Melissa Brower wrote:
As the primary president I have the opportunity to visit many families in our ward. However, a Spanish Branch was recently merged with our ward, so I now oversee the Spanish Branch Primary families as well. One of the Spanish Branch families who had been faithful at coming every week suddenly stopped coming to church right before Christmas. Their 2 boys have the most contagious smiles and I noticed them missing week after week. I kept feeling the need to go to their home and visit with them. However, I don't speak any Spanish. I took a plate of cookies before Christmas hoping to catch them home, but I had no luck. After Christmas they were still on my mind, so my counselor and I stopped by again. They were home, but would not let us come in. So I asked if we could come back in a few days. When we returned later, we were able to meet with the mother of these two sweet boys. She speaks very little English, but we were able to communicate with her. I asked why they had not been coming to church and told her how much I missed her boys and their smiling faces. When she said they just hadn't been feeling well, the spirit told me more was going on. So, I bore my testimony to her about the importance of her boys attending primary. The spirit was there and I knew she felt it. I asked her if she would bring her boys to church the next week and would allow her oldest son to attend cub scouts if I could find a ride for him. She hesitantly said, "yes". I wasn't sure we would see her that next week. However, about 1/2 way through church they came. It made my heart happy to see them at church again and was grateful that the spirit prompted me to share my testimony with her about the importance of coming to church where the boys could learn more about the gospel and feel the love our Savior has for them.
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