Dinner and a Water Fight-July 6, 2009

Howdy family and friends,

Hope y'all had a great 4th of July and that you enjoyed all the fireworks. This week has been one of the funniest weeks of my whole mission. A lot has happened in the past few days.

Last Monday we went to have dinner at a member's home and they invited a friend to come over and eat too. His name is Juan and he plays basketball with them at the church. After dinner we talked and we were able to teach him about the Restoration. The members bore their testimony at the end of the lesson too and it was very spiritual. It strengthened my testimony of the importance of members and how we can not do this work without their help. We are going back over tonight to teach him again. And I am really excited about at.

Wed. we had a really good lesson with Jose. That morning we took forever preparing a lesson plan for him. But when we got in the lesson the Spirit guided us to say things in a very different way. We followed the Spirit and the Holy Ghost gave us the words Jose needed to hear not the words we wanted to say. Jose really opened up to us too. And he thanked us for being so patient with him. He told us he is getting closer to being baptized but is not quite there yet he just needs a little more time. It is amazing how when we are prepared the Spirit guides us more on what to say and teach. When we follow the Spirit it always turns out better then what we had planned.

The 4th of July was so much fun. We taught Julian again for the first time in over a month. And it went really well. We also taught Juan again, he has lots of questions and we just sat there and answered all of them. That night we had dinner with some members and we ended up having a huge water balloon fight, it was so much fun. Then we went to the park and watched the fireworks.

The work here in Kaufman and Forney is really starting to pick up. We are so excited to see what is in store the next few weeks. I love serving and mission. I know The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Christ's church on the earth today. His hand is over this work. We are never alone, for the Lord is always watching over us. He will always be there for us. God will never turn His back one you, it is always us that turn our backs on Him. But His is loving and merciful and is always there standing with open arms waiting to us to turn to Him again. He hears and answers our prayers.

I love ya'll. May this week be better than the last. God be with you.

Love,
Sister Keys