We have seen many miracles this week, and had many moments that I will never forget. We spent a lot of the week finding and trying to set up appoinments for this week! Last week we were praying where we should go tracting and I kept feeling that we needed to go to 4th ave. When we got there we realized that it was a place we had already tracted recently, so we just tracted a neghboring street instead! As we finished up the street to head back to the car I kept praying that someone would be placed in our path who we could teach. As we were walking on 4th ave to the car, this man opens up the door and walks out on the porch. I just knew he was the one we needed to talk to, so we went up to him and he invited us to come back! We have now taught him about four times and wants to be baptized if he comes to know these things are true. It reminded me a lot of King Lamoni and Ammon as they were traveling to have Ammons brothers released and they run into King Lamonis Father, it makes me wonder if he was praying that someone would be placed in his path that he could teach. I know that we all can have a constant prayer in our hearts that we can meet someone who we can share the message of the restorations with, and the Lord will answer our prayers.
On Friday we taught one of our investigators who is from China and it was amazing to watch how the Lord works. She came to church last Sunday and became really great friends with a lady in our ward named Shalmay. Shalmay also speaks Mandarin and they just wouldn’t stop talking. Shalmay lives in a home for pregnant moms who need assistance. Our investigator, Lucy, got talking with Shalmay and found out that Shalmay’s neighbor put a restraining order on her husband and had no way of finding out how to get that ban lifted! And with Shalmay's limited English no one could understand how to help her! Lucy has taken over the whole situation and is trying to get it all figured out! So here was Shalmay who needed help, and here was Lucy who had been praying to know who God was. They both now have been placed in each others lives to bring each other closer to our Savior. It's crazy they both did the exact same major in College too. Such a small, amazing world. The Lord knows each and everyone of us and we never know when we will be the means of answering God's prayer.
On Saturday my companion and I decided to splurge and go to lunch at this really, really great place called Jaks Grill, people come from everywhere for it. We never eat out and as we were waiting for the check the waitress comes up to us and said your bill has been covered, have a great day. We were in shock, they wouldn’t tell us who it was, but that person will never know how much that meant to us!! So Saturday night we were praying to know where we should go. As we prayed I was filled with the Spirit so strongly that my eyes were filled with tears, I knew that we had to go tracting downtown on this certain street! That night we found 4 new investigators and 3 more people we set up times to come back! Our Savior's hand is in this work! He wants everyone to know how they can return to live with Him again! We are all so blessed to know this and to have the Holy Ghost as a constant companion! I sometimes wonder how often we deminsh the power of the spirit by not relying on it enough. The Holy Ghost is given at baptism, as a CONSTANT companion, not a sometimes one! He can and will guide us in everything if we are living our lives correctly.
Yesterday we went hiking on our Pday at Twin Falls!! It was the most amazing hike I think I have ever been on! The river was going crazy because of all the rain! When we were standing over the falls you could barley hear anything! Here are some great pictures! My favorite sign..."Falling can kill you". Really? I didn’t know that.
A couple quick funny stories. Knocked on a door this morning….racoon sleeping on the chair. Yep, about died.
My new bike doesn’t have a kick stand so I usually lean it against the garage doors…so we are knocking on this door and down this long windy driveway comes this BMW which is already way awkward because we are just sitting on the porch. Oh, there goes the garage up and my bike banging & banging the garage as it falls down each square on the garage door! Then falls inside the garage…I wanted to disappear about right then! One of the more embarassing moments of my life!
hahahha loved the funny stories of the week. i was laughing out loud. loved the update- glad to hear that he is doing so well. miss him & miss you kath. xoxo
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