On Wednesday, in district council we talked about wanting to really focus on finding new people. We made a decision to fast for 24 hours for our goal of finding 12 new friends this week. It has made all the difference!
Joel, our friend we found at the library, met with us on Wednesday. He is currently on date for baptism the 6th of October!! He is such an amazing person and he loves coming to church. On Sunday we persuaded him to go up and bear his testimony. He starts off by saying "Good morning, I'm Joel." No one says anything. "Wow that was weak! I said GOOD MORNING!" Everyone just looks at each other and mutters "good morning." Then Joel starts asking questions, expecting the congregation to participate. Sister Morris and I just look at each other with fear in our eyes like "what did we just do?!" Then Joel starts sharing a story and relating it to how God doesn't leave us behind. Keep in mind that last week this kid didn't even believe in God. It was a beautiful testimony. He is progressing fast and I'm so excited for him!!
Thursday night we went tracting in an area we never saw before. LOTS OF POTENTIAL. We met so many nice people who said we could come back and teach them. It was the first time I actually enjoyed knocking on doors because I could see the benefits of my labors. Also...we may have rescued a baby bird that flew into our car that same night. It was a scary moment but don't worry...the bird is fine and it eventually flew away :)
Friday was the climax of miracles this week. We had a lesson with one of our newer friends we found tracting. Her name is Twee and she is incredible. We taught her the Plan of Salvation and she loved every minute of it. We invited her to pray about baptism to see if that was something God wanted her to do. She said yes and wants to be baptized on October 6th if she gets her answer! She also wants her sons to be baptized so we are super excited for them!
Later that same day we had a lesson with Colton, a referral from a member in our ward. At first, the lesson started off super tense because he was just throwing all these random questions at us. Sister Morris interrupted him and asked if we could say a prayer. After the prayer, the Spirit just flooded the room and Colton was more willing to listen to us. It was the most powerful lesson I've experienced so far.
At the end of Friday, we stopped by a less active member's home (the Monacos). The husband is the less active and the wife isn't even a member. They have the cutest family and they used to come to church all the time. We went over just to say hello and they ended up feeding us dinner. After, we asked if there was anything we could do for them. Sister Monaco asked if we could come over next week and read the Book of Mormon with her! Brother Monaco admitted he wanted to start coming to church again and he wanted his newborn baby to be blessed. We were so shocked and told them we could definitely help out. I know that the Lord put us there at the right time when this family was willing to try again.
The miracles continue on Saturday! There was a woman we met about a month ago who asked us for a Book of Mormon. We decided to go back and see if she actually ever read it. We met her husband (Mike) and had a lesson with both of them. The woman (Chelsea) grew up with friends that were members and she admitted she always wanted to raise her family in the LDS church. Mike and Chelsea do not believe in God but are very open to the idea. We taught about the Holy Ghost and what it feels like to receive an answer from our Heavenly Father. After Sister Morris ends the lesson with a prayers, Mike says "woah, is that what the Spirit feels like?" We both look at each other and nod. Then he says "so that's what I need to look for when I pray tonight." It was so cool!!
We were also able to meet with J'nell (non active member who is trying to come back to church). We've been over a couple of times and no one ever answers. We have also called her several times and no answer. So it was a miracle that she answered the door! She really wants her husband to take the lessons so he can be baptized. They both also want to be sealed in the temple! We meet with them again on Wednesday and I'm so excited!
The Lord has been so good to us this week! I feel like we are finally finding people who are truly ready for the gospel. I love this work, even if it gets stressful or hard. I know Heavenly Father gives us bad days so we can appreciate the good days.
Love you all and have an amazing week!
-sis. smith
Love you all and have an amazing week!
-sis. smith
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