What a week! hope
you all had a happy new year! mine was great! we did misionary work and then i
went to bed at 1030!
we had more
miracles occur this week! im not even sure where to start...
well, we did
quite a bit of finding this week, which was good cuz it was like 8 degrees most
of last week instead of below zero like it is this week. we picked up a few new
investigators and met some really awesome people. we got a few referrals from
other missionaries and from the members so we will hopefully be meeting with them
soon.
the biggest
miracle of the week occurred yesterday. sue nelson, the friend of the
robinson's, who has been to church quite regularly over the past few months was
there again yesterday. she is such a boss, and we all felt it was only a matter
of time until she wanted to be baptized. the problem has been that we really
havent met with her regularly because she has been mega busy. but anyway,
yesterday was obviously fast and testimony meeting. well the Spirit was strong,
and people were bearing awesome testimonies. then Sue got up. and it was great.
she started out by saying that she wasnt a member yet, but that she wasnt far
from "taking the plunge." haha so that was awesome. she has been
through a lot and bore a great testimony of how trials make us stronger. the
Spirit carried right into our gospel principles class. there were about 15
minutes left in class, and things had gone great just because there are so many
recent converts in there and bro hoover is an awesome teacher. so president
hess's counselor, president grajewski, was there and he was sharing something
that was on his mind and he was thanking sue for her testimony and he said,
"sister nelson... ahh im gonna call you sister nelson even though you're
not 'sister' yet officially," and sue cut him off and said, "well
today i have made the decision that im going to be baptized." WHAT??!! who
does that? announces her decision to be baptized in the middle of class?? SOO
SICK!! that never happens!! everyone in the class started crying and stuff. so
we met with sue afterward, she set her own baptismal date and we will be
teaching her super fast so she can be ready for her baptismal date on the 25th
of january. what a miracle!!
like i said,
there is just so much going on here! deborah's baptism is this saturday, so
that will be a great day! miracles happen every day out here. grateful to be a
part of it.
faith always
precedes the miracle. think about it: if you dont have faith, and something
incredible happens, then you think it is just a coincidence. really think about
that. how many times, when our faith has been lacking, has something remarkable
happened, and we just write it off? why does God not give us miracles to build
our faith? because He knows it doesnt work. He has tried that before. When we
choose to have faith and then act accordingly, we see miracles. Our Heavenly
Father loves us. He hears our prayers always, and KNOWS what we need more than
we do. we need to have the faith to accept his will and make sure our faith is
sufficient to move through the difficult times and trust in His ever-watchful
eye.
love you all!
have a great week!
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