I
actually had a really cool experience earlier this week because I had
the faith to trust those promptings. As we were making plans for the day
I had a feeling we really needed to go see a lady named Amy that I was
reading about, so I kind of skipped over the part in her background that
said she wanted nothing to do with us. Later in the day when we were
about to go visit her, Sister Hall read that description and asked me if
I was sure we wanted to visit her and I timidly said yes. She jokingly
said, "Ok, but it's your fault if we get yelled at." So we rode our
bikes to her home and knocked on the door. I was so nervous at this
point. But she opened the door and came outside to talk to us. She told
us about how missionaries had visited her before and how she hadn't even
picked up the Book of Mormon she was given for over a year, until three
days earlier when she decided to read it! She wanted to meet with us,
but said this was her parent's home and it was funny we even caught her
there. We were able to refer her to other missionaries in our area who
met with her and she now has a date set to be baptized next month! It is
amazing how the Lord is preparing people and what we are capable of
when we rely on Him and trust the promptings He gives us.
Talking
to strangers isn't fun for me yet (Yet is the key word, we will get
there), but I absolutely love lessons with our investigators! I love the
opportunity to meet as friends and share my testimony and how the
gospel has blessed my life. As we taught Rick about eternal marriage
this week it was such an amazing thing to be able to tell him about my
own family and how much I love knowing we have the opportunity to be
together forever because of temples. That is honestly one of my favorite
things to talk about and it was awesome to hear from him the joy he
sees it give me. You want to hear something crazy, we finished teaching
Rick all of the lessons! He has a desire to be baptized and believes
everything we are teaching and he never misses a Sunday at church, so we
are helping him make a plan to help him get to baptism.
We
got the car this week! I definitely appreciate it, but Sister Hall
thinks I'm a little strange for missing the bikes. It's really fun
though. It is really nice being able to reach more places that we
normally can't on bikes. Having the car also means that I am the
designated backer. That means that even though it may be windy, or
snowing (both things I experienced this week), I stand behind the car
and let her know it is safe to back. I even tripped over a curb walking
backwards which we both thought was pretty funny, and probably whoever
else saw me. Backing is definitely one of my favorite hobbies now.
So
many great things happened this week, but the most amazing thing was
that our investigator Steven was baptized this Saturday and was able to
be confirmed and receive the gift of the Holy Ghost on Sunday. He is
just so happy and I am so excited for him and the things to come in his
future because of this wonderful decision he has made. We start teaching
him the new member lessons tonight and I cannot wait! I love meeting
with Steven because honestly, I don't do much. He is just so ready and
willing to learn it's really just him soaking up the spirit. I learn
more from him and his testimony than he ever could from me.
I hope you are all doing wonderful! I am loving life and I love being a missionary!
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| Sister Daines, President Daines, Steven, me, Sister Hall |
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| Steven's baptism |
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| Our Zone |
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| We have the car |
