6/17/2013
This week has been pretty fantastic!
We have seen so many miracles and tender mercies- I know I say that a lot, but
it's true! We had dinner with a family that the ward council has really been
focusing on. Their teenage daughter, Ella, is going through a really
hard time. At dinner she was acting...like a typical teenager but it was
amazing to see how the night went on that she slowly seemed to be softening
up. Sister Spencer is amazing and she just helped Ella feel loved and
showed that she was interested in her hobbies and things that Ella is
interested in. They really clicked! Ella's mom sent us a text after we
got home saying that she really appreciated us and that we were an answer to
many prayers in Ella's behalf!!!!! We were filled with joy and we are so
grateful to see how we are literally being answers to prayers. We were in
their neighborhood on Wednesday and went over to say hi. We asked Ella if
we can teach her the lessons since our investigator pool is really small right
now. Ella said yes and her mom told us she is really excited. Good
things are going to happen!! Especially if this will help her non member father
become more interested in the church!
We finally met our investigators,
Mike and Mary. They are wonderful! Mike was not feeling well so we
taught Mary. It mostly was a get to know you lesson and to bear our
testimony of the Book of Mormon. We went over on Saturday to help out
with some yard work, which turned into walking their three dogs. Two of
them are big and one is small. haha, thankfully Sister Spencer handled
the dogs very well. :) While we were walking with Mary we felt that we were
just walking with a member of the church. We feel that they will be baptized
soon.
Thursday we conducted our first
exchanges. I stayed in our area and was with Sister Burr. She is
from Utah! Surprise! :) We had a wonderful exchange. I felt that I didn't
do a whole lot, but I think just being an example and giving her ideas for
things that they were struggling with helped her. We are doing exchanges
with the Spanish speaking Sisters this week and I'm going to their area.
Hahaha, this should be fun. :) No abla espano, eh. :)
While Sister Burr and I were
together we met a less active sister, Arvil, who is on the verge of coming
back. She is incredible!!!! We had a nice get to know you conversation
and then we shared a message about hope and she had such good insights about
it. I just felt that instant bond with her and I feel that we are going
to get close with her.
Sister Burr and I also felt prompted
to stop by a less active single sister. It was totally the spirit that
lead us there because it was the year anniversary of her husband's death.
She didn't really let us share a spiritual message, but we went to her visiting
teacher's house and told her to stop by the sister. Her visiting teacher
got in and had a great visit with her and started reading the gospel principle
manual with her. :)
Saturday we had dinner with a family
that invited their non member neighbors over for dinner! We didn't know they
were doing that, so we were a little unprepared, but I think it went
alright...we will follow up with them.
I hope it was a good Father's Day
for everyone! We are looking forward to another fantastic week!
-Sister Douglass
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