This week was an INCREDIBLE week! There were miracles left and right and let me just say... GOD IS GOOD!
Monday
We decided that we were going to go a try a less active that was on our YSA list and we were having the hardest time finding the building.... but when we finally found it....there were no names on any doors.. just numbers! The address that we had didn't said anything about what door they lived in... so we decided to just start banking. We knocked on the second door and it was a family! I started talking about the Book of Mormon and she said that her husband was really interested and that we could definitely come back! She took the Book of Mormon and our card and thanked us for coming to her door! Then we knocked on the 4th door and it was another lady and I started talking about the Plan of Salvation because that's what I felt was needed by the Spirit... and I asked her if that was something that she was interested in and she said yes! She told us we could come back because she was going to have visitors but that she really wanted to learn more! ALL THIS HAPPENED AND WE HAD ONLY BANKED ON 6 DOORS!!! TALK ABOUT MIRACLES!
Tuesday
Today we had a WebEx for Pre MLC and then we taught one of our investigators with a member present! We talked about church attendance and why it is on Sunday and what it means to come to church. We read 3 Nephi 18 where Christ institutes the sacrament and it was an awesome lesson! We committed him to read the Book of Mormon every single day and he talked to the member for a long time after the lesson and had a good discussion! Then we taught another investigator and this is the highlight of my week! We haven't met with him for a long time and he has been on vacation for the longest time. We could tell something was off... so we met with him and we know that he has thought about baptism and that is something that he wants to do.... but he isn't ready to be baptized right now because there are some other things that need to be fixed. We started asking him what you need to do to become a Mormon and wrote them up on the board. One of them being the Word of Wisdom and we knew there was a problem with that. He knew that he was in the wrong and then I asked him if he had the tobacco with him.... he said he did and I asked him if he could do something. He said yes and I said, "I want you to throw it away" .....He understood that God was the one that had given the commandment and he had just said that he wasn't addicted. I wasn't sure what was going to happen but I felt that's what I needed to do. He got up right out of his chair, got his tobacco and went and threw it away!! In that closing prayer he thanked God for the lesson that we had had and how he had felt.... he was in the dark but that he had finally seen some of the light again. He went home and threw away the other tobacco he had and even showed us a video of him throwing it in the garbage! WHAT FAITH!!!! He told us that he knew that we had been sent from God and that I was promising him blessings and he said, "You say jump and then I just ask how high?" The Spirit was so strong in that lesson! WOW!! IT WAS INCREDIBLE!!! BEST LESSON EVER!! That is something that I will never forget! Then we went and taught less actives about prophets and committed them to come to church on Sunday for all 3 hours!
Wednesday
We had 3 appointments today but they all got cancelled! So we called potentials and we were out on the streets all day and doing studies and different things like that and honestly I don't really remember all that happened that day!
Thursday
Today we had District Meeting with our new District. Elder Burgoyne, Elder Stephenson, Elder Hansen, Elder Lowther, Sister Brimhall, Sister Stolp, Sister Hatch and I! It was a great district meeting! We talked about the spirit and then we practiced contacting people on the street! We had both of our appointments for the day cancel once again and so we were back out on the streets! We had some really good conversations with some people but many of them turned us down anyway! But it was a lot of fun! I just don't get some people...if they knew what I was offering them then I'm pretty sure they'd give me a couple more minutes to speak:)
Friday
Today we went banking for a little bit and then we taught our investigator we talked to on Tuesday. We did a church tour and ended in the chapel with him reading 3 Nephi 17 while I played primary songs on the piano. The Spirit was super strong. He said that he is trying to strengthen his faith and find out the truth and asked about the word of wisdom so we just taught that. He has a few problems with it but he said that he would give up coffee from there on out! It was awesome! The investigators we have right now are incredible!!! Then we did weekly planning and then went to sport which is always fun!
Saturday
Today we had studies and språk class and then it was back out on the street! We talked to one guy on a bench and he had said that he believed in life after death so of course I held onto that and started talking about the plan of salvation. He said it was something he was interested in learning about but that he would never become a mormon, he just wanted the information. I said that was fine and asked him if we could share the Book of Mormon that talked about this plan. He said yes and then we left with his number and we turned around later and he was reading in the Book of Mormon...and then we looked back later and he was STILL READING! So that's incredible! Whether something comes out of it or not, he can feel the power of the Book of Mormon because that my friends, is not just another book! Then we (Sister Stolp and I) helped the zone leaders plan Zone Conference and the Zone Focus!
Sunday
Today we had church and our investigator came to church!!! Talk about miracles! He started out as an atheist with no knowledge of anything and now he is at a maybe God exists and reads the Book of Mormon and came to church!!! And every testimony that was given applied to his situation and what he has gone through recently! Isn't that incredible!? God knows each one of us individually! Can I just say that!? God is good! It was such a good meeting! I was so excited that he had come! Then Sister Stolp and I planned our splits focus and then we had dinner and a devotional with M. Russell Ballard for all of Europe. He talked about how the members need to help missionaries because we can't perform the miracle alone anymore... but that they need to help. He told us all that we need to believe in miracles because they have not ceased! That we each have a miracle that must be performed by each of us and the greatest miracle we can perform is bringing another soul to the light of the gospel! IT WAS SO GOOD!!! BELIEVE IN MIRACLES EVERYONE!!!!!
This week has just been an incredible week and I have seen miracle upon miracles and just ways, small and big, that God shows us that He is there! He loves us and He knows each one of us individually. God is good all the time and all the time God is good! Look for the tender mercies of the Lord this week! They are always there, you just have to find them:)
Love you lots and miss you tons!
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