HELLOOOO.
I love this week. The Lord is just pouring out blessings on this
area right now, and all I can pray for is that my weaknesses won't get
in the way of the work. Everybody we're finding is prepared, and it's
just a miracle. Alice brought her daughter to church yesterday, and
we're meeting with her this week. That family will soon be completed!
President Becerra came to our ward yesterday and dominated Alice and her
daughter with the spirit, so she pretty much has no choice now. :)
We're also working with another incredible couple, Jonah and Autumn (we
named them). They're from Beijing and came here to have their first
baby, they're going back in July. They found us through english class.
They came to church yesterday, and the gospel principles teacher
(GENIUS) got them to come up in front of the class and share their
feelings on prayer. Autumn sounded like a prophet! She was so profound.
The crazy thing is, she has grown up a qiancheng (you'll have to look up
the translation, I can't remember) buddhist her whole life, and over
the course of a week and a half, her and her husband can't go a day
without reading the scriptures and praying together. I LOVE THE SPIRIT.
Also, Lily is doing great as well. She has been SO involved in every
church activity so far, and we are hardly even doing anything. She came
to our stake's Mormon Helping Hands service project. She has made so
many friends and the ward loves her. She has a goal to be baptized with
her husband and son on June 17th (they don't come to America until May
23rd). Alice referred one of her friends from work to us, Kyle, and he
has a goal to be baptized on may 20th. He gave up smoking last Tuesday,
and gave up drinking yesterday! The spirit has just been working on him
like crazy. ANOTHER miracle is, we were filling up gas the other day,
and Elder Fish felt prompted to talk to the guy next to us, his name's
Jack. Turns out he had met with missionaries 4 years ago, before he
joined the navy. We met with him 2 days later, and he told us about his
struggle to have the spirit with him at all times. The last time he was
baptized, he wasn't required to make any changes in his life and he felt
like he was still living an unclean worldly life, and he wants to
change that. He has a goal to be baptized on May 27th. We met with him
and our Stake President last night (his english is pretty good), and
set up a plan to reach his baptismal date with him. We have a goal to
baptize every week of next transfer... and I really believe we can
accomplish that goal.
My favorite thing about being a zone leader is doing baptismal
interviews. I interviewed a young lady named Sarah the other day, and it
was a sweet experience. She told me of the changes she's had to make in
accepting the gospel, and the experience she had when she knew the
truthfulness of the Book of Mormon. The spirit prompted me to have her
write her testimony in a new Book of Mormon, and she committed to give
it out within a week of her baptism. It's just amazing. There really is
no way this gospel cannot be true, the spirit works on people in ways
that are unimaginable and indescribable. It changes people for the
better, and only for the better. I know the gospel is true.
Well I love you guys. CONGRATULATIONS to Noah on getting his
eagle. I told you I didn't think you'd get it before I came home,
and you proved me wrong. Like usual. Can't wait to see baby Asa. It's
sooner than I can even comprehend. I don't wanna go home... I'm
extending for life.
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