We had a number of awesome experiences this week! First
and foremost, we were able to invite two people to be baptized when they
receive a witness that what we have been teaching is true and they accepted!
That has never happened to me before on my mission, and
two people accepted the invitation in one week! The Lord has been so good to
us!
Let me tell you a little bit about what happened with one
of the people who actually requested a visit from the
missionaries online. We had our third lesson with her on Friday, and we brought
a member who I haven't had the chance to go teaching with yet. We went into
her home, and we got to know her a bit. Then the
member with us said "it seems like you know an awful lot about Mormons, why aren't
you one?" I was a bit surprised at
first, but then I realized that it was a really good question! Why wasn't she a
Mormon? If we could understand that and address those concerns, then she would
have nothing holding her back from being baptized! We listened to her and
then taught and testified as the spirit directed us. The spirit was in the
room, and I know that she felt it because she told us afterward that we had
planted a seed in her and she would read from the Book of Mormon and pray to
know if it is true. She then told us that when she knows that the Book of
Mormon is true, she will be baptized into the church. It was one of the most
powerful lessons I have had the privilege to be a part of so far in my mission!
Another cool experience happened on Saturday when we were
able to teach the missionary stop smoking program to a man we have been seeing
for a few weeks. He has a great desire to stop smoking, and his sister came
over to provide support as we taught the lesson. I am so excited to see the
program begin to work! The Lord blesses us when we do our best to keep his
commandments!
Let me finish off with something that made me laugh. On
Sunday my companion and I drove about 20 minutes out of town to bring the
sacrament to a member who has been feeling very poorly. We decided to just head
out to his home without bringing any bread, planning to just use something that
he had in the house for the sacrament. We were a bit disappointed when we got to
the member's house and he told us that he didn't have bread or anything that
could be used for the sacrament in the house! He told us not to worry about it
and that he would just take the sacrament next week, but we promised him that
we would get back to his house some time that day to bring the sacrament to
him.
My Companion then had the brilliant idea to just walk
across the street and knock on someone's door to ask for a slice a bread! We
knocked on a lady's door who took one look at our badges and said "Latter
Day Saints? Not interested!" We explained that we were just wondering if
she could do us a favor and give us a slice of bread. She looked very surprised
and a bit angry! I explained that we had a friend across the street who had
been unable to come to church that day and that we wanted to administer the
sacrament to him. She said ok, went and got us a slice of bread, and we walked
straight over and gave the sacrament to the member. It was great! Elder Webber
and I are thinking about bringing cookies or a thank you card over the lady
when we are in the area next.
I love you all!
Elder Winters
No comments:
Post a Comment