Hey family and friends!
This week has been much better than
last week. I have truly seen miracles and seen the "Lord's
angels round about to bear [us] up". I am crunched on time
today, so this email may be kind of short. Today is the first day of
classes so all the students are back. It is a marvelous thing to see
so many people!! :D Oh sheesh! I don't know where to begin. It has
been a roller coaster the past two weeks. We haven't had any new
investigators, which was hard.
Last Wednesday my companions and I
decided that we were going to find somebody new to teach and that we
were going to have the faith to see miracles. As our dinner hour came
to an end I got so antzy and excited to go out and knock on doors.
(That hasn't happened for a while) With each minute that went by I
got more and more anxious to get out and work. We got in the car and
Sister Nelson suggested we go to an apartment complex we'd never been
to before. We got there and the few doors we knocked on there was no
answer. Then I saw an apartment complex across the street that we'd
never seen before. So we went to that one. The craziest thing
happened! As soon as we stepped foot on the property we knew this was
the place we were going to find a new investigator. It was insane!
Both Sister Nelson and I could feel it. It was almost tangible. We
knocked on a few buildings with no success. We still knew this was
where we needed to `be though. I mentioned to Sister Nelson and
Sister Fraire that I was so excited to find a new investigator here.
We knew that person was somewhere in the complex, we just had to find
them.
We knocked on a door and as soon as the
girl opened the door I knew she was the one we had been looking for.
We offered to pray for her and for her family and she accepted. The
spirit was so strong and she felt it. :) We set up an appointment to
go back and visit her that Friday to teach her more. As soon as we
left her apartment we were all three so stinking happy! We hadn't had
this kind of experience in weeks! It was definitely a miracle. :)
The day before (Tuesday) we had been
walking on campus and for whatever reason we walked a way we never
had before. We ran into our investigator [Name Withheld]! It was so
great! He had moved to back to Texas so we stopped teaching him.
Well, we were able to set up a time to teach him Wednesday afternoon.
It was such a miracle/blessing from the Lord to be able to actually
teach and feel like we were fulfilling our purpose as missionaries.
Teaching [Name Withheld] gave us the boost we needed to keep going.
It was a fabulous lesson! We talked with [Name Withheld] about
baptism and confirmation. We talked about how baptism is a covenant
we make with God. When we make
and keep covenants, God blesses us. We told him we want him to
make and keep covenants with God, not just get baptized and then
never come back to church. We read him the baptismal interview
questions, which he passed. :) He is well on his way to getting
baptized. Keep him in your prayers please! He said he feels like he
needs to keep reading from the
Book of Mormon and be more consistent with his church attendance.
Oh [Name Withheld] is so great!!! We love him so much! Well... he
also told us about how the day we taught him the Word of Wisdom he
prayed in his living room asking if all this was true. He got a very
distinct "Yes" answer. From that day he started to live the
word of wisdom. Why he didn't tell us this sooner I don't know.
It made our hearts soar to hear this from him.
Life as a missionary is hard. There are
times where you don't feel like you can go on. However, moments when
people are open and accepting to change their lives and come closer
to Christ makes it all worth it. Then again, life in general is hard
and there are times you don't feel like you can go on. It's not
something that happens just to missionaries. As we are faithful
though, the Lord provides for us and helps us. I know that Lord is
mindful of us and loves us. Although things can be hard, there is so
much good, joy and happiness in this life as we live the Gospel. I
love you all! Sorry this is so short. I am doing fine. I love
missionary work! I am learning and growing so much. :) Love ya!
Love, Sister Record
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