I know that I have the BEST family in the world! I've felt your
love and prayers this whole week and I'm so grateful for it. :) I am
going to write Debbie Ericson, but in the meantime tell her THANK YOU SO
MUCH! Her package meant the world to me, and I couldn't help but cry as
I read her card. Please tell her she is such an amazing person and I
love her and her family so much. :)
How is everyone doing this week? I hope Kailey and Alli's game goes
well today! Write me to let me know how it ends up!!! Is state this
weekend?
Things in the Lords work is never ceasing. This week has actually
been the best week I've had with the work in my whole mission, and It's
all because of one thing really.... Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ! You
know I haven't had an easy week.... and it has probably been one of my
roughest weeks I've had in my personal life (funny how you can have the
best and worst week in the same week huh?!) but the council I received
from the Lord and my mission president has motivated me and my companion
to do all we can. I can't wait to tell you of just some of the miracles
we were witnesses of this week in our work.
Kye got baptized yesterday! :) It was such a tender mercy to see
him feel the spirit so strong after not being involved in church for
most of his life. His mom is the less active that called us about 2
months ago telling us that she wanted to come back to church and she
found the card we left with her boyfriend. It has been so fun to teach
Kye. He is 11 years old and has the best questions! As Sister Moreno and
I were giving the talk on the Holy Ghost at the baptism his eyes
started tearing up, and we knew he was feeling the spirit. I couldn't
help but cry. I knew that He was feeling of our Saviors love. He asked
his friend Jonatan (The 8 year old boy I taught that got baptized in
June here in Maplewood) to give the closing prayer, and oh man! It was a
powerful prayer. He talked about Kyes book of life being clear so he
could enter the celestial kingdom, and walking on the straight and
narrow path throughout his life! The future leaders of the church are
going to be amazing.
First off, on tuesday we had our weekly planning and I told Sister
Moreno that we had to set high goals for the week cause I wanted to
forget myself and get to work. So we had a goal to find 10 new
investigators, and have 25 sit-down lessons with investigators and less
actives. On Wednesday when we had our transfer interviews with President
he was counciling with me about things and I asked him how I could
forget myself and the things going on in my life, and he gave me lots of
good advice and a blessing, but then he said, "Now go out there and
find 10 new investigators!" I asked him if Sister Moreno had told him
that was our goal already, and he said no. haha So I knew it must be the
Lords will for the week to find those 10 children of his.
And I know it was His will because we were able to find 12 new
investigators this past week! We usually only get 3-4 new.... if that.
So it was really awesome to see the Hand of the Lord leading us where we
needed to be at the exact moment we needed to be there. We were also
able to have 30 sit down lessons with mostly investigators! I'm so
grateful for our Savior to give us this work, and the opportunity to
visit all of these people.
I want to share a few experiences of how we found some of our new investigators...
1. We were going to go try 2 former investigators at an apartment
complex we hadn't been at for a month or so, and before we got out of
the car we said a prayer that we could find someone who was ready to
accept the gospel at this time before we come back to the car. When we
said Amen and opened our eyes a lady was walking right in front of our
car and I said to Sister Moreno, "That's her!" She said "who is that?!"
and we got out and followed after her while she was talking on her phone
(yes..... missionaries are good stockers!... ;) After she hung up we
introduced ourselves and she was very nice! She told us she had actually
been to our church and she received a Book of Mormon from one of her
best friends. After we visited with her she told us she wants to come to
our church because that is where her brother goes. It was such a
miracle! We are going to see her tonight, so pray for her! Her name is
Susie.
2. As we were leaving Susie's apartment and about to get into our
car we hear a guy yell out to us, so of course we turn around and pretty
much run over to him to talk with him. He had 2 daughters outside with
him and he wanted to hear what we were out "preaching about". As we were
talking another guy and woman came out from his apartment and they told
us to come it. So we shared a message with all of them there in their
house and they want us to come back! They were very interested in a
living prophet today, and so we showed them a media about President
Monson. It was awesome to testify about how he is just a normal man
called of God to declare his word. They loved it, and we are excited to
see the young girls lives change with the gospel a part of their life.
3. We also found another investigator by leaving a card with a
potential investigator at his house. We get a phone call from a guy and
he said, "I just saw you sisters leave this card at our door, and I
don't know how interested Kenny is at this time, but I want to learn
more! He asked us for the church address and he wants to come because he
wants to straighten his life up.
It has been so cool to be a witness of all of these this week! We
have had so many more miracles happening in our area, and I'm so
grateful that I get to serve here!
We got transfer calls this morning and Sister Moreno and I are
staying here together again!!! I will be here atleast until December,
but probably January since Sister Moreno is a spanish sister and will be
needed in a spanish area after this. Everyone at church yesterday was
asking me if I've talked to everyone in this area yet. :)
Have a fun and safe Halloween! I want to see pictures of my nieces and nephews.
I love y'all so much!
Sister Avery
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