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LAUREN'S E-MAIL!!!!
Hello!!
I am so excited to talk to ya'll this Sunday!!
It's so good to hear about everything that's going on! This email is
going to be kind of short because I don't have a lot of time today!
This past week was full of miracles!!! We talked to
so many amazing people and had awesome conversations with them! I'll
tell you briefly about some of the people we talked to:
Last Monday we talked to a women in the parking lot of the
grocery store. She was awesome! She loves the Bible and we gave her a
Bible and Book of Mormon and she was reading to us some of her favorite
verses out of the Bible. She was super funny and great to talk to. We
told her about church, and was really interested and surprised that
there was a church building in her area. We got her info and are keeping
touch with her over our emails in the Visitor's Center. :) Also on Monday,
we met an awesome family who came into the Visitor's Center. Their
teenage daughter had been there before and brought her mom and friend
that day because she wanted them to see it. We showed them our
presentation called God' Plan for His Family, and they were so touched
by it! At the end, we taught them about the temple and the mom basically
asked when she could get baptized haha. They actually live in Berkeley
but we referred them to the elders in our district because they would be
in the Berkeley Family ward. It was just a blessing and a miracle and
we were so excited for them!!
On Wednesday
we were contacting in our neighborhood before we went to serve in the
Visitor's Center. We only had about 30 minutes, and the first 25 weren't
so great because no one wanted to talk to us. Just as we were walking
back to our car though, we saw a women digging through garbage bags
outside of her house (she lives a few houses down from us). We asked if
she needed help and at first she looked really confused but then
realized we were missionaries and was super excited to talk to us! Her
and her daughter that live there are Catholic, but say they love feeding
missionaries and would love to have us over. They were especially
excited that we were sister missionaries because they had only met
elders before. The daughter came outside too so we were talking to both
of them, and they were just the sweetest people! We offered to do
service, and so tomorrow
we are going during the day to help them out. :) It is just funny how
the Lord always puts someone in your path who He wants you to talk to.
Another person we talked to last week was a man in
the Visitor's Center. He had met with sister missionaries in the past
but felt like some of his questions weren't answered clearly, so we did
our best to answer his questions and ended up talking for over an hour.
Long story short, he is extremely well-versed in the Bible and very
religious, but it was awesome talking to him and he was very interested
in what we had to say. He was really interested in what we think about
grace, mercy, repentance etc. and are keeping in touch with him. He was
interested in buying a copy of the Doctrine and Covenants, so we told
him where he could buy a triple combination, and then told him if he
wants to know if this church is true or not, he needs to read the Book
of Mormon and ask Heavenly Father!
Lastly, our investigator M**** is getting baptized this Sunday!!
We are so excited for her! We went to an event she put together at her
school yesterday and we did tye-dying (spelling?). She's so fun and has
such a sweet spirit. Our ward has been awesome too because they have
helped so much with coming to our lessons with her and giving her rides
and everything else!! Oh and at church on Sunday,
a guy from another YSA ward brought his non-member friend from Berkeley
- we had a lesson in Gospel principles about talents, and afterwards
she came up to us saying that that lesson was exactly what she needed to
hear and wants to meet with us. What a blessing!! We are hoping to meet
with her this week. :)
Anywho, a lot more happened but that's all I have
time to write. What we learned last week is that Heavenly Father always
blesses us for our efforts and obedience. That's why obedience is so
important!! Miracles happen when you have faith!!
Love you all and talk to you on Mother's Day!!
Love,
Sister Johnson
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