Hola todos!
This week has been a pretty tough but we were able to make it through. With my stomach pain and Hermana Moir coming down with the stomach flu, we were quite the sight to see. Luckily Hermana Moir is doing much much better. :) I was actually grateful that I got to take care of her since she has done so much for me!
We went to have family night with the Monzon's, a less active family we have been working with. We talked about the Book of Mormon and committed them to start reading it. Little Jareth just loves us and always asks for more "shelfies" (selfies). They came to church yesterday! We were so excited!! We had 3 little kids sitting by us the whole time. They kept asking us to draw them pictures and hold their hand. haha I don't think I learned anything during sacrament meeting, but I do know that the Spirit was so strong and I am so grateful that we can go and partake of the Sacrament every week.
Picture with Jareth. We had family night with her and her family.
We went to serve at the assisted living center and took Tarzan and Lucky out for a walk. Tarzan's owner, Jackie, is one of our favorite people. She is from New York and has a thick accent that I just love. She is 90 years old! She has been a Jew her whole life and always tells us we should look into it. This week though she started asking us questions about our Church and she even admitted that she went on a tour of Temple Square in Salt Lake City! She told us "I would have converted right there to your religion if my rabbi brother wasn't with me." I asked her why and she thought and finally said, "I can't quite remember. I have a bad memory so I don't remember what they said that interested me. But I can still remember the feeling I had there." What a wonderful testament that was to me that Heavenly Father loves His children. When the He speaks truth to our heart through the Holy Spirit, our spirits can never forget it. We ended up having a wonderful conversation with her and committed her to read the Book of Mormon. She laughed though and said, "Yes I'll read your book, but I can't promise I will remember what I read!" And then we smiled and promised her that she would remember what she feels.
I meant to get a picture but I forgot! We had El Salvadorian Quesadillas this week. Only they aren't what you are picturing.. they are like a dessert! And they are baked in a muffin tin! I'm trying to get the Hermana to give me the recipe because I'm in love and I want to make them for you!
Yesterday we ate dinner with the Morgan family. I love them! They are a recent convert family (actually, Hermana Francis taught them!) and we asked them to share with us how they knew the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was true. My favorite response was Alex, the 17 year old just because of how simple his answer was. "I prayed and I felt happy." When we asked them about their Book of Mormon reading they smiled and said, "We already finished it!" We laughed and taught them the importance of reading it daily throughout their whole lives. I love this quote from President Gordon B. Hinckley: "Without reservation I promise you that if you will prayerfully read the Book of Mormon, regardless of how many times you have read it, there will come into your hearts ... the Spirit of the Lord. There will come a strengthened resolution to walk in obedience to His commandments, and there will come a stronger testimony of the living reality of the Son of God."
I testify to the truthfulness of those words! There is strength and power that comes from reading the scriptures, especially the Book of Mormon. As missionaries we often challenge others to read the Book of Mormon and pray to know of its truthfulness by the Holy Ghost, as promised by Moroni. I was studying about this last week and I love what it says in Preach My Gospel, "You too should also apply this promise regularly and renew your own testimony of the Book of Mormon. This testimony will help you maintain a firm confidence that anyone who applies this promise will receive an answer."
If you haven't read and prayed about the Book of Mormon and asked God if it is true, I challenge you to do so! And if you already have, I challenge you to do so again! I will be this week, too! I know that Heavenly Father always confirms truth and you will be able to feel it through the Holy Ghost.
Thanks again to all of you for all your prayers as I am going through all these medical tests. I have really felt your prayers pushing me through this week. I used to freak about all the different possibilities but now I just feel really peaceful that whatever happens is what God wants for me.
Yo se que el Libro de Mormon es verdadero! El contiene toda la plenitud del evangelio. Al leerlo, podemos recibir un testimonio firme que Jesus es el Cristo y que el nos ama.
Les quiero!
Hermana Buxton
We got a watermelon and we were so excited...until we cut it open and it looked weird. We were so sad that it didn't taste good.
We had a meeting with the bishop as a district and met their new puppy angel! Elder McKinney is holding him.
District lunch in honor of "may the fourth be with you" and "cinco de mayo"
Welcome to California, where palm trees grow as weeds :)