Hello to my fellow pioneer heritage lovers!
Thanks for the seeds! I like that. I will think of all of the seeds that have been planted throughout the past 2 years. Make me all sentimental.......HAHA and everyone was laughing so hard when all you said was "see you soon!!"
I can't believe Tanner is out of here. Just like that. I haven't realized how weird that is going to be to come home to no Tanner. I am going to miss him so much. My big brother radar is going off like crazy. I'm like worried about him catching his connecting flights and all of that hahahahah. Tell him that I KNOW the Lord will protect and strengthen him. I KNOW it. I'm praying for it!!
This week was extra crazy! We found a bunch of people to teach. Elder Horne kept us OUT ON THE STREETS and finding those that would receive us. The Lord blessed us.
This week we met again with Shay and Barbara. We had left the restoration video for them to watch and Shay watched part of it but not the whole thing so we turned it on and BOOM the spirit testified to them that it was true. When the video was over they both looked over at us with wide eyes. We immediately expounded all things unto them from the beginning and testified that Jesus Christ has restored the truth for them to partake of it. They loved it and both agreed to be baptized if they come to know that it's true. They both promised to come to church but didn't :/ That's ok. They said they would be baptized on Aug 10th or Aug 17th.
We also met Ethan and Kirsten. Ok quick story. Elder Horne and I were biking back from finding pretty close to our house. E. Horne felt impressed to stop at a certain house on Cavalier st. Nothing, but the guy across the street took a book and wants us back. Well, we came back to cavalier to see him and ended up finding a less active lady who hasn't been to church in a minute, got her name and number and her two friends were interested (both of them in our area) we sat on the grass and shared some scriptures, said a prayer and left. Tracted into another lady who set up an appointment with us. Then as we were walking away we heard some guy whistle at us from the end of the street and waved us down. As we were walking over I turned to Elder Horne and said "ok, this will either be really good, or we're about to get beat up. Don't worry I brought my brass knuckles." haha. His name is Ethan. His girlfriend was in the car. He asked us if Mormons were Christian and we set him with a baptismal date for Aug 17th. Oh, his girlfriend too! What happened? THE SPIRIT happened. We actually parked our bikes and asked him if he would want to take a church tour right now. He agreed and drove us with his girlfriend to the stake center and we walked them through the building. He played the piano a bit. Then back to that awesome picture of Moroni burrying the plates. We taught them the whole time and then invited them to be baptized. They agreed. They didn't come to church though. DRATS! We will meet with them this week.
On Saturday we had a blitz. the 26 missionaries in the zone came to our area with about 6 members and we split the area up and said "GO!!" everyone worked hard and we had over 50 people to go back and see. Our Zone Leaders are so inspired, along with our District Leader. They plan to do a blitz in every area in the zone, one blitz every saturday for 6 weeks. Ours was first and it was so successful. we have a lot of work to do this week following up with all of these people. I'm going to be so tired...
During the blitz Elder Horne and I actually had a lesson with Rob and Shayna. (They hadn't brought any shark teeth dirt, hopefully soon) and we had an awesome restoration lesson. MAN it was so powerful. Shayna is so intensely committed to God, but in a non-denominational/"I don't need church organization" kind of way, and usually that means that "when they are learned, they think they are wise" but as we talked with her and asked her how she felt about religion, she opened up and admitted that there were some missing pieces in her opinion. That opened us up for the most inspirational lesson ever. The spirit was guiding us, but not only that, it was guiding Rob and Shayna. They were asking all of the right questions and the spirit was testifying to them. They had that light in their eyes! They got it!!!! OH I live for those lessons. They agreed to be baptized on the 17th of August. Does that day seem important to you yet?
We are overwhelmed and impressed by what the Lord has done in this area this week. Seriously, Elder Horne and I feel like instruments in his hands. I am learning that the goals that we set, when we work for them with all of our heart, the Lord is enabled to show us miracles. I am so thankful for this gospel. I can't ever remember being this happy. (or this stressed)
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