"Are they trying to bring us to Jesus or take our money?"

Miracle #1- Stop Complaining…Yes you can tract.

Sister King and I have been talking lately how we can't tract for young single adults (YSA) because it would be awkward to knock on a door and ask if there was any YSA's ages 18-30. And no we aren't looking for a boyfriend. :) 

So we were on our way to an appointment with a less active member of our church. We had parked in front of the house and noticed a younger guy walking the street smoking a cigarette. The neighborhood looked really nice and he seemed out of place especially since he was lingering around one of the houses as soon as we pulled up. We waited for a while and then he went into the house…surprisingly.

We had a great lesson and then decided afterwards to go knock on this same house and see if he was home – no one home. We were walking back to our car when I got the feeling that we should just keep knocking on doors. So we went to the neighbors – no one home. We looked across the street and noticed a ton of "teenage" looking beater cars in the driveway and decided to knock on that doors house. The house had a gate to its front door but we noticed a door on the side of their garage that looked like a separate loft to the house. We knocked on the door and heard a grumpy low voice, "Who is it?" Sister King replied in a high voice, "It's the missionaries." Usually when this happens no one answers. But to our surprise the door opens and a YSA in his Lone Star College T-shirt is standing at the door. He looked like we had woken him up, and we did, but he still answered the door! He said he was recovering from a cold and that he just moved to Houston. We talked to him about our church and he said that he has a step mom who is a member of our church and he is currently looking for a church to go to. He then offered that he has Sunday mornings off from work! We were so excited. Gave him a restoration pamphlet and we have a lesson scheduled for this Tuesday!  :) 

We left his door and Sister King turns to me and says, "Dude! That's a miracle!" Heavenly Father was showing us that we can tract! We realized that even if a family does come to the door we can offer to share a message with them and if they reject that, then we can ask if they know of any young adults who are struggling and could use a message about Jesus Christ. 

Miracle #2- Angelic Voices.

We were invited by members in our ward, Francisco & Dianna Gutierrez to have Mole with his parents who are not members. Their parents also only speak Spanish; they only know a couple words in English so we were trying to get a member in our ward to go with us to translate. But no one could come. We finally just gave up and realized that maybe we aren't supposed to have anyone come with us.

Their mom made us Mole and it was delicious. Truly some authentic Mexican food. Yumm! :) Afterwards we asked Francisco about the first time he met with the missionaries (he got baptized about a year ago) and he said that they sang a song with him and he could feel the spirit so strong. So Sister King and I decided to sing a song for his parents and chose Nearer My God to Thee. Even though they don't understand English we hoped that the song would bring the spirit and touch their hearts. We sang acapella and hoped that we were going to sound good. We opened our mouth to sing and I was shocked! We sounded good...like oddly good. Almost angelic. This was not our voices! We sang and afterwards the mom was crying and the dad kept commenting on how great we sounded. We had Francisco translate for us and we shared our testimonies and how thankful we were to be in their home. We then asked Francisco to bear his testimony. And it was so POWERFUL! The spirit was so strong while he was testifying it could hardly be contained in their small dining room. I could understand about half of what he was saying and he testified of the Book of Mormon and the joy the church has brought into his life. The spirit was so strong and the experience was amazing.

We talked to Francisco at church the next day and he told us that his parent’s hearts were softened to the church. Before his dad would be really angry at the Elders coming into their home but for some reason he was ok with the Sisters coming into their home because he didn't feel threatened with another man in the house. He said that they were really touched... And guess what? That was the first time Francisco had bore his testimony to his parents!!! Oh we were so happy for him and grateful that we were there because his parents needed to understand how important this gospel is to them!

Funny Moment Miracle - Growing Taller by shaking your feet miracles

Went tracting again and was talking to this guy about the Book of Mormon. He couldn't understand that it wasn't a bible and suddenly turned to me and said, "Is there something wrong with your back? Here sit." So thinking he was a chiropractor I sat on a chair on his porch. He then told me to stick my legs out straight in front of me. He held each of my feet by my heels and bounced them up and down... He looked at me and said, "Do you see that? Do you see that? Look your legs are the same. Did you feel that in your leg?" I was confused. I didn't feel anything nor did I see a difference. Sister King started laughing and then realized that he was completely serious. He continued, "That's Jesus! Did you feel that?" And he continues to bounce my legs up and down. "Now that's Jesus! See you're 1 inch taller now. That's Jesus. I can do it again and you will be another inch taller. That's Jesus. He did that to you and he still performs miracles." He turns to sister King and wants her to sit down on the chair so he can do the same thing. We quickly avoid that; testify of the Book of Mormon, and leave. Ok Sir. Yes Jesus can still perform miracles but not for those types of things because apparently everyone has shorter legs and can grow an inch in an instance. Hope you got a good laugh... We had a smile on our face for quite a while.

Well... I hope that ya'll have a good week. I love this gospel and the many miracles that I am able to see each day. Heavenly Father truly loves all of his children and knows what is best for us. I am continually grateful for this wonderful privilege to be a missionary!

"God does notice us and he watches over us. But it is usually through another person that he meets our needs." - President Spencer W. Kimball

Love you forever!

Sister Loo

Luke 9:62

Last P-day playing speedball with a member,

 and his non member friends.

I didn't think we were going to run so much...

Oh texas!

You know you are in texas when...

you have a penguin blowup in camo holding a gun...

Oh dear!