Hello everbody!

So I've gotten a few comments about my "colorful/interesting" emails. Does that mean I should be less descriptive?

This week started out pretty rough but turned miraculous. So up to Wednesday things weren't going so great. Everybody was dropping us or not responding or not showing up for appointments and we were pretty frustrated. By Thursday things started to happen it was amazing! Our whole day was full of appointments and they went great! We found Jim, this really goldent investigator who set upa church tour with and we haven't seen him since. He said he still really wants to do so we have one tonight with him. We got the Lopez family, Maria y Eutiquio, to come to a baptism. They're the ones that are so close to baptism, she moved out because of his drinking, and they were going through a really rough time. She moved back in and he hasn't touched a drop since! It's been 2 weeks and he's still clean! Truly miraculous because he used to drink every single day! They even came to the Spanish branch Valentine party on Saturday. Eutiquio is super good friends with one of the members and he asked him to be in charge of filling the water cups and there never was a better man for the job. He would not sit down until everybody had a water and the pitchers were never less than half-full. It was fun to watch. Sis. Haws and I felt like parents watching their kids go out on their own and finally make their own friends. They socialized with everyone and played the games. We were very proud parents ;) They both came to church yesterday and fit right in, but they're still fighting baptism. We don't get it because they're so ready! They're better members than most of the members.

So crazy story yesterday. Our war vet, James, has been very difficult this week. He didn't show up to any of his appointments and wouldn't answer our calls. We were pretty frustrated with him and figured we'll wait for him to call us. Then he shows up to church! Sister Haws is on the stand because she has to give a talk. I sit by James and his fellowshipper and he's asking good questions and the whole meeting is going great. Sis. Haws gives her talk and then comes the next speaker. He was supposed to speak on the Holy Ghost which would have been perfect for James, but then he decides to change it to the Ensign talk in January on how to improve your relationship with your spouse. If any of you have read it you know how in depth it goes. Sis. Haws went stonefaced up on the stand and I started to panic. James is going through an absolutely horrible, ugly divorce right now and is constantly depressed because of it. The speaker went into even more detail than what was in the talk! I kept trying to talk to James and share scriptures with him and distract him. It was definitely one of those moments where I just wanted to disappear and have him disappear too. Suddenly he stands up and bolts for the door so I chase after him. He's gone before I could even talk to him. I went back in the chapel and was just horrified by what had just happened. Several fellowshippers went out and tried to find him, but he was gone. All of this happened while the speaker was still speaking and he never skipped a beat. Afterwards I was still pretty upset and yet had to be happy for all the people we had to talk to. The Bishop came and talked to us and told us that yes that was a very inappropriate talk for sacrament and how could he make things right. We couldn't do anything then because we had another ward to go to and back-to-back appointments. To top all we had to go to dinner at the speakers house! It was easily one of the most awkward dinners I've been to. Sis. Haws was trying to be calm, I was pretty livid so I wasn't speaking and they just kept going on like nothing had happened. Amazingly enough the spiritual thought was on how we need to love our neighbor even when they do things to make us mad. Sis. Haws had found the wrong scripture and that was what she found, so we were both called to repentance.

Later that night we felt strongly that we needed to go see James even though the Bishop said it might be better to give him some time. We stopped by and apologized profusely. He then apologized for being rude and running out and told us we didn't need to apologize because it could have been a good talk in a different setting it was just too hard for him to hear at that moment. Wow! That was a huge miracle. We thought we had lost him and then he turned around and apologized to us. The Lord truly does work in mysterious ways.

Well more next week, but coninue on serving the Lord. I love being a servant of the Lord and being able to witness these miracles. I truly feel like things are finally starting to come to together.

I love you all very much and am so grateful for all your support!

Love,

Hermana Probst