Well, I definitely saw so many glorious
blessings this week!
On Tuesday we had zone
training again that really motivated my companion and I. Right after the
meeting we quickly left for the long drive back to Sheboygan so that we could
go and do what we learned about. :) In zone training we talked about
prepared people and this week we met a lot of prepared people. :) On
Thursday we met with Yu, our Japanese investigator. It was snowing
fairly hard and two of the people that were going to come with for Yu's lesson
cancelled on us. It is a little bit of a drive out to Lakeland
where Yu goes to school but we decided we were going to go even with the
snow. I'm so glad we did! We taught him about the
restoration of the gospel. He had some really great comments about how he
has tried to have God more in his life and how the things he has read in
the Book of Mormon seem familiar to him! He went to church sometimes as an
exchange student in Utah too. He said he wants to be baptized if he comes
to know that this is true and we set a baptismal date with him! That was
really exciting! We gave him his Japanese Book of Mormon and he was so
excited! He even asked if he could get a picture with us and his Book of
Mormon :) Wow, blessings do come after you push through the storm
:)
We also had interviews
with Pres. Cutler. I'm so grateful for President Cutler! He
gives us so much guidance and helps us to feel of God's love for us. He
asked me what I'm going to study in the Book of Mormon next. I am
going to study charity. :) You are welcome to join me if you like, in
choosing a Christlike attribute you want to work on this year and looking for
it in the scriptures. I'm really excited!
Anyway, then we had
exchanges right after interviews. We saw many exchange
miracles! Right after dinner there was a girl next door the sisters were
working with and we saw her right before she was about to leave! Perfect
timing. We had ward correlation and only had 30 minutes after that.
We were so blessed for using all of the time we had! During that 30
minutes we decided to go see a family that is not as active in the church and
they had a friend over. We shared a message and a Book of Mormon with the
friend. At the end of the lesson I felt strongly to ask her if she would
like to learn more. She said yes!
Today, we found a
new investigator! Michele, at the laundromat, asked us where we
worked. We explained that we were missionaries, a little about what we
did. Then Sister Boldt, peeked out from around the corner and we said,
"Hi, Sister Boldt!" Sister Boldt works at the laundromat so
Michelle knows her already. We started telling her about the Book of
Mormon and gave her a copy. She started crying and said that last night
she had prayed for more scripture in her life! Wow, she was so nice and
just glowed! Pray for her!
The church is familiarly
true!
