This week has been such a blur!!! Holy moly..sorry if this
doesn't make any sense.
We had a really full week planned, but SO MANY of our
appointments just didn't answer their doors or cancelled at the last minute,
which was really frustrating..but since we had more time, we did a ton of
knocking doors. It goes to show that Heavenly Father really always has a
plan, because we found 6 NPI's (New potential investigator) this week!
Almost one everyday! We were super stoked about it! This week
should be full of appointments with them!
Tuesday morning, we visited The Dude. The Dude is this
guy who, 27 years ago, got into an ATV accident. He can't talk and he can
barely move, but he talks to us with his fingers. It's pretty crazy,
super cool though! We go with the elders in our ward and Brother Meyers
and get to share a message with him. Aaand have nerf gun wars
hahah. He's really incredible though!
Thursday night, we went to a baptism!!! Her name is
Twyla, the other sisters have been working with her. But she has
basically been a member of the church her whole life. Her mom is a member,
but her dad isn't, and he wouldn't let her get baptized. So on her 18th
birthday, she was finally able to be baptized! It was really cool, we had
our investigator, Mary, come and she also brought her daughter! We're
really hoping she'll be ready for baptism soon, she's progressing..but very
very slowly. She's been taking the lessons for a really long time and has
already been taught everything. Now she just has to act on it. So
we're working really hard with her.
FRIDAY WAS SUCH A BLESSED DAY
We had a lesson with Mary and another with a less
active. We had a few other appointments that day, and afterwards, we only
had about 25 minutes til we had to be into our apartments. We decided to
tract for that time, and the first door we knocked on, nobody answered.
Across the street there was a guy standing out on his patio. We went over
to talk to him and he was like, "I believe in Lucifer!!!"
hahah..uhh...so we just kept talking to him. A lady poked her head out
the door, and he was like, "Oh! Talk to her, she's a real strong
catholic woman!!!" (he thought we were nuns lol) so we started talking to
her. She was really weirded out at first, but we started talking about
the Book of Mormon. She was really intrigued. We told her that
unlike the bible, there is only one interpretation of it and it contains the
fulness of the gospel. She asked us about baptizing babies, and we told
her that we baptize after the age of 8, because children aren't accountable
before then. She was really relieved! We then got into the Plan of
Salvation somehow and she just asked us if it was bad that she felt like
crying. We taught her that it was the spirit, and the spirit testifies of
truth. She started crying then we started crying...it was SO POWERFUL I
CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN IT! But we're meeting with her tomorrow!!! I'm
so stoked!
Also, our investigator, Bobbie, has
been praying everyday and she always texts us about how she feels that God is
with her and she is so happy with herself when she prays! #winning
We're so excited.
I can't believe it's already week three in Canada, time
really does fly.
Sister McEwen and I had an epiphany the other day. We
realized every time we got an NPI, it was because we invited them to learn
about SPECIFIC principles in the gospel, not just the gospel in general.
For example: would you be interested in learning more about life after
death? Stuff like that. It has worked SO MUCH BETTER!
I want to encourage all of you to really get into Preach My
Gospel. Your confidence in sharing the gospel will increase so much as
you study the truth and learn the basics. Simplicity is power!
I love you all so much and really appreciate your
support!
love,
Sister Jones
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