"Miracles!"
This week has been so incredible! I have learned so much! One of my favorite parts of the week was when all of our appointments cancelled. I was really bummed when our first one with Kathy cancelled. Shortly after our dinner appointment cancelled another one of our "gators" called and cancelled. We had four that day and ended up with one. After the second one I knew there was someone we needed to find; I could feel it. We went down to a street where we had planned to talk to a potential investigator. We ended up knocking and as we were doing this we saw a girl across the street come home and walk into her home. Sister Arndt and I felt a little awkward going to her house because she had seen us as well. We decided to do it anyway and she ended up becoming a new investigator! She thanked us for bringing her a Book of Mormon and after we committed her to read the intro she told us that she would end up reading more of it. I was so excited! Later that day we went to the back up of our second investigator and we were knocking in Nevada street. We came to this home and a young mother answered the door. She told us that she was Lutheran and I thought she was going to close the door in our face. We talked to her for a while and she committed to read the Book of Mormon and pray about it! We set up a return appointment and again thanked us for stopping by. I am so excited to teach her! She is incredible.
One of the things I learned this week was recognizing how as missionaries we can see people's potential. I had heard that before but when I was set apart I didn't see the difference. This week I realized that when we see people's potential we see how much the Lord loves these people and how they can influence the church for good.
When I first got out here I was worried about loving the people but this week the Lord has shown me how to do that and how much he loves each one of us.
Sister Arndt and I also had an amazing experience in companionship study. Jamie will appreciate this. I had read in Alma 44:10. The last sentence in the verse was highlighted and I remember talking about it with him and it was really powerful then. I read that sentence that morning and I liked it and wrote it down but I wasn't sure really why I had liked it anymore. As I was telling Sister Arndt about it I decided I wasn't going to read her the words exactly but for some reason I changed my mind and read her those words. The second they came out of my mouth the room was flooded with the spirit. It was so powerful! I was not expecting that at all! So we discussed it and talked about how we as missionaries can help end the conflict with Satan. When we have sins we must use the healing power and mercy of the atonement to finally end the problem and forsake our sins. The spirit was so strong during that study. What a way to start the day!
Halloween was just like any other day. We totally forgot that is was a holiday. We called people and asked members to come to some appointments with us not realizing that they would be busy with family stuff. Oops! Who hangs out with family these days? Not the missionaries! We had to be out of our apartment at 9 am that day and in by 7pm. That was weird but nice at the same time. It gets dark here around 6:00 which makes knocking hard because people think that it is a lot later than it really is, so they get mad at us for knocking in their door so late. Oh well this is their salvation that is on the line. I think they can handle talking to us for five minutes.This week has been so incredible! I have learned so much! One of my favorite parts of the week was when all of our appointments cancelled. I was really bummed when our first one with Kathy cancelled. Shortly after our dinner appointment cancelled another one of our "gators" called and cancelled. We had four that day and ended up with one. After the second one I knew there was someone we needed to find; I could feel it. We went down to a street where we had planned to talk to a potential investigator. We ended up knocking and as we were doing this we saw a girl across the street come home and walk into her home. Sister Arndt and I felt a little awkward going to her house because she had seen us as well. We decided to do it anyway and she ended up becoming a new investigator! She thanked us for bringing her a Book of Mormon and after we committed her to read the intro she told us that she would end up reading more of it. I was so excited! Later that day we went to the back up of our second investigator and we were knocking in Nevada street. We came to this home and a young mother answered the door. She told us that she was Lutheran and I thought she was going to close the door in our face. We talked to her for a while and she committed to read the Book of Mormon and pray about it! We set up a return appointment and again thanked us for stopping by. I am so excited to teach her! She is incredible.
One of the things I learned this week was recognizing how as missionaries we can see people's potential. I had heard that before but when I was set apart I didn't see the difference. This week I realized that when we see people's potential we see how much the Lord loves these people and how they can influence the church for good.
When I first got out here I was worried about loving the people but this week the Lord has shown me how to do that and how much he loves each one of us.
Sister Arndt and I also had an amazing experience in companionship study. Jamie will appreciate this. I had read in Alma 44:10. The last sentence in the verse was highlighted and I remember talking about it with him and it was really powerful then. I read that sentence that morning and I liked it and wrote it down but I wasn't sure really why I had liked it anymore. As I was telling Sister Arndt about it I decided I wasn't going to read her the words exactly but for some reason I changed my mind and read her those words. The second they came out of my mouth the room was flooded with the spirit. It was so powerful! I was not expecting that at all! So we discussed it and talked about how we as missionaries can help end the conflict with Satan. When we have sins we must use the healing power and mercy of the atonement to finally end the problem and forsake our sins. The spirit was so strong during that study. What a way to start the day!
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