"What a great week- So many stories and miracles. We have had one awesome week!!"
"So on to the reeeaally good stuff. We have experienced some mighty
miracles this week. and I have gained a huge testimony on being specific
with our prayers...
So Wednesday,
after our playtime with the rain, we went to visit a former
investigator to see if she was still interested, which she was, so that
was a blessing. Her neighborhood is a cute town
home neighborhood. . . White is the minority, and everyone we have met in this
neighborhood have been SO nice to us!! So after we visited her, we
decided to tract this neighborhood. Before we did, Sister H prayed
that we would specifically find someone in this neighborhood who was
ready to hear the gospel. She plead that we desperately needed an
investigator. The 2nd door we knocked on we met a woman. She
has been searching for the Gospel for 40 some odd years. She has
learned just about every religion you can think of, Christian and
non-christian alike. We introduced ourselves and she came out on the
front porch and listened to our message. We taught her the restoration
on her doorstep...and she invited herself to church. Our second lesson
with her we took a 3-yr convert in our ward, and it went so perfect. we
taught the plan of salvation, and she said "this sounds so familiar,
like I've heard it before". We went back the next day, and we taught her
the gospel of Jesus Christ lesson. She straight up told us that she
knew the Book of Mormon was true, she KNEW that Joseph Smith was a
prophet, and that what we were teaching her had all the answers to her
questions she has had all her life. We invited her to be baptized, by
proper priesthood authority (which some people have a hard time
understanding the priesthood, but she said it just made so much sense)
on July the 20th,
and she asked what she needed to do to be baptized. We explained to her
a brief summary of the word of wisdom, and she committed to quick
drinking coffee and smoking that day, and we briefly touched on tithing
and the law of chastity, and she flat-out committed to living both of
them. She said quitting smoking will be hard, but she has faith she can
do it as long as she puts it in the Lord's hands. After she accepted the
baptismal invitation, I was inspired by the spirit to tell her a little
about temples and baptisms for the dead. She said that that was the
most BEAUTIFUL thing she had ever heard. She wants to do her temple work
for her mom. We looked up temples on the internet with her, and she is
SO thrilled to go there someday."
"Her conversion took place in 5 DAYS. The Lord
prepares his people, and when we specifically ask to find people, the
Lord sends them to us. I didn't think anything that incredible would
happen on my mission. I have been looking through my journal lately at
some of my experiences that I have had in my last area and so far on my
mission. I have learned so much and grown so much, and I feel like this
is the real missionary work I was sent here to do. "
"After we met with her the first time, we proceeded to tract the
neighborhood, and we gave out 2 BofM's to her neighbors. This
neighborhood is SO READY FOR THE GOSPEL!!!! We also found a former (investigator) that
has also been so prepared to hear the gospel. He's been investigating
for 3 YEARS, and we came to him and he asked about getting baptized.
Geez, the church is true!! I freaking love being a missionary!!!"
"I have noticed the blessings that come from being on a mission- they are
immense and incredible. It's weeks like these when I wish I could be a
missionary forever."
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