I can't believe that we are already on week 5. This has been such a fast transfer! I have loved being in this area. I think it is my favorite area so far. Ventura is a close second but the work here is so much better than anywhere else. I feel like the ward is really trying to work with us and help to bring Heavenly Father's children back to Him. The other wards always said they wanted to help but it feels like here they are actually doing something about it. We had the most member present lessons this week than I have ever had in a single week which I am so excited for!
Yesterday something cool happened. We were knocking on one of our potentials doors to check up on her and see if she needed anything. She lives in an apartment complex and she is usually home. Yesterday she wasn't and I had the thought to knock on her neighbor's door. So we did. It ended up being this really sweet lady, named Carol, who took a couple of the lessons about 5 years ago but then moved and lost track of the missionaries. She remembers a lot of what they taught her and explained the Joseph Smith story pretty well to us. She told us that her therapist was a member and really helped her. Carol loved her therapist but her ex-husband sued the therapist for a few different reasons so Carol had to stop seeing this therapist. She then explained to us that her therapist passed away last year and that she has a really hard time forgiving herself for what happened. She asked us to come in and pray with her. She then told us that she loves missionary prayers because they are so powerful. We talked with her for a few minutes and asked if she had a Book of Mormon. She ran to her bookshelf and grabbed one. She had a few things marked in there and asked if there were any verses that we would have her read. I shared a favorite of mine and the story behind it and how it strengthened me and then gave her another one to read on her own. She told us that she would do that tonight and that we could come back. Unfortunately she wouldn't set up and exact time so she isn't a new investigator but she has a lot of potential and I am excited to help her find peace from the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I know that the thought that I had was much more than just a thought. It was a prompting and I am so glad that I followed it.
Yesterday we were invited over to lunch with a few members for Father's day and they told us that one of our investigators, Millie, would be there. That morning she called Sister Anderson and said she was sick and wasn't going to be able to come to church today, so we were sad and figured that she wouldn't be coming to the lunch either. However, when we got to the lunch Sister Anderson came up to us and said Millie is coming. Sister Neilsen decided to give it a try and invite her and she said that she would come! So we were able to have lunch with her and help her to meet more people in the ward. While we were eating she did something that made my day she turns to us and says "I need to give more thought to baptism before I get even more sick." She was atheist and has recently started to believe in Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father. She knows that she needs to be baptized and wants to be baptized but she has some smaller hang ups. Now though, she is much more willing to take the lessons and consider baptism. We have a lot to work on with her but we are excited that she wants to follow the Savior.
We also knocked into an awesome family the other day. We were knocking around our ward mission leader's home and a lady answered one of the doors. Her family was eating dinner and she told us that we could come back any day at the same time. Right after this, we had correlation and found out that the lady had a very less-active husband who told our ward mission leader not to tell the ward where they lived. They didn't want anyone stopping by. When we heard this we were excited that this family was still willing to let us come back and teach them. We are really hoping to be able to help the wife gain her own testimony and be baptized while activating her husband.
We also taught Walter this week. He is doing so well! We had a really powerful lesson with him and invited him on a church tour on Tuesday. He was so excited again and couldn't believe that we would let him do that. So this week we will be giving him a church tour with a couple members who know him. We are so excited for this lesson! Walter has been reading the Book of Mormon every day and praying to Heavenly Father to know if it is true. He said that he has gotten an answer and that Heavenly Father told him to keep reading and then he will answer Walter's question. At first I wondered about this but then Walter continued on to say that he know that if God just told him "yes it is true" then it wouldn't be a strong enough answer for him and that he would need more proof. So he has taken his answer to heart and really started to study the Book of Mormon. The cool thing about Walter is that he notices the difference reading the Book of Mormon makes during his week and how things seem to go better. We are hoping to commit him to baptism when we show him the baptismal font on Tuesday.
Yesterday something cool happened. We were knocking on one of our potentials doors to check up on her and see if she needed anything. She lives in an apartment complex and she is usually home. Yesterday she wasn't and I had the thought to knock on her neighbor's door. So we did. It ended up being this really sweet lady, named Carol, who took a couple of the lessons about 5 years ago but then moved and lost track of the missionaries. She remembers a lot of what they taught her and explained the Joseph Smith story pretty well to us. She told us that her therapist was a member and really helped her. Carol loved her therapist but her ex-husband sued the therapist for a few different reasons so Carol had to stop seeing this therapist. She then explained to us that her therapist passed away last year and that she has a really hard time forgiving herself for what happened. She asked us to come in and pray with her. She then told us that she loves missionary prayers because they are so powerful. We talked with her for a few minutes and asked if she had a Book of Mormon. She ran to her bookshelf and grabbed one. She had a few things marked in there and asked if there were any verses that we would have her read. I shared a favorite of mine and the story behind it and how it strengthened me and then gave her another one to read on her own. She told us that she would do that tonight and that we could come back. Unfortunately she wouldn't set up and exact time so she isn't a new investigator but she has a lot of potential and I am excited to help her find peace from the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I know that the thought that I had was much more than just a thought. It was a prompting and I am so glad that I followed it.
Yesterday we were invited over to lunch with a few members for Father's day and they told us that one of our investigators, Millie, would be there. That morning she called Sister Anderson and said she was sick and wasn't going to be able to come to church today, so we were sad and figured that she wouldn't be coming to the lunch either. However, when we got to the lunch Sister Anderson came up to us and said Millie is coming. Sister Neilsen decided to give it a try and invite her and she said that she would come! So we were able to have lunch with her and help her to meet more people in the ward. While we were eating she did something that made my day she turns to us and says "I need to give more thought to baptism before I get even more sick." She was atheist and has recently started to believe in Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father. She knows that she needs to be baptized and wants to be baptized but she has some smaller hang ups. Now though, she is much more willing to take the lessons and consider baptism. We have a lot to work on with her but we are excited that she wants to follow the Savior.
We also knocked into an awesome family the other day. We were knocking around our ward mission leader's home and a lady answered one of the doors. Her family was eating dinner and she told us that we could come back any day at the same time. Right after this, we had correlation and found out that the lady had a very less-active husband who told our ward mission leader not to tell the ward where they lived. They didn't want anyone stopping by. When we heard this we were excited that this family was still willing to let us come back and teach them. We are really hoping to be able to help the wife gain her own testimony and be baptized while activating her husband.
We also taught Walter this week. He is doing so well! We had a really powerful lesson with him and invited him on a church tour on Tuesday. He was so excited again and couldn't believe that we would let him do that. So this week we will be giving him a church tour with a couple members who know him. We are so excited for this lesson! Walter has been reading the Book of Mormon every day and praying to Heavenly Father to know if it is true. He said that he has gotten an answer and that Heavenly Father told him to keep reading and then he will answer Walter's question. At first I wondered about this but then Walter continued on to say that he know that if God just told him "yes it is true" then it wouldn't be a strong enough answer for him and that he would need more proof. So he has taken his answer to heart and really started to study the Book of Mormon. The cool thing about Walter is that he notices the difference reading the Book of Mormon makes during his week and how things seem to go better. We are hoping to commit him to baptism when we show him the baptismal font on Tuesday.
Next week we have transfers, just a heads up. The new president will be here so we are having a short transfer to make next transfer longer so he has more time to get used to everything. Did that even make sense? Oh well if it doesn't.
Ok, my time is up. Until next week!
Remember WHO you are and WHOSE you are!
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