The Miracle Family

Hey! 

Before I get to the mission work I first wanted to update and inform all of you about Sister Mafunda and my biscuit search. So here in Zambia all the little shops in the neighborhoods and at the stores they sell biscuits okay but biscuits here are little cookies like oreos but they have Zambian ones in all different flavors and brands okay. So in Kalingalinga my favorite biscuit was On-the-go Biscuits, just a vanilla biscuit but when I came to Woodlands I wasn't able to find them for a long time. So Mafunda and I since we have been companions and we have been tasting and trying biscuits to find our new favs. Currently our favorite brand is called Anytime Biscuits. They have different flavors vanilla, chocolate, custard, strawberry, orange and lemon... we have tried all of them but are still on the hunt for the lemon one.... so the search continues but so far the best one is the vanilla one! It taste like ice cream. Maybe ill bring some home and you all can try it! Anyways just a fun little side note haha 

As for the work! I have never talked about James. James James James so he is this quiet dude that the missionaries have been teaching for awhile now. He is getting baptized on Sunday! He is such a good guy. He reads the, “Mormon Book” as he calls it all the time and he I really excited to get baptized. He is really shy but when we ask him questions he opens up and inside that guy is a big testimony. We are very excited for him. 

This week we really focused on finding. Our goal was to find some solid families in our new area. We focused on families because we know that through the gospel of Jesus Christ that families can be together forever, but we also know the gospel is for everyone. We went in with a lot of energy and new ways of finding. Our favorite way has been by asking powerful questions when they answer the door or gate. Such as, “Have you ever wondered why there are so many churches in Zambia? Did you know that God has a body of flesh and bones? Have you heard about the Book of Mormon, another testament of Jesus Christ?” So when the person would answer we would introduce ourselves and then ask the questions and listen to their answer and then ask if we could share more about that topic with them. All week we knocked on so many gates though and many people either didn’t answer, were too busy to listen, AKA the don’t want to haha, or the owner wasn’t home- only the guard at the gate. Mafunda and I were feeling pretty discouraged and really prayed and thought about what we needed to improve on. We couldn’t figure it out. We just knew we had to keep going and it would work out. There was this one morning when we were walking so slow. We had just knocked a ton and nothing, and all our appointments fell through, but we decided to knock on this one house. We knocked and waited and then a gardener came to the gate. We decided to ask him, “Did you know that God has commanded us not to drink coffee and tea?” and he said, “Yeah I’ve heard it somewhere before but I don’t know where.” So we told him we could come in and share more with him and HE SAID YES! So he is the gardener for the main man who stays there but he stay behind the big house in a tiny house, AND HE STAYS WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO LITTLE BOYS! He was so welcoming to us and invited his wife to come and learn with us. So there sat this man, Mayba, and Esther his wife, and one of the little boys. As we started the lesson we talked about how the gospel can strengthen their family and how it has been restored to the earth and Mayba asks, “How was it restored? How was it lost?” Woah this guy! He asked the right questions and so as we began to share the message, they were so interested. We talked about how important love is in a family and how Heavenly Father has blessed them with their families and they talked about how they know too the love and respect and supporting each other as husband and wife is so important in the home. You could tell to that they do work together and love each other and especially their two boys. We invited them to pray every night as a family and they said they would. As we were leaving they told us they wanted us to come back, so we could answer the rest of the questions! Oh man and the wife was so nice. When the gate closed behind us, Mafunda and I just hugged and were so happy. Heavenly Father had led us to a family! We were so grateful that He had. We prayed and thanked Heavenly father for the miracle family. Really was a tender mercy on a day when things were just not going our way. I know He was watching out for us and when we continue to work hard, no matter what, He will bless us in the end. We are excited to teach this family this week and I’ll keep you updated on what happens! 

That’s all for this week! Hope you all are well! 

with lots and lots of love, 

Sister Mouton