We prayed, and the toilet flushed 🚽

Hola. Today for my email, I'm going to walk you through a parable of sorts. And pardon me if it sounds a little apostate at the beginning.

Imagine that you're a religious person. You've grown up reading the words of ancient prophets, and you follow the commandments that they have revealed from God. It's going pretty great for you! You know that these commandments make you and others around you happy and it's awesome!

Then one day, this random middle-aged hobo from some old unknown town, who was born in a barn, starts preaching that he and God are one. What?! 🤨

And he starts doing things that seem pretty contrary to what you know to be true, like doing work on the Sabbath Day, flipping tables at the Temple, and talking one on one with a lady from enemy territory *gasp* 😱

And your church leaders that you love and respect dearly are telling you that this man is evil and an abomination in the sight of God.

Your first thought is, obviously, that this guy is horrible. You would never follow him. One would have to be crazy to do so. 

But, why are so many following him? 

You find out that the reason that he worked on Sunday was because he literally made a blind man see.

He flipped those tables at the temple because no one should be making merchandise at the House of God,

And he talked to a lady from enemy territory because it's good to love everyone, including your enemies. 

As you learn more and more about this man and about what he's teaching, you come to find that these "changes" that he's making to the Gospel are changes for the better. And that they aren't against what the prophets of old taught, but in fact grow and expand on the beautiful blessings and knowledge that they already had.

You eventually choose to follow him. And, even though you were happy and satisfied before, you can't imagine your life without this new testament of knowledge and joy.

Just in case you haven't figured it out by now, you in this story are a jew at the beginning of the new testament. And this "wild hobo" is Jesus Christ. 

Since the beginning of time, people have always felt scared when something new comes around. It makes sense, we like what we're used to. But the world changes. The world always needs new advice, and God is always willing to reveal new revelation to help us. 

You may have noticed that this story sounds similar to many people when they find out about the Book of Mormon or modern prophets. Some people get shocked that there could be more to be revealed, but it's just the same as the jews in the new testament. 

I know that the book of Mormon is the word of God. I know that it has truths that add on to the knowledge and teachings of God, just like the new testament does to the old. I know that God will continue to reveal more things as long as he continues loving us, which is forever.

Anyways, I don't know what inspired me to right this, but I hope that the 2% of you who actually had the energy to read it enjoyed it!

Oración de Baño (Toilet Prayer)

One more thing before I go:

We went to visit a referral and on the walk there, a lady stopped us and said, "Are you guys the ladies from the church?"

And we were like, "Uh, yes"

Then she was like, "You guys are the answer to my prayer!" And then proceeded to tell us how her toilet hasn't been able to flush and she has diarrhea. So we followed her inside her apartment and said a prayer. Afterwards, Hna Daugherty went to flush the toilet... AND IT FLUSHED!!

The lady was SO HAPPY!! She gave us a million hugs and told us that we truly are angels sent from God!

And now she's taking lesson from the English sisters jaja

Anyways, love y'all! Have a good week!!

Hasta Luego

Hermana Perkins