Hola All Y'all: April 18th - Little Tender Mercies anyone?

Hey all y'all! Brace yourselves for another update on a great week =)

This week Sister Barton was sick again so not too many stories to tell. However these are some of my favorites.

Yesterday after church we were helping a young girl named E. with her homework (her mom hardly speaks English so asks us to help her with spelling because we say the words without an accent). While Sister Barton was starting helping with E., I was with her cousin L. who is also a member (both are 8). I started asking her about her favorite scriptures and if she wanted to read with me. She said she doesn't like reading the scriptures. Eventually I coaxed her into getting her Libro de Mormon out of her car. Turns out she reads/understands English more than Spanish. So, I gave her one of our English copies. She asked what my favorite chapters are and I gave her a few. We read some verses from Mosiah 2 together in-between rounds of a guessing game. This continued for about an hour, and then L. said "I LOVE reading now!" Hah! Mission accomplished. She was so excited to show her mom all the chapters I had marked for her to read and her scripture reading assignment I gave her ;) hehe.

Had a cool experience on a blitz with Hna. Ontiveros this week :)
A young boy named G. (around 9 or 10 maybe) started talking to us while we were tracting the complex where he lives. After we continued on tracting, he came back and started asking us some questions while we were at some lady's door. So, Ontiveros started talking to him and I kept talking with the lady. She turned out not to be interested but we continued chatting with this young man and he had some very profound questions and responses throughout our discussion. He invited us to come back and see his family soon.

We got a call last night a couple minutes before 10:30 from an unknown number. We answered it, and a man's voice asked if this was the Spanish sister missionaries in the Hoover area. We responded affirmatively and he began explaining that he has a referral for us, but he's going to give our number to his Spanish-speaking friend. She has apparently participated in some church activities in his area, closer to Inverness, but she doesn't feel as comfortable with English as she does with Spanish of course. *trumpet sounding* Hermanas Barton and Martin to the rescue!!!!!

We also got to see S. again yesterday, a man we met tracting. We taught him the Restoration on his balcony, standing by his door. He is very faithful and he agreed to pray about our message and the Book of Mormon. He also is very open to prayer and asking us to pray for him and everyone else. He is so humble.

Prime example of humility: Sh. We met her tracting in the Hoover Sisters' apartment complex. I think she's one of the most amazing examples of humility I've ever met. She kept saying that she's so blessed right now, and everything she had came from God. It's so amazing how easy it is to see well-developed Christ-like attributes in some people. She's incredible.

Also, once upon a time, we went to Subway after district meeting. I let a woman with a very small baby boy go in front of me in line. A couple hours later, while tracting, we found her again! She gave us her number so we could schedule a time to see her again. =)

Tender Mercy: My missing planner was found (I left it at E.s house last week. Oops.) so now we have the phone #'s and addresses I wrote down on our exchange. =D No Child (of God) left behind! ;) Yay!!!!

That's all. 'Til next week!

The Church is true, The Book is Blue, and God loves you!

~Sister Laurel Martin