Bueno,

This week was a week of miracles so hold on to your horses:

1. This week we worked with the Lezama family like locas....pero....they have yet to accept baptism. Satan is fighting against them so hard and at times it is so frustrating. I know that the gospel blesses families and that the only way to have a home filled with the spirit is to have a home based on Christlike attributes of love, humility, forgiveness, and mutual respect. THE GOSPEL IS THE ANSWER but as humans we can not always see it. 

2. This week the hermana Monrroy and I decided to fast and it was such a powerful experience. We were walking and she felt impressed to contact a house so we walked to the doorway and yelled ¨buenas¨ and a woman answered ¨pase adelante¨ before we could even say anything else. She pulled out two chairs and we begin to talk. No less than 1 minute into the conversation, she shared with us that her mom is super sick adn in a lot of pan. We asked to see her, and Luisa, the woman, took us to a back room where a her mom was sitting in a rocking chair. She cant see so she uses sunglasses adn she cant hear really well. SHe is diabetic adn has some other problem and is always in pain. When she breathes her chest and her stomach expand and every breath is an effort. We sang a hymn and it was such a powerful experience. I asked the Luisa why she let us into her home and she told me that she felt something inside of her guiding her to do it, something that she had never felt before. We asked her if we could come back with a priesthood holder to give Carlota a blessing and she said yes. THe next day we returned with the bishop adn he gave blessing of comfort. After he finished, Carlota asked us if we could sing for her another time. We sang I know that my redeemer lives and I dont think I have ever felt the power and importancia of this himno hasta that moment. The words, He lives and I shall conquer death have never meant more to me. I dont know if the family we progress and come to church but for a moment when we were singing, I felt for the first time like a true disciple of Christ. I believe with all my heart in the power of prayer adn fasting.

3. Remember how I said the other week that I have never been more wet in my life....well.....that was child´s play. THis week was a week of natural disasters in my neck of hte woods. THere was an earthquake in Costa RIca and we could feel a little of the effects here in Chinandega. The volcano near us errupted and ash was raining in some of the areas but not in ours. Well the rain also picked up and we were walking without our umbrella. WE got completely drenched and stopped in at the house of an investigator to pass the rain. SHe brought us clothes to change into. I had a shirt with 50 cent on the front....yeah....I was really following the dress and grooming standards. WE walked home and the streets were completely flooded up to our knees. I loved every minute of it.

4. Well the final miracle. THis week we worked like crazy to bring people to church with very little success and I was a little disheartened, because I honestly felt like we were doing our part and not seeing very much success. Well in the night we recieved a call from teh bishop. THere is a women who has visited the ward for years but never had a desire to be baptized that we didnt know. well this Sunday she talked to the bishop and we passed by her house to teach her this morning. SHe is going to be baptized Tomorrow! It is amazing how the Lord has and continues to bless us here as missionaries. WHat a special experience to teach a woman who came to us because she had a desire to be baptized and not the other way around.

Well, Wednesday is cambios so we will head to Managua. THe time is flying. I love you all. 

De le pues...

Hermana Manning