What a miraculous week it has been! Last Tuesday we went to check on one
of our investigators and she was not home. Without even thinking we all
gravitated to the door kitty-corner of this one. We offered the person
who answered the Heavenly Gift. He refused it, saying he had just woken
up from a nap so we gave him a mormon.org
card. He looked at it and said that all last semester he had been
meaning to come to our church but had not had any time. Then he told us
that he has wanted to meet with the missionaries for awhile but hasn't
been able to get a hold of us. Of course we exchanged numbers with him.
Well, the story gets even better than that! The next day while
we were eating lunch we got a phone call from a number we didn't
recognize. The person calling was [Name withheld], the boy we met the day
previous. He was CALLING US to set up a time to meet. We set up a time
for that evening. We ended up having a great lesson with him. We invited
him to be baptized on July 28th and he said he would. He is very
excited to start reading the Book of Mormon. [Name withheld] was very receptive
to the things we shared with him. It was really funny though. We had a
member with us who has never been in a lesson with the missionaries when
they extended the baptismal invitation. Sister Nelson was watching the
member's face and said that as I was asking [Name withheld] if he would be
baptized the member was cringing and making funny faces. When [Name withheld] accepted to be baptized the member relaxed. Then I asked [Name withheld] to be
baptized on the 28th and the member clenched up again. The member told
us later that he was really worried [Name withheld] would reject us and he didn't
want us missionaries to be rejected. Our member told us he had not felt
the Spirit that strong in a long time. It was an amazing experience. [Name withheld] is so receptive to the Gospel. He scheduled us in his
phone for every Wednesday at 5:30.
I love the Gospel so much! I love being a missionary. It is the best thing EVER! I can't believe Elder Record's been out for almost a year. That is just bonkers. The time just
flys by being a missionary. Last week we went on campus to talk to
people. There was a crawfish boil and I ate crawfish for the first time.
It was so good! :D I love you all! Hope you all
have a great week! Oklahoma is great! It's hitting the triple digits
though... haha!
Love Sister Record
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