We were able to start off this past week with exchanges with Elder Tidwell and Elder Soares. I was able to work with Elder Soares from Brazil. He recently arrived here to the mission so it was great to work with him and learn a little bit of Portuguese. I always love working with missionaries who have little time in the mission to see all of their energy and love for the people. In general we were able to have a very successful day but we ended the night with a spiritual experience. That same day we ate with a family from the ward and as we ended, we shared a message with them than asked for some references. They passed us a reference of a less active family and they told us that they hadn't seen or heard from them in a long time. We left and kept with our plans that we had for the day thinking that later on we would go by and visit this less active family. However, our 2 lessons that we had planned out for the night fell through. As we were thinking about what we were going to do with this free time, we felt like we should go and visit this less active family. We got to the house and before we knocked the door, we heard people inside the house arguing one with another. We thought if it was a good time to visit them, however the spirit gave us the impression that we should. We than knocked and the mother came out just a little bit angry and irritated but let us come into her house. As we entered the house, we got to meet the whole family. This family consists of a single mom, her 3 daughters, and 1 younger son. The family is very similar to my own family because the age difference between all of the siblings is about the same in my family. This made it a little more special for me. As soon as I met them I felt a lot of love and compassion for them. We got to know them a little bit more and found out that they had stopped going to church over 2 years ago. We got to know as well that the mother was very close to entering into the temple. Really just a wonderful family. Elder Soares and I were able to share a message with this family and the spirit was very strong. I gained a testimony of the power of ministering. It is amazing how we don't have to know everything about the gospel, nor do we need to know a language perfectly for the spirit to do its work. Truly, Elder Soares and I just read a chapter of the Book of Mormon with them and we didn't say a word. However when we ended the chapter, everyone from the family was in tears and knew that it was time to come back to church. THAT IS THE SPIRIT! Its amazing that each one of us has the potential to help other people feel the sensation of the spirit in their lives. Also the Gonzalez family, Juani, Saul, and Emilio came to church yesterday for the stake conference. They are progressing well, please keep paying for them!
Today we had our district activity and we went to a famous lookout here in Monterrey. In our district we have people from Peru, Costa Rica, México, Brazil, Columbia, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, y Nebraska! At this lookout you can see the whole city of Monterrey. I never knew how big it really is! 5 Million people! After we went and ate at a buffet! Life cant get better! Have a great week!
Love, Elder Gibson
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