Elder Nattress of
the 70 visited our mission and I got to be one of the few he
interviewed, and he asked if he could personally write a letter to my
mom and send it home to her, to thank her for her hard work and the
great job she did raising us! So many people throughout the world work
so hard to be righteous disciples of their Savior and never get recognition for it here on this earth (though Heavenly Father will/does reward them openly from heaven!) so this was a cool experience and she definitely deserves it, so that was awesome! 😊
Also,
we were correlating with our ward mission leader last week and he said
he felt like we needed to all three meet together with one of our
investigators as soon as possible and talk with her about any questions
she has at the moment, and not plan a lesson or anything but just meet
with her to figure out what she needs right now and then help her. So,
we set-up an appointment and two days later we went over to her house
and just started talking to her and she told us she had googled some
things on the internet and had gotten into a lot of anti-mormon
literature and wasn't sure this was what she wanted anymore! As fear and
sorrow shot into my heart Brother Conde asked if we could say a prayer
and as he was praying I felt a confirming peace from the Spirit take the
place of where the fear had been and I knew it'd all be okay. As we
testified to her and the Spirit continued to help her understand the
truth, she eventually came around and now has an even firmer testimony
as she overcame the doubt with her faith and re-committed to follow her
Savior and trust Him. Thank heavens for inspired WML's!
Also,
while on exchanges in Emmett a couple of weeks ago, another WML was
talking about how he'd been going through old progress records to find
former investigators or people the missionaries have visited in the past
so they could re-visit them to see if their hearts have become more
prepared to receive the truth of the gospel since years have passed. I
thought it was a great idea! So, I went back to my own area and started
going through the old progress records and found a lady the Elders used
to do service for who wasn't super interested (and possibly even moved)
but felt like we should give it a shot. We knocked on her door a couple
of times, but she was never home. So, just yesterday, we decided to give
it one more shot as it was the weekend and people are more likely to be
at home. And she was! But, it wasn't who we were looking for- a woman
named Yolanda and her family had moved in just a month ago (they said
the lady from the progress record was long gone) and that they were
looking for a church for their family to go to so their kids could grow
up around a good crowd of people. We gave them a Book of Mormon and
invited them to church and to youth activities on Wednesday and they
said they were excited to go!
So many of
Heavenly Father's children are constantly looking for truth and as we
are trying our best He leads us to find them, and a lot of times we
don't even realize how He's preparing us to find and help them! His plan is so perfect, it's awesome to think about.
He knows us all. He loves us all. He wants to help us find Him.
Have a good week!
Sister Wilcox😊✌
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1. A pretty driveway
2. Prayer rocks!
3. More prayer rocks! Cuties 😊
4.
Elder and Sister Nattress of the 70 (he said the prayer at GC last
week.. and gave a talk in 2016 that was cool if you want to check it
out!)
5. Half of the Sisters in our mission and Sister Nattress
6. Thanks family! Cute card 🤗
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