Week 29: Fasting works miracles

So last week we had a temple trip and we carpooled with the member we live with (Sister Welsh 💛) because she's awesome and we wanted to make a day of it with her. So she drove us there and we were talking and having a good time and she goes, "There's the temple!," and we look and it's the Boise temple! We had left mission boundaries because she thought we were going to the Boise temple instead of the Meridian one! We were like, "Oh, no!" and had to rush over to the Meridian one to make it to the session on time. We did and everything worked out okay, but we just won't tell President that we were out of our mission for a detour (and we got to see 2 temples in one day, so that was fun! 😌😂). That's why there was no email last week: pday was all out of whack!

But, things are normal again now. :)

So last week we taught a family who a member referred and they had just moved here and were looking for a church so we invited them to ours and taught them the Restoration and they came! Unfortunately, however, all of the members of that ward have been fasting with our 40-day ward fast for missionary opportunities and when they saw a family, decided to go up and bear their testimony on fasting and how they've been fasting and praying for a family to come to church and that THIS FAMILY (and called them out from the pulpit! multiple times!) was an answer to their prayers!

Sister Bradshaw and I were laughing so hard, we couldn't believe that this was really happening. We thought all was lost (as no one likes being called out from the pulpit, especially not by strangers on your first day at a news church), but went back to their house this past Saturday to see what they thought, and, though they were slightly overwhelmed, said that they were planning on going again and giving it a second try! We were so glad, and went they came to church yesterday everything went a lot smoother and hopefully they'll keep having that desire to come and to learn more about their Savior and His Restored gospel! They've also gotten their kids involved in scouts and mutual already, so it's all looking good!

Members are essential in the success of missionary work, whether it's referring those you know who've recently moved in, referring friends who you know are going through a hard time or who you've been working with to prepare them to meet with the missionaries, or reaching out to those who the missionaries have already found to help them feel welcomed, your effort helps a lot! And when we all work together to make every Sunday experience a good one, miracles can happen!

Love you all,

Sister Wilcox

Maybe there is a bit of time for pics :) Click on the picture for a better view.

1.  Chalked sidewalk.

2. 6 lbs of gummy bears- we went to Costco!
3. Meridian Temple

4. Our zone going to the temple  :)

5. Pokemon missionary

lol