We should always lock our keys in the car. . . .

This week we saw an incredible miracle. Last Sunday night, that dark, cold and rainy evening, in a great show of companionship unity, we locked the keys in the car, and while waiting for help, we began to knock on the neighboring doors. We met a woman, "Maria," who was very friendly, but when she finally invited us in to sit in her living room she began, "You're not going to try to convert me, are you?"
"Hahaha" I thought, "Convert you? why on earth would you think that? (-: "
We explained our purpose, sort of glossing over the role of baptism, and invited to her to learn more. To our surprise she set a return appointment.
I am ashamed to say we had little faith in her. We planned to teach a "drop lesson"-- inviting her to come to Christ and then explaining that we would not be able to come over if she wasn't' willing to make commitments and follow the Savior.

I thought, "I've to women like her before- they're too nice to say no, but they're hardly jumping at the bit to find out what the Mormons believe."

Again she surprised us when we returned a few days later. She was waiting for us, invited us in, and introduced her son, who she wanted to sit with us and listen too. She hadn't read all of the pamphlet that we left, but she explained it was because she was too busy reading on Mormon.org about the Articles of Faith and the importance of Families. She wanted to learn more.

We taught her about the gospel of Christ, the apostasy and the restoration. We shared the beautiful story of Joseph Smith, and opened up the Book of Mormon to 2 Nephi 25:26. "We talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ and we write according to our prophesies that our children may know for what source they must look for a remission of their sins."

We testified of the power of the Holy Ghost in conversion and then Sister Molina invited her to follow the example of Jesus Christ by being baptized by one holding the priesthood authority of God.

"As long as I receive that witness that it is true, yes, I will be baptized."

I couldn't believe it.
We invited her to be baptized in January and again testified of the great blessings that come as we seek the confirmation of the spirit in our lives.

We stopped by a few days later, and she invited us in, "I thought you would come today, I could just feel it. You know," She said, "I never invite missionaries in, I don't even listen, but something told me to invite you in when you were standing on my porch that night. The spirit inside me told me that you had what I was looking for."