We were able to have a great experience with another member's sister. We had our branch party on Saturday and then taught a couple of recent converts. After that we planned to see some of our progressing investigators, but our appointments fell through. As we prayed and contemplated about who we could see, Sister Crompton had the idea to park the car at our apartment and walk down to see one of the families we have been teaching near us and to stop at this member's sister's house on the way. As we were walking we almost passed right by her house, but the spirit reminded me to stop and it turned out to be a really cool experience. As we called up to the house, the dad poked his head out the window and said that he had just been asking if we were ever coming back to teach them again, because we hadn't been there in a week or so. It was really special to see how the spirit truly has a hand in this work as long as we are listening and worthy to receive its promptings. The lesson that followed was really great and it concluded with our investigator asking us when we could come back when usually it is the other way around.
Our last member referral that we had an awesome experience with this week was a member's brother and his wife. We have been trying to get together with them for the past couple weeks and it always falls through. Then on Sunday we stopped by and the wife was there, but the husband wasn't. So we talked with her for a while and taught her a great lesson about the gospel of Jesus Christ focusing on faith. She then was able to share with us a dream she had one night after reading from the Book of Mormon in which she was speaking with us as well as the pastor of her church. She asked in the dream why it is that our churches don't just come together since we are so similar. The pastor answered that he had been thinking about doing just that. So, whatever the intended meaning of the dream, I think it has come to her as a confirmation that this gospel is true.
You asked about rain. It does rain off and on here. We haven't been poured on more than a couple of times though while we were out. Usually we are driving or are in our apartment when it is really coming down hard, because it never lasts very long. There have been times though, like today. lol. We woke up to pouring rain outside. We had planned to hike the volcano and weren't sure whether we would still be going. But we got ready anyway, and it turned out that we did get to go. It was just foggy at first, but then after a little while it started raining pretty hard. It was fun despite the rain. I didn't mind it; I love rain. The hike was harder than I thought it would be, but it may have just been the fast pace of the Elders that made it hard. Haha. I made it to the top though, and we got to see the foggy white abyss that was the crater at the top. I posted the pictures I took. There weren't very many, because once the rain started we had to put our cameras away. The way down was a lot easier. It was funny, because one of our investigators saw us last night and heard that we were hiking the volcano. He hasn't ever done it even though he has lived here his whole life. He had to catch the van (the public transportation) to get there and it is a long way around because of routes and stops. He hiked with us and seemed to have a good time. He is pretty fit and ended up beating us all to the top.
Hope all is well for you all!
Love ya,
Sister Bratt
Hiking La Soufreir (Volcano)
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