RECENTLY, ON FAST SUNDAY
Me: "Yeah, was it like this?"
Lauren: "hehe. Yes, that was me!!!"
Hello Mother deary!
Wow, Grandma is nifty! I like her
re-done wedding dress! You definitely got your creativity from her!
Thanks for the update on everything - and YES, it is crazy that
September is almost over!!! October, November and December are going to
pass by even faster! Especially October, since it will be General
Conference and Halloween! Man, this year is basically over already.
Goodbye 2014!
So last week was the last week of
the transfer!! Crazy huh?? This will be my 6th transfer. Sister Wang
and I are staying in Moraga! Which we are both really happy about it
because a lot of miracles have been happening recently!
So
last week we got a great referral from one of the counselors - at the
end of church last Sunday he said a woman came in with her daughter (we
were already at the VC by then so we didn't meet her). They recently
moved up the street and can see the church building from her house and
her husband kept telling her to go check it out. So she did, and was
really interested. Brother S******** told her she could have missionaries
come visit to tell her more and she was like yeah! So, we got her info,
called her and set up an appointment the next day! And she is
amazing!!!!!!!! She and her husband are non-practicing Muslims that have
been looking for a good Christian church for many years. She says she
wants to raise her children in a loving, family environment - we were
like, our church is the place for you!!! She also told us when she came
with her daughter on Sunday,
she asked how her daughter felt there and her daughter said she felt
calm and peaceful, and when she told us this she got emotional! We were
blown away!!! But, there is a sad part to it. We set up another visit
for Friday,
and sadly the day of she cancelled and said she would like to wait
before having us come teach her because she wants to study the Book of
Mormon on her own at her own pace and go to church on Sunday's
and not feel pressured. We tried to explain that our job is definitely
to help her and not pressure her, but she didn't respond to that. So,
that's sad because we really want to teach her, but we are just going to
keep praying that over time she will want to have us come back, and the
good news is she still wants to come to church. :) So, even though it
ended quickly, for now, that was a great miracle last week!
Also
last Wednesday was awesome! It was our full-pros day (and may have been
an average day for full-proselyting missionaries, but for us it was
awesome!) We had 3 member-present lessons with our investigators M*****,
L**** and Brother G******, a recent convert lesson with Brother M*******,
were able to catch a potential at home that we've been trying to see for
weeks, went tracting and found an awesome potential, and had a meeting
with Bishop who is impossible to meet with because he is the busiest man
ever! Everything just worked out so perfectly that day and it was full
of miracles! It was a great day! Also that day we re-set a baptismal
date with M****** (who says he is for sure committed to October 25th)! L**** is doing great and is growing and opening up to us so much! And
Brother G****** is on fire! I haven't been here for that long but have
noticed a big change in him! He is so enthusiastic and our lesson with
him and Sister G****** went awesome. We are just so grateful to all the
amazing members who come with us and help us out! Yay!!
Saturday
night we had the adult session of Stake Conference - which was
amazing!!! Sister G****** brought her friend, who isn't a member, and she
really enjoyed it!! We were really bummed because at the end they
quickly left and we wanted to talk more to her friend, but the next day
Sister G****** said she would ask her friend is she would be interested
in having missionaries because the meeting really "inspired her"
according to Sister G******. So that was awesome! Elder Hamula from the
70 was there and gave a great talk about hastening the work of
salvation. A lot of the talks were about how members, we are so busy
always doing stuff, always going to meetings, planning lesson, returning
and reporting, etc. etc. - but that is what the work of salvation is -
it is not about getting ourselves back to Heavenly Father, but helping
others to get there. Everything we do in the church is for others and to
keep the covenants we make at baptism, which are "mourning with those
that mourn, comforting those that stand in need of comfort." It was kind
of like, "Are you tired? Burnt out? Good! That's what you should feel!
Keep doing it and know why you're doing it!" It was awesome!!!
So
anyways, there's the gist of my week! Awesome miracles recently and
more to come! Love you so much too!!!!! Thank you for everything!!! Oh
and I am good for now - don't need anything! Thanks again and love
you!!!!!!!!!
Love,
Sister Johnson
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