Nov 22, 2017 HAPPY THANKSGIVING !

Good morning everybody and happy Thanksgiving! I hope that all of you have been able to remember all the things you are grateful for. I know I have.  This week was amazing and I definitely have a lot to be grateful for. So many miracles and other little ways the lord has blessed us this past week. 

First off, we set a wedding date with Miriam for the 9th of December so just over a week before her baptism. We still have to get her husband all the way on board because he's a little apprehensive but I know that the lord will provide a way because Miriam’s faith is so strong and she wants this so bad.

Sunday was an amazing but also really hard day for me. I woke up Sunday morning with absolutely no voice. Any attempts at speech sounded like a mix between cave men grunts and a dying animal. Considering how much we talk a day it was hard for me not to teach and especially not to testify, and it was hard for Hermana Morales to have to teach all by herself. But even with me not being able to talk we had a really great day. One of our investigators, Josefina, has been progressing really well but she couldn't come to church because of her work schedule. We have church at 9:30 -12:30 and she gets off work at 12:00. One of the English sisters gave us the idea to bring her to sacrament in English and translate for her. We did and by the end of relief society she was beaming. We pulled her aside and talked for a few minutes. In which she told us she was talking to her boss and changing her Sunday work schedule so that she can come to church in Spanish and we also gave her a baptismal date for the 17th of December! 

Then later that night we were headed to watch the YSA face to face and we saw one of our investigators, Soliris, on the way there. She has been very frustrated lately because she feels like she can't get answers to any of her questions. She came and 9:00 we turned it off so we could get home on time and she was so sad. Because she had gotten answers to some of her questions and thought she still has many questions she is more ready to continue her progression towards the gospel.

Now, not spiritual but definitely exciting news! Our mission got smart phones and because Hermana Morales is an STL we got one of the very first ones! It's so so awesome. We have already used it several times to Skype in members to lessons with investigators! I'm am so thankful that the lord trusts us with more technology to help further his work!

Anyway, I love you all and hope you have a wonderful thanks giving! 

Love, Hermana Dobson

 We went to THE Macy's today. Everything is dected out in Christmas and the parade route is already set up for tomorrow