Have miracles ceased?‏

Have miracles ceased?

Moroni 7:27-29 "Wherefore, my beloved brethren, have miracles ceased
because Christ hath ascended into heaven, and hath sat down on the
right hand of God, to claim of the Father his rights of mercy which he
hath upon the children of men?

For he hath answered the ends of the law, and he claimeth all those
who have faith in him... And because he hath done this, my beloved
brethren, have miracles ceased? Behold I say unto you, Nay; neither
have angels ceased to minister unto the children of men."
I can add my testimony to Moroni! Miracles have not ceased, and nor
will they ever! It has been a week of small but significant miracles,
and there is no way to really tell you all what we are experiencing.
The bad and the good, combined with Illinois weather, has make this
week memorable.

Speaking of the weather: we had both heat waves during the day and a
ton of storms every night- so you can imagine how the humidity has
been. :) one night the thunder was so loud a car alarm went off in our
parking lot! We thought buildings were falling all around us, it was
intense.

We dropped Armando- and we feel ok about it. He wasn't ready, and we
pray he will find the missionaries again. We started teaching 6 new
investigators: Marta and her boyfriend Noah (Noé), Eleazar and his
wife Imelda, a man named Manuel, and an older man also named Eleazar.
They are all awesome! We don't know much about them, but they all seem
genuinely interested and we pray for the best.

We had a Noche De Hogar with Andres at Bishop's house Monday. That
went really well. We taught Andres again Saturday. We are a bit
worried he isn't understanding what we are teaching him because of the
medicine he is taking to help his hurt knee. He says he can stop
taking it at the beginning of August, so we aren't giving up yet! His
sister Ana has been friendly but says she is busy when we want to meet
with her. Prayers!

We had the opportunity to do a ton of service this week! We had our
usual visit to the Food Pantry, but we stayed an hour longer to clean
up because many volunteers needed to leave. We heart attacked an
inactive members door (the Cortez family) leaving them notes and
cards. We have been meeting with the mom and daughter, Sarai and
Destiny, for a few weeks which has been so great! We Made and ate
dinner with our investigator Aline and her mom, and shared a story
form the Book of Mormon with them. Aline is amazing! She is 15 and so
mature beyond her age. We made cards to thank members that have helped
us.

Quote of the week:

"...Do not pray for tasks equal to your abilities, but pray for
abilities equal to your tasks. Then the performance of your tasks will
be no miracle, but you will be the miracle."
-President Thomas S. Monson
Oct 2007 General Conference (three goals to guide you)

Go be the miracle! I promise you that the Lord has something planned
for you that is far bigger than you could ever imagine!! We're headed
out to go to the zoo with the other hermanas in our district, so have
a wonderful week!!! 

All my love,

Hermana Hokanson

My Zone