Things are now rushing by here in Chula Vista, with only a little over a month until we conclude our Mission here. One of the highlights of the week was the Senior Mission family home evening dinner & get together at the Mormon Battalion historic site. Usually once a month, the Senior Missionaries get together to share experiences & visit. Besides great food, a few of the Missionaries planned a little surprise for us and did the Samoan war dance that involves tongue's, shouts, and fierce faces - it was highly entertaining!
They even talked the Mission President (in the middle) to join them!
This was also our week to feed 2 groups of young Missionaries & the 1 YSA institute group in the course of 2 days - it seemed that Debbie spent a lot of time cooking meals!! At least all the young Missionaries seemed to really like her sloppy joe's ( with her special ingredient that we had to order on-line to get!)
We helped the young Missionaries in our Ward teach a young man named Uriah over the last few months who decided to get baptized. We were a little worried at first that perhaps he wasn't understanding the gospel principles, but at the baptism we found out from his Mom that he was autistic, which helped to explain a number of things & his sometimes puzzling behavior. I got to give the talk on the Holy Ghost & there was a good spirit during the meeting & the baptism. In fact, I don't remember going to a baptism where the Holy Ghost wasn't present! It is true that the power of God is manifest in His covenant ordinances!
We know that this is the Lord's work & that He cares much for His "sheep". One late afternoon, the Spirit prompted us to go visit a new member (Jay) who hasn't been to church for a few weeks, so we quickly jumped in the car & drove out to see him, not knowing if he would even be there. Fortunately, he opened the door with a big smile on his face, so we visited and shared a message about Alma & the people of the Lord in bondage to the Lamanites & how they were delivered by God. He could relate to the story - he is Haitian & is here on a work visa trying to get away from a horrible political situation in Haiti. He works 3 jobs so he can send money home to his family. He works so much & hasn't had much time to do anything else! We are hoping that we can help him understand that as we give some time to the Lord, He will bless us & support us in our trials - we all do so much better when we let "God prevail in our lives"! He is such a wonderful young man.
We were touched to hear that President Nelson, who is turning 100 years old in September has encouraged us to celebrate his birthday by helping the "one" in his 99+1 birthday! He always has so many uplifting words for us as God's prophet on the earth today! We are grateful for his example.
Here is another amazing flower we discovered this past week:
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