Okay so first we got an investigator to church yesterday!!! YAY! His name is Carl. I don't remember waht I have or have not written about him so...
Carl is a man that we have been teaching for about 3 or 4 weeks now. We found him our first week of the transfer on our way to see an investigator. We stopped him on the street and talked to him about the gospel. He told us that 28 years ago he was looking for a faith and was introduced to Buddhism. He has been practicing sense. We shared part of the restoration with him and were able to set up a time to teach him more. We have had to adapt many of our lessons to Carl because of several disabilities that he has but the spirit always guides and helps us do so. On Saturday we had a lesson with him. At the end of the lesson we invited him to come to church and shared what it would consist of. He agreed and so we arranged a ride for him.
He expressed to us before the reason he doesn't like other churches is because the last time he went to one NO ONE said hi to him or welcomed him at all. Lucky for us our church is great at that! Right after sacrament meeting there were like 5-8 people that came and said hi and introduced themselves. It made him beem! What a great church we are apart of!
This week was a bit rough but really great at the same time. We were dropped by a LA and his non member wife. But I know without a doubt in my mind that Matt (the LA) felt the spirit as we bore our testimoney to him about the importance of this gospel. He felt it and felt Godly sorrow WHICH WAS GREAT! I love walking away for talking to ANYONE, even if it is right after being dropped, and knowing that I did all that I could because I followed the spirit. I pray that he too will choose to follow the spirit because the more we do the more we are able to recognize the promptings that we receive.
“You cannot lift another soul until you are standing on higher ground than he is. You must be sure, if you would rescue the man, that you yourself are setting the example of what you would have him be. You cannot light a fire in another soul unless it is burning in your own soul.”
Miracle report! So last week we found this lady named Susan. Okay she was put in our path. 100% She has been SUPER sick for the past 4 years. Because of that she is mostly in her room at Friendship manner (a big community for elderly). But one Tues she was sitting outside by where some of the other elderly people sit (which is on the way to our car). As we headed out we stopped and talked to her. We told her what we had been doing (which was service) and offered to help her with some stuff the following week.
Okay so we went over and she didnt have anything for us to do so we taught her the first lesson! SHE IS AMAZING! Her spirit blows me out of the water! I love being around her. So as we teach her and she eats it up. The spirit is like a powerhouse that hits all of us. She is so ready for this gospel.
She told us how she has not been about to go to church for the past 4 years so her spirit has been so weak. She said that recently she started looking for her "spiritual teacher". She talked to a couple people but no luck. Then she paused. "But the moment I started talking with your two girls I knew that you were my spiritual teachers." WOW! Miracle. She is reading the BOM and loves it. But all she needs your prayers. She is still to weak to come to church. We know that prayers are answered and that the Lord loves her and will help her.
Heavenly Father puts people in our paths for a reason. He gives us the Holy Ghost to help us understand that reason and to not miss out on the opportunity to help one of His children. So I invite all of you to pray for an opportunity to help someone this week that will allow you to see the spirit working through you. I can promise you that if you will do this with a sincere heart and real intent having faith in Christ that he WILL provide a way. He will bless you are help you and give you strength.
I leave these things in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen
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