Yesterday we taught Brighton the Plan of Salvation and it was a really good lesson! She said it all made a lot of sense to her, and it really cleared up a lot of the confusion she had before. And she also got to go to the youth trip on Saturday and she loved it! I guess some of the girls in the ward were talking about missions, and so Brighton asked us how "mission trips" work in our church! Haha, so we told her about being missionaries and sharing the gospel with people like her, and she said that sounds like something she wants to do someday! Brighton is so prepared, it blows me away!
Bertha...well, we still don't really know about her. But we have decided that we're going to pray really hard about continuing to visit her.
We were able to sit down last night, and earlier this week with Vern. The Black's came the first time. We talked about the spirit and receiving answers to prayers. We talked about faith and sincerity and committed him to read the Book of Mormon every day. Basically, he can't know if all we share is true if he doesn't pray about it and act. So we'll see if he recognizes an answer this week or feels the spirit when he reads!
We also met with Stefan. He's a preacher and very proper. He got kinda bash-y. He is smart and knows the Bible really well (obviously. Otherwise, I don't think he would be a very good preacher). But then he seems so friendly, and asks some genuine questions. It confuses us a little. But we think he has been looking up anti. We also think he may be one of the three Nephites, and he is hear to test our faith or something. We really just can't be sure at this point.
SO the miracle of the loaves and fishes...pamphlet version!
Saturday morning was kind of empty for us, but I try to make an extra effort to talk to everyone we can on days like that because Heavenly Father has prepared people to listen to our message, and I don't want to miss them! So there's a house down the street from us that we walk past ALL the time to get pretty much everywhere we go. And at this house, a lot of the time there are boys sitting outside. And we hadn't ever really stopped to talk to them. So we decided that Saturday would be the day we did! And as we walked past, one of the boys stopped us and said, "Are y'all ever gonna stop and talk to us?"
Coincidence? I think not!
So we talked! And that led to sitting down and sharing the entire Restoration with them! We gave them Books of Mormon and invited them to church. 45 minutes into Sacrament meeting, they came! And brought friends!! So it was our 3 new investigators (Brian, James, and Nick) and their 2 friends! What a day!! Getting that many people in sacrament (Brighton was there too!) was a miracle in and of itself.
But the loaves and fishes...well, Sister Mellor and I aren't always the most prepared with materials. Sometimes we just forget to load our bags. I had 1 Restoration pamphlet and Sister Mellor thought she only had 2. But here we were sitting down to teach 5 guys! But as Sister Mellor got them out of her bag, she realized she had 4!! And so we passed them out, and turns out there were 5 in the stack! So we even had extras! (Just like with the loaves and fishes!!) God is good, folks!!
Now I just need a miracle for my hands. Haha, I've had them bandaged up a little to help them heal, and I feel silly going out like that!
But anyway, it's been a good week! Full of cooking and Elder Bingham's birthday! Oh, and we got fried chicken and biscuits after doing yard work for a lady in the ward! I just keep getting more and more Southern down here!
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| Elder Bingham's Birthday |
Have a great week, and look for your many miracles.
Love, Sister C.
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