I felt the Spirit leave and I became uncomfortable and afraid. I didn't know what to do and I couldn't understand half the things she was saying. Then, I felt prompted to say something. I was nervous and didn't know how this woman would respond, but I said it anyway: "Hermana, no puedo hablar mucho español, estoy aprendiendo. Pero yo se, si usted leerá este folleto (the Restoration pamphlet) y orará para saber si estas cosas son verdadero, usted puede recibir una respuesta.¨ (Sister, I cannot speak very much Spanish; I am learning. But I know that if you read this pamphlet (of the Restoration) and pray to know if these things are true, you can receive an answer). I looked her in the eyes as I said this and I was a bit surprised to find that she actually looked me back in the eyes as well. I could feel the Spirit again, and, in the moment before she began talking again. After I had finished talking it seemed to me that her countenance softened just a little bit; I hope she felt the spirit too. In fact, I think she did. We left her and Juana with that pamphlet and they both committed to read it and pray to know if it's true. I pray that their hearts will be softened so they can receive an answer! ...

Love,

Hermana Nicolosi

​My first "compachana"! Sooo yummy!

Us with Jesus Amel. He used to be our investigator but we had to leave him cause he wasn't progressing and didn't want to be baptized :(

​These things are huge and super fast! But they're the only bugs I have to worry about here. At least they aren't gigantic spiders!