So I got my package!! Thanks guys :) that was too cute. I loved the monster one. That was pretty funny. Thanks again for your love and support. I loved the candid pics too. Looks like your little invention is coming along. Pretty exciting. Oh yeah in regards to clothes, don't worry just yet (people are all loving and generous), but if you could look at my spending record and replace the money I have spent that would be great. I think I spent about 60 dollars on shoes and a camera card. Also, mom are you making sure that my fb account tells people about my blog posts so they can see my emails?
Okay, so now Drum roll.........We have had soooooooooo many miracles!!! AHH!!!!! Wow, how can I even begin? Well, I guess I start with the best part: we have a baptism!!!! Oh my goodness, I am just so excited and still in unbelief in how everything happened. So, we were meeting in the park with Rod and Steve: our lovely alcoholic homeless friends who say they want to get sober, which is awesome, BUT they also both brought a huge bottle of whiskey to our lesson hahaha. I think they were kinda drunk by the end and they started hitting on us more (hence the reason why we met in a park) but they really do have a new hope in their eyes, so we will just see with those two. Anyway, we went to check on another woman and taught her a quick lesson. Then, we started walking back through the park to get home. Well, on our way there, we waved to a man who almost seemed to want to talk to us, but he was far away and we were in a hurry to reach another appointment. So we hurried on into the park. Later on, Mike told us that when we waved to him (he was the guy) he felt something warm and peaceful pulling him toward us. Then, he ended up having to go the same direction as us. Anyhoo, long story short, we ended up running into him again in the park and he told us he had fed the missionaries dinner ten years ago when his now ex wife was investigating the church. But then she stopped and he never knew where they went. Well, I told him he could always feed us (turns out he is a gourmet chef, not complaining) and he was excited. Then, while he walked with us through the park, he asked if we wanted to sit and chat. Well, I was about to tell him we had another appt, but right as I looked at my phone, i saw a new text that our other appt had cancelled! So, I said yes and Sis H just followed along a little confused.
So, in the next hour, we just had the most amazing conversation with this man. I started out saying a prayer, and afterward, he commented on the feeling he had in his heart. He kept saying, "Wow, I felt something. That was amazing. It's just like what I felt when you guys waved to me. Wow, it's like euphoria." We explained to him that that was the Spirit and then we taught him just about everything we could and he just soaked it up like a sponge. He was so excited and said then we asked if he wanted to know if everything was true, he could pray right then. So we all listened to his simple, sincere prayer. At the end, he looked at us with amazement, because he received an immediate answer. He had the same feeling all over again right after praying! Ohhhh I was so excited! The Spirit was just so strong. He then told us that, yes, he did want to be baptized and his 13 yr old son too. Sis H just looked at each other like "What? Is this real life!?" It was crazy and so amazing. Mike walked us to the corner of our street and the whole time just kept saying it was the best day of his life, and that he had been searching for this feeling and this knowledge his whole life. It was just beyond description how unworthy, yet grateful I felt and still feel for such a miracle. Mike started reading the Book of Mormon the very next day and hasn't stopped studying and learning and watching LDS videos online since. He came to church this Sunday and said he could have stayed for 10 more hours. Ahhhh it's just so wonderful and he is the most innocent, genuine, faithful person I have ever met. Mike is truly the ideal example of how we are all supposed to be childlike in order to be more Christlike. I don't think he could deceive or manipulate if his life depended on it. He is such an example to me. Ahhh, so he is scheduled for the 20th, because of conference. Ahhhhh, this is what it's all about :) Miracle, miracles and more miracles. I am so undeserving, but so grateful for God's trust and blessings. Well, I really need to run.
Life is great ya'll. I haven't even thought about my visa since the transfer started. I know I'm supposed to be here, not only for the investigators, but for the Sisters I am living with too. We all have trials to go through. Don't ever assume someone's life is perfect or that they are not hurting in some way. We are all here to care for one another. Right now, I am doing my best to make everyone feel loved and valued, because we ALL deserve to feel God's love. His love is there, whether we accept it or not. He will never turn away from us. Never. God works in his own time. Please pray for ways to be an instrument in His hands, because He can and will use us all if we are willing to act.
I love you all. Greg and Bresia, best of luck to you in the work. I pray for you both and keep it up. Let's bring this whole country to the wonderful love of Jesus Christ :)
Love you ALL, sorry letter are slow.....so much to do!!
Love sis H
