12/16/2013 Wonderful Week of Glory

Dear Amado Family,

I hope I have enough time to tell you how awesome this week was! 

1. Mr. Egg Gospel of Christ lesson: for one of our members we taught the G.o.C using a hard boiled egg, and it was AWESOME!  So you take a hard boiled egg and draw a face on him and give him some faith, then you have a durable bottle labeled, "the kingdom of God" The way he is now, mr. Egg can't get into the bottle, even though he has faith enough to try.  each time he sins, you give him a crack until he looks really ugly, then you peel off the shell, teaching the steps of repentence.  Does that get Mr. Egg in the bottle?  No, he still doesn't fit.  So then you get a tupperware mini font and let the kids baptize the egg, (with pictures on the font so he looks dressed in baptismal clothes)  He still doesn't fit.  2 Nephi 31:17 says we also have to be baptized with fire, or the Holy Ghost, so you put vinegar in the bottle, light a match and throw it in, then put Mr. Egg on top and the Holy Ghost sucks him into the Kingdom of God.  I think I loved doing this lesson as much as those 3 boys we taught did (age 2-9)  They also had fun shaking up mr. egg in the kingdom of god until he was ready for an egg salad sandwich. 

2. We keep trying to visit less actives, and running into their nonmember family members, which is fine.  One of which was a metaphysist who does much of the same things we do as missionaries, he helps people come to God, except through recognizing levels of consciousness. It was super awesome to talk to him, and so many of the the things he has been able to figure out fit right in with the plan of salvation.  The other is a wonderful woman who always offers us water and food when we stop by, even though she doesn't want to be a mormon, we are becoming friends.

3.  We didn't have a ton of time to work this week, but we were still blessed to find new investigators.  We felt inspired to knock at our apartments and just before we were going to move on to our next plans, we ran into a woman and her daughter in college.  They invited us right in, and we got to share the restoration with them. The spirit was there. As we taught, we became friends and they began to share some of their trials, and questions about God.  they are very special.  In the closing prayer they thanked god for their two new friends and a few minutes after the lesson (we had returned home) the woman knocked on our door and gave us oranges and offered to feed us lunch next time we stop by. 

4.  I learned something about prayer this week.  God wants to answer our prayers, but sometimes we build a rock wall of pride, doubts, etc.  To receive answers we need to break the wall be build. 

5. We got to go to Corpus for a mission tour where the area seventy speaks to us.  It was incredible, and I received answers to all my questions. 

6.  sister Judd and I are like ninjas on our bikes.  The mission told us the miles to corpus wouldn't be taken off, so we've been riding everywhere, jumping curbs  and speed bumps and all.  This sundaywe flew past the Elders on their bikes on their way to church, but could they let the sisters beat them? phhh, no, so they took a secret short cut.  Sister Judd and I even rode our bikes at 5:30 in the morning so we could get to the conche to play soccer at 6:00.  It was a riot.  I have so much more to tell you!  Hope I get to send a letter one day. 

Love,

Mo, Hermana Campbell