Once upon a time there were these two missionaries and they were serving in
canada....
I start my letter this week that way because i truly feel like im in a
dream! We have been blessed so much and I cannot even show my gratitude for all
the things the lord has provided this week! We have spent most of the days this
week raking leaves with our elders for investigators, members, and less actives
in our area! It has brought us a lot closer together and helped with the unity
we were searching for! Not only that but the members have started to trust us
more and invite us into their homes which is so great! We also had an incredible
zone conference on thursday where we learned more about having faith in the lord
to find. I cannot tell you how inspiring that was and how much i really needed
to hear what president and sister thomas had to tell us! But then came weekly
planning and as we talked about what we had accomplished this week according to
the standards set by the mission we were both getting a little discouraged. We
were feeling like we were working so hard but all we had been able to report on
so far was one less active lesson in the week. We had met with lots of members
and done tons of different finding things but none of that seemed to show and
results that ended in numbers. I remember one night i was trying hard not to be
discouraged and so me and sister fellows had a talk. We decided it didnt matter
what our numbers were we both had prayed and felt good about our week and if god
thinks we are good missionaries then thats all we need to worry about. Well
apparently thats what was needed because then we were blessed with miracle after
miracle. E*** is one of my favorite people in the st james ward. Him and his
wife S*** and j** and l*** V*** are like my adopted aunts and uncles out
here! they take such good care of me and they really care about me. They even
pick on me.... ALL THE TIME.... but E*** is what you call an enternigator.... he
has been investigating for close to three years and was determined he wasnt
getting baptized when i first got into this area. S*** his wife got baptized a
couple years ago and was just patiently waiting for him! Well this week he got
baptized! He finally decided to take the plunge and he is now a member of the
church. One year from now he and his wife will get to be sealed and it was SOOOO
EXCITING!!!!!!! that was our first miracle for the weekend. One of the
investigators we had been trying to meet with again, she is
twelve, finally got back to us last minute on friday night and told us to come
at 9 o clock the next morning. so we did! and We talked about baptism... we were
nervous to ask if that was something she still wanted and she said maybe. We
left it at that and kept working hard! She came to church with us the next day
and after sacrament meeting came up to me and said ive decided yes. I was
confused on what she had decided so i asked for more of an explanation and she
said I'm going to be baptized!!!!!!!! i was so excited i almost screamed! We are
setting a date with her on saturday and then we just keep going strong from
there! But our fairytale didn't end there. The guy i told you about that we
street contacted last week... his name is H***... well we had been trying to
find him all week with no luck when we got a phone call saying he would be joining
us at church... We prayed and prayed all week that we would see him at church
and as ten rolled closer and closer we were getting nervous we werent going to
be seeing him but low and behold there he come walking through the door! He even
had the book of mormon we had given him the night we met him. I sat by him in
sacrament while sister fellows sat by S*** and so i got to explain some of
what we were doing to him and help him through scrpitures and other stuff to
understand. He cried during the opening hymn saying that it was written just for
him! Not only that but he loved all the talks and when i asked him how he felt
at the end he just said i needed that you girls saved me that day you talked to
me. We were able to set up a time that we could visit him this next week and he
recommited himself to church saying next time i will be better dressed. He is so
incredible and im so excited to be able to start teaching him! And it doesnt
even stop there. We decided to go and see some formers before our dinner
appointment with the Menloves (one of the senior couples in our mission) We went
to this apartment complex we have tried a couple of times and buzzed, with no
success.... Then we started talking to the neighbors that were hanging out
outside. They said they knew our formers and that they had just went in... one
of them let us into the building and lead us right to them. Their names are E*** and E***. We started introducing ourselves and offering our services, we
werent even half way through when we were asked if they could have an
appointment with us. We of course readily agreed and set up a time for this next
week and asked if they had time there where we could share a short message. We
had a thanksgiving message prepared for people we stop by and were able to share
about gratitude! They were so excited for us to come back and we just felt
blessed to be missionaries. Even though on friday we were determined that we
weren't going to be able to report much we were able to find three new people who
wanted to learn the gospel, two of our investigators showed up to church and one
of them decided to be baptized! It was a dream come true for everyone and
because its thanksgiving we even got some pumpkin with it too!
So in the pictures is me and sister fellows my companion! There is also a
picture of my adopted st james
family.... .... im so excited to have met them
all!!!!!
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