Well, this week was soooooooo
exciting!!! In January we received a media referral from a woman named,
Treasa who lives in Munising. That is about an hour drive away from us so
we don't usually go out there at all. Well, when I made the call I failed
to notice that she lived in Munising and talked to her about scheduling a time
to come visit her. Usually the media referrals are for us to deliver
something, but she said that she didn't really know why she referred herself,
just that she felt like she should when she was looking at the church website
and was going to hang up because she didn't really want to know more. I
decided quickly to try and just get an appointment with her and tried to keep
her talking. Anyway, there I was trying to schedule an appointment, while
my companion is hitting her head next me, making hand gestures not to make an
appoinment. I told Tresa that we would call her back and ended the
call. I felt really bad that I hadn't checked the location of the
referral. We didn't have the miles to go out to Munising that month but
my trainer said that we'd have to somehow make it work in a later month.
Well, I told you that long story so you would understand better how exciting
this week was. Saturday we went out to Munising to finally meet
Tresa! I don't think I can possibly describe the miracle it was that
everything worked out the way it did! We weren't sure about going to
Munising but decided somehow we were going to make it work. Sister
Maynard, a member of the ward, met us there and we had the most amazing
lesson! Tresa truly was prepared by the Lord for the gospel at this time
in her life. It was a very emotional lesson but what a miracle it was
too! I will never forget the joy in countenance when we invited her to be
baptized and she said yes and began sobbing. She was beaming from ear to
ear! We set a baptismal date for her on April 26th. She wasn't able
to come to church yesterday and we were concerned about how her husband would
react but we called her and he is actually very supportive and wants to come to
church next week too! I'm so grateful for the gospel and to be a missionary!
It is truly a joy to serve the Lord and witness such miracles. It is
truly the Lord's work and power.
Also, it was an exciting surprise to see one of
our investigators at church yesterday that said they wouldn't be able to make
it. Well, I have to go but the church is enthusiastically true!
love you all!
Sister Prestwich
