Week 26: There Can Be Miracles When You Believe!

The miracles go on!

I feel like every week I'm writing about more miracles that happen, but it really is unbelievable how much the work is picking up and how many tender mercies we are seeing constantly as the Lord continues to touch the lives of our investigators and guide us in this work!

So, we got another 2 new investigators! One was the sister of one of our past investigators- she started joining in on the discussions and she's only 10 or 11 years old and has been super quiet so far, but she listens! But, their mom said they can't be baptized until they're old enough to "know that that's what they want" and experience the world a little more- but we'll keep teaching them anyways to help teach these gospel principles to them while they're in their youth so that they can make the right choice when the time comes (and choose to follow Jesus Christ!).

Our other new investigator was a referral named Cameron. He was referred from a member in another ward who started working at the same place with Cameron about 3 weeks ago and saw that he needed help and so he offered his support! He really helped show that missionary work isn't as scary as we tend to think it is as members of the church- it's basically knowing how much the gospel blesses us and wanting those blessing of support and love to touch other's lives as well! So, we went over to Cameron's house with him, and Cameron is the first person I've taught so far in Idaho that isn't sure he even has a belief in God. But, we're returning this next Wednesday to continue to teach him, so I'm excited to help him come to know that His Heavenly Father and Savior really do know and love him personally, and to see the change that that knowledge will bring to his life. 😊

We also went to visit a less active part member family who said they were interested in us teaching them a couple of days ago, and in this on subdivision that we're over all of the streets are named Fairy-tale themed things, and all of the houses look exactly the same, so I drove to the wrong house! When we knocked on the door and someone else answered we were like, "Oh, you're not the Dorries..." But we introduced ourselves and told him about the Book of Mormon and he said he'd actually grown up with missionaries visiting his parents, and he said they weren't ever baptized (that he knew of), but he remembered a bit about going to LDS churches and said we could come back! We gave him a copy of the Book of Mormon and will follow up soon.

We also have been looking for a less active who moved to "a blue house on Robinson Rd" and whenever we happen to be on that street we visit any blue houses we pass by, and one of them this past week ended up being a potential investigator! We gave him a Book of Mormon and he said we could come back in a couple of weeks, so that was exciting.

Finally (to keep it semi-short), we went back to Omar's house (a boy who we gave a BoM to about 2 weeks ago who none of the rest of his family spoke english) with the Spanish Elders and they were able to talk to the rest of the family while we sat there trying our best to interpret in our heads and asking Omar for what they were talking about every now and then and the mom said she'd have to ask the dad if he wanted to investigate the church with her (she said they only do things if they do it together) but that we could teach Omar more about the gospel. So, we set a return appointment and are going to start teaching him this next coming week. 😊 I'm excited!

Thanks for your prayers and support- always be willing to share your testimony!

Sister Wilcox

It's snowing again!! Thanks for all the warm scarfs and hats you made to keep me worm. They came just in time!!