Hello Family!
Happy Victoria Day from Canada! Here, we like to celebrate
the birthdays of dead Queens :) Haha the funny thing is Queen Victoria's
birthday is May 24th so the holiday rarely ever lands on her birthday. It's a
great way to get work off and spend time with family!
So some GREAT things happened this week! First off, A... was baptized on Sunday! He is so amazing. We have loved getting
to teach him. We really didn't do a single thing. His testimony was already
engrained in him and he just needed Prerequisite lessons to do something he has
already been prepared to do. He is prepared and will be an amazing member of
Christ's church! And he is so happy he found it. He has often said "It
just makes sense" and "I just can't believe it took me 50 years to find
it!" and "this is the perfect time for me. Twenty years ago I would
NOT be listening to all this right now." We did a service project for
a community church this week. He came with the Bishop and we all spent an
hour rolling silverware (haha I can't seem to get away from it!) A... is
HILARIOUS. You just laugh when you are with him. He was deathly sick pretty
much with Pneumonia but he wasn't going to miss his baptism. Because of the
holiday, no one was able to come pretty much. Not counting us and Adam, there
were eight people there to support. A... loved it because he didn't want there
to be a lot of people - he's awesome. But the spirit was so strong when he was
baptized. Great times.
And G... was finally confirmed!!!! We called him in the
morning and were NOT going to let him fall back asleep. So while we were still
on the phone with him, we had him get out of bed, walk over to the sink, turn
on the faucet so we could hear it, and walk downstairs to open and close the
front door haha. He was REALLY happy afterwards which was so good to see. He is
loving the Book of Mormon right now. He is so awesome, he just tends to need a
little push - or a BIG push. And Sister Gillins and I are totally willing to do
that haha. It's been so much fun. I LOVE MY COMPANION!!!
So M... is doing great. He sets aside two hours every day to
read the Book of Mormon and write down notes. He hasn't received a confirmation
and wants to because he feels that that will help him get rid of the desire to
smoke. We stopped our lesson with him on Tuesday and focused on how he could
receive an answer through prayer and pondering. We invited him to pray and
afterwards, to pay attention to the thoughts, feelings and impressions he
receives. We told him we would be silent until he broke the silence so that he
could focus and ponder. After his fervent prayer to quit smoking, we literally
sat in silence for five minutes while he knelt with his eyes closed. There was
a peace that filled the room, and it felt so good and lingered for a while even
after we left his house - the spirit was totally there. He told us he didn't
feel anything different which is okay because he WILL!!! I know he will. But
that was a testimony to me that the Lord can and will answer our prayers with
the spirit when we are willing to not just ASK but LISTEN for an answer. What
an experience :)
So LISTEN TO THIS! We have been teaching this wonderful girl
named K.... She is engaged to and living with a less-active named J..... She is
the sweetest girl with the cutest little 5 year old boy ever and she wants we
be baptized so badly. We taught her the Law of Chastity on Friday. She is set
and ready to live it, she talked to J..., and after a couple days we got a text
from K... saying "The wedding is on for Tuesday night at 7 :)" ....
WHAT?!?!?!?! We got SO EXCITED. She is willing to do whatever it takes. They
have been staying at J...'s parents house right now in different rooms for the
time being. We are a little sad though because J.... can't find his Berth
Certificate and he needs it for the marriage license so they won't be able to
be married tonight. BUT THEY WILL FIND IT!!! I know it. I just love seeing
people's examples of making changes in their lives. I am so grateful for all of
them!!
Lots of times when I don't know what to say to someone in a
lesson, I just sing a song instead haha.
While tracting and contacting throughout this week, we were
told that we have been "brain-washed into this and wake up and go
home", I was pushed away because I was in someone's personal bubble
space, and we were chastised for contacting on a street in between two funeral
homes (completely unintentional haha) - all experiences like that ended with a
little chuckle as we walked away. You gotta love missionary work :)
Well I love you all so much. I love this gospel! I hope you
all remember the love that Heavenly Father has for you. If you don't, then
PRAY! Because He is there and He will answer if we will LISTEN. Make it a great
week and know that I love and pray for you all the time!
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