We
met a guy named Miguel while walking in one of the subdivisions of one
of the wards we cover and he was loading his family into his car to get
ready to leave for Lowes, but we started talking to him and were able to
testify of the Book of Mormon and gave him a copy. He said he'd read it
and that he'd pray for himself to know it's true! We said we'd come
back in a few weeks to follow up and he agreed. It was so simple, but
nice to be able to share the gospel so quickly and powerfully. 😊
Then,
while looking for a potential investigator who's info we found in our
area book, we met a girl named Ashley who had her 2 y/o son Emmett with
her. We were able to talk to her about the temple open house and testify
of how families can be together forever because of the covenants we
make inside and we also gave her a Book of Mormon and we exchanged phone
numbers with her and she said she wants us to come back so she can
learn more. 👍
Then, she said something
about the people across the street maybe being interested as well, so we
went across the street and met a man from Honduras named Lester who
said he'd met with missionaries 4-5 years ago when he lived in
California. He said when he read some of the Book of Mormon and prayed
about it then, but he didn't get an answer. But, we extended another
invitation for him to read it again and as we bore our testimonies that we knew
it was true because the Holy Ghost testified it to us we were able to
give him another copy of Book of Mormon and he said he'd give it another
try. ✌
Also, last week we taught a couple whom
a member referred and they had invited us back again to have dinner at
their house this past Friday to celebrate Sister Bradshaw's birthday
with and to talk more about what we believe and their two children were
there (a girl who's 22 and a boy who's 15) and they were all asking a
lot of questions and super interested in learning more about what we had
to teach them. I'll send a link to our mini-party next week when
there's more time (warning: you'll see that missions are actually really
fun; viewer discretion is advised). 😉
And
finally (to keep it short), we taught a couple of the grandchildren of a
member who is returning to activity this past weekend (they've been
going to church with her off and on for a while now and we just got
their parent's permission to teach them) and after we went through the
Restoration with them we asked if they believed that what we taught was
true: that the Book of Mormon was the word of God and that Joseph Smith
was His prophet through whom He restored His gospel again to the earth.
One of them, only 13 years old, exclaimed, "With all of my heart, yes!"
Sister
Bradshaw and I weren't sure what else to say other than, "Here are the
waters of mormon...." 😂. But their parents said they have to
investigate for at least a year before they can be baptized to make sure
it's what they really want and not just "a phase" their going through.
But it was touching, because as we were leaving, the same grandchild
said to us, "I will be baptized one day- even if I have to wait until I'm 18, I'll be baptized!"
I
hope and pray that we can all have that same vigor that this 13 year
old has when it comes to the Book of Mormon and our testimony of this
blessed gospel! I know that the Lord blesses us for our faith and for
our efforts to put Him first in this crazy world and He can and will
help us with whatever we struggle with because He's already been through
it Himself with His infinite and everlasting atonement. 💛
Thanks for all of your prayers and love- all of you help a lot,
Sister Wilcox
P.S.
We're supposed to make Facebooks now, so if I add you on my missionary
account don't freak out. 😊 I'm not a "ratchet dis-o" (@Sis Campbell)
--Sister Blood
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