3-28-11

Hey Everyone,
Well I have a couple cool experiences from this week.
Well, we were going to an appointment but the person we needed to teach wasn´t there so we left. And as we were walking away from the building we saw this couple with a young daughter. So, we contacted them and they are Brazilian and Catholic. So we asked a little but about them and then I asked if he believed that God talks to people today. He said yes. Then Elder Marlor asked how does he think God talks to people today. He said prayer. And he said that when he was younger he really didn´t believe in God. But as he got older, every once in awhile he would pray and what he asked for he would get, whether sooner or later. So, his wife was pregnant with their little girl, and they went to the doctor to get a checkup, and the doctor found something wrong with the baby and the mom, which was life threatening. So, he and his wife were very worried, but he told his wife if we pray God will answer and everything will be fine. So the did that, and the next week they went back to the doctor and they did the same test and they both were fine. And while he was telling us the story the Spirit was so strong. He stopped and held up his arm and said can you see how I am feeling right now, and he had goosebumps all over his arms. It was an awesome story and almost made me cry. Then, Elder Marlor asked how it felt the first time he held his daughter and he said he didn´t remember because he was so worried about his wife. But he said that he gets an awesome feeling whenever he sees his little girl walk or whenever she calls him papa. It was a really cool experience.
And last night we went over to a member´s house to eat. They are the perfect family. His name is Pedro, his wife is Claudia and their little boy is Levi. They are all incredibly goodlooking and active in the church. They´re rich and Pedro is a RM. So we were giving them the lesson and their little boy interrupted when we were talking about prayer and missionary work. He was like stop stop I wanna say something. So we let him. He said something like when you pray you get a good feeling in your heart that God puts there haha It was the most awesome thing ever haha. But it´s true haha he was right.
But their family is way funny and last night was a blast. The members make the missionaries eat so much food I was going to explode haha. But I like it because we are poor.
Well there are a few things that happened this week. I love and miss you guys.
Love,
Elder Spencer Jensen
ps watch this talk from Jeffrey R. Holland
http://lds.org/general-conference/2009/10/safety-for-the-soul?lang=eng&query=safety+soul