lot of food, and I get fatter, and fatter because of that fact.
This week was sweet! We contacted like crazy, it's weeks like these
that I actually believe I'm a good missionary, and know what I'm
doing. I've learned that those moments only come so often as a
missionary. Most of the time I still don't know what I'm doing.
Monday night we got a media referral from some member that lives in
Platte City (bout 45 minutes away from our area) The person lives in
Blue Springs, and the referral stated this in the description "Looking
for a church". Those kinds of referrals mean 1 of 2 things. 1.)
someone's looking to bible bash 2.) Looking for new world Christian
values, and will likely become less interested when you come to the
door. We contacted the Women, and she said "WOW Elders, that was fast.
I knew you were coming, I just didn't know it would be that quickly.
Can you come by Friday?" I have honestly never had someone dropped my
path that was THAT prepared. Monday's are extremely tough as a
missionary. You're trunky from writing home, you're tired from P-Day
sports, and you just don't want to get moving again. But the Lord in
his grace and mercy set a fire under us that we could not comprehend
at that moment. We sat in our car for five minutes just staring off
into the distance. We were dumb founded with gratitude.
Going from that spiritual high we went to our next appointment with a
women that has sincerely been investigating the church for a year. Her
husband and his family are all members of the church, and she has
studied diligently for a long time. We sat there, and I prayed
fervently for the gift of discernment. I saw her as God sees her, a
struggling confused women, who is trying to overcome the problem of
being raised in a different world than me. I put myself in her shoes,
I thought about my beliefs and how much I truly get frustrated when
people don't understand me. As we read Alma 32 with her, I could see
her mind begin to be enlightened. Her countenance was bright. When the
time was right I asked her "what are your concerns with the things you
read here?" She said "I have none, I just wish I knew more of what it
was" I saw that as a good desire. Just as Alma had mentioned, it was a
"good seed" We set some goals, and she told us that she wasn't trying
as hard as she felt she should be. I truly believe that she will get
baptized, I can see her in the Celestial room of the temple, and
furthermore in the sealing room with her spouse.
We also had a great miracle with prayer. At district meeting we asked
the district to pray specifically that the Lord would prepare a way
for our friend to get baptized. I won't mention his name, or any names
for that matter due to data privacy laws. He is 16 years old, and
lives with a less active family 2 days out of the week. The other
family he was staying with had him on the weekends and they made him
attend a baptist church. When we met him, his countenance was rather
dark, and he showed no signs of any hope. After a few minutes he was
talking to us about all kinds of questions about life. He wondered if
he really had a purpose. He became a foster child at about 12, and has
never had a steady home. His mother was addicted to drugs, and when he
turned her in for dealing, she told the court that she doesn't want
him back. With that heart breaking story, I was in tears. I have never
felt such compassion in my life. After the district prayed, and much
fasting, we went to his appointment and he announced that he would be
living full time with the less active family. He will be baptized on
the 11th.
I attached a photo of the district with President and Sister Vest.
They are the best! President Vest amazes me with the things he can do,
I can't even imagine the stress he is put under as a mission
president. I think he only sleeps 3 hours.
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