WHAT AN AMAZING WEEK!
Seriously, insanely awesome miracles included. Be prepared :)
Our
area has been doing pretty well, we are finding awesome people to teach
and have a few people working towards baptism. It's a bit of a struggle
helping people come to church but overall things have been great!
But
of course there are always ways we can make things better. Last week
Sister Tobler received some inspiration from her sister who recently
returned home from her own mission. Her and her companion really wanted
to find a family to teach so everyday, in every prayer they said, they prayed that they would find a family of five who were prepared for
baptism. In case you don't know, we pray a lot as missionaries. We pray
when we wake up, before and after we study and plan, every time we go
out the door, get out of the car, need help and guidance, before a
lesson, before we eat. ALL THE TIME! Well they did find that family of
five like they had prayed for and all of them were baptized.
Sister
Tobler and I were inspired by this story, so we took this challenge
ourselves. In every prayer we would ask to be led to those that the
Lord is preparing for baptism. At first it seemed like a little much and
I didn't really know what would come of it because I already felt like
we were praying for these things. I am so grateful that the Lord looked
over my lack of faith in those thoughts. We had done this for five days
and on four of those we had found someone to teach and helped them to
accept a baptismal date! Four more people are now working towards making
sacred covenants with their Heavenly Father because we acted on the
inspired words of her sister. I know that it had little to do with us,
but because we were humble enough to listen and had the faith to work
diligently, we were able to be instruments in the Lord's hands to bring
about miracles.
I
know that this is true for each of our lives. I have learned a lot of
things from this experience this week. Some of the big ones are
1) The power of prayer is most definitely real
2) When our greatest desires match the Lord's greatest desires, we will see miracles to make them happen
3) Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve
Number
three is a quote by Napoleon Hill that President Stratford loves and
has invited us each to live by. I have definitely gained a testimony of
that principle this week and I absolutely know it is true. Whenever we
put our mind to something, and have enlisted the Lord's help, we can
accomplish it.
I love you all! Just keep smiling!
