SHANNON IS A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF
LATTER-DAY SAINTS!! wow. wowwowwowwow. It still hasn't sunk in - for me or for
her, haha. I played my musical number at her baptism on Saturday and oh boy,
what a miracle. No matter how much I practice a number, I always mess up when
I'm nervous. I knew this was going to happen big time, during this important
solo, and I wanted to just bring the Spirit, so at the beginning of my song, I
just prayed for help. I let go a bit, stop worrying so much, kind of gave it
over to Heavenly Father...and He led my fingers. Again! When my mind didn't
know where to put my fingers, my fingers went the right places anyways! And the
room got really quiet and the Spirit was strong as I was playing. I'm so happy
I was able to be an instrument (instrument - piano solo- haha) in the Lord's
hands to help bring the Spirit. I am just so happy for Shannon!! She's
come so far even in the time I've been here, and I'm so blessed to have been
able to see her spiritual progress.
Cool random story! Last Monday was the first time that
someone has stopped US to talk to us - a guy was sitting on a bench as we were
leaving the library and he wanted to talk to us cause he knows a former bishop!
Turned into a great discussion. If only it were always that easy, haha...just
kidding, a mission is so wonderful because it's hard. But it'd be nice ;)
I read Jacob 7 recently and I LOVE how Jacob responded to
Sherem - he could've gone down to Sherem's level and argued, but instead - he
bore TESTIMONY. Can't argue with that :)
Also, Ether 12 is my life theme right now. I especially
love verses 2, 4, and 27.
2 NEW INVESTIGATORS! We went on exchanges last Thurs-Fri,
so I left the area and SBarlow came here with SMorrow. Maybe I need to leave
more often, cause they found both the investigators that day! They found
Stephanie, who is BEYOND GOLDEN. She soaks everything up like a sponge! And
she's feeling the Spirit stronger and stronger - she needs to be baptized ASAP!
The only hurdle is her dad, who feels she's taking it too fast. We're all
praying for his heart to be softened so he's comfortable with her being
baptized. She's just amazing.
I haven't met our other
investigator, Jalice, but hopefully will soon! We have a list of all the YSA's
in the stake, most of them are less-active, that we work on every day. They
were going to find someone, and a total miracle happened. They found Jasmine,
who is less-active, and Jalice, who was never baptized, but both of them want
to come to church! Jasmine had been thinking of coming back to church THAT DAY,
and then the sisters knocked!! Wow. That actually happened. MIRACLES HAPPEN!
SStempniak taught me a lot - it's okay to be chill, to sit back, to be silent and hold off on get-to-know-you questions. Also, God trusts me to be me.
Transfers are today, actually, but neither of us are getting transferred! OH such a relief. By the end of this transfer, SMorrow and I will have been companions for 4 1/2 months! That's a semester at college! We're best friends, so it's the greatest thing ever ;D
Haha some elders in our district made our day - instead
of leaving our journals (we have journals that other missionaries sign) in a
normal place, they led us around the whole church on a scavenger hunt for them!
It totally made my week! I love that! :D
A favorite quote from Fast and Testimony meeting:
"It's not about hiding your pain, but about showing your faith." LOVE
that.
Bear testimony all the day long, EVERYONE!
Does anyone have any cool finding ideas?
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