weather has been cooler and the looks of fall are sneaking in. We
started off our week by going to the temple visitor center with one of
our investigators. The visitors center was so quiet Monday night so we
all felt the spirit very strongly. Our investigator has a lot of
potential and we hope that her experience will lift her spirits and
increase her desire to keep progressing to baptism. We had a lesson
with her later on in the week and just hearing her experience at the
temple brought the spirit flooding back it
N. She even told her less active boyfriend about the experience and he
too has a desire to have the same experience she did.
We had a lesson with Graci this week. It went very well because we
talked about how she could strengthen her family. The gospel has given
me such a strong perspective of what eternity will be like if my feet
are planted on solid ground. I know why more and more each day why the
church teaches us about families, that we all have different roles,
that our standards should be kept at all times to keep our homes a
place or learning, growing and the spirit and the blessings that come
from building Christ like families. Graci has a desire to mold her
family into the family God wants them to be but I see that the
adversary has made deep wounds that will take time to heal. I am so
grateful I grew up in the church and that I have been blessed from my
parents righteous actions. We also had dinner with Graci and her
family this week. It was fun to get into another less active home for
dinner. It was a bit chaotic but we made our own Indian to is for
dinner. Graci really tried to apply what we taught her and we were
very proud.
After our book or Mormon class we dropped by our investigator named
Krissy. She hasn't been feeling well enough to come to church or any
other actives, but she still has a desire to learn despite her health
challenges. The spirit bore her a strong witness as we taught her the
restoration and committed her to pray to know the Book of Mormon was
true. It was an experience I haven't been apart of in a while and I
was humbled and full of gratitude for the message we share to the
world because it is true and it can bless lives. We also had exchanges
this week which was good. Sister arbon came to my area and we worked
hard teaching the lessons we set up and talking to those who came in
our path. We had a great lesson with bishop's brother who is taking
the lessons from us. Sid has been reading the Book of Mormon but no
one has challenged him to pray to know it is true. So sister arbon and
I set Sid up to be able to accomplish just that as we gave him the
background and importance of this special book. It was a great
experience and after Sid gave us lots of fresh vegetables. I have been
blessed by his kindness because I have been eating fresh tomatoes all
week, which I have missed so much.
A lot of people canceled on us but that has us the opportunity to find
others who would talk to us(: there was a 16 year old girl walking
down the street who said she had seen us before and wanted to know
more about what we had. It was a tender mercy for sure. She lives by
one of our less actives and we set up for her to come over to our less
actives home to have a lesson. Another miracle was when we contacted a
former investigator. Her name is jasmine and she started talking to us
about how she dosent believe in a god but more of a supreme being.
After taking to her for a while she said a prayer to her Heavenly
Father and got chills when we told her she has a heavenly mother.
Lastly we had a incredible lesson with kaley and Lilly Olsen. They
have been so hard to contact and reach and I honesty thought they were
mad at us or didn't want to be apart of the CHRUCH any more. I was
super sad and bummed but we still decided to go over Saturday when we
usually had lessons with them to see if we could get a miracle. We
brought a member with us and they were home!! We had an awesome time
seeing where they were both at spiritually. Kaley (the mom) wants to
still get baptized and she understands really well what it will take
to reach that goal of hers. Lilly still wants to be a member so that's
good! And they came to CHRUCH this week. I was filled with so much joy
this week and I am so grateful for all of your encouraging letters and
emails! I love this gospel so much, I know it is true. I know that as
we out God first in our lives and keep our priorities set on our
eternal goals our life will be full of joy. I know that as we focus on
our families in he gospel we will find our relationships sweet and
eternal. Have a wonderful week! Love you all!!
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