First of starting with Thursday and the long awaited lesson
with Zach. It was such a powerful experience, I never though I would have one
of those better than gold investigators who are 100% and more ready for the
gospel, but that is exactly what he is. Halfway though the lesson on the
restoration he as "so can I be a Mormon?". We told him yes and
finished up the lesson. He already has a strong testimony of God so all that's
left to add is the book of Mormon and living prophets which I have no doubt
will come quickly for him. He is moving to downtown Wichita so he will have the
last few lessons taught to him by the Elders in his new ward which mean we
don't get to count his baptism, but that's okay we got to be the ones who found
him in a beyond miraculous way!
We weren't having much success finding people this week and
Friday and Saturday amounted to almost nothing except hours upon hours of walking.
When we got home we were talking about it and all of a sudden it came to us
that we weren't supposed to focus just on finding people we needed to
focus on our ward. Getting to know the active members better, and bringing them
with us when we visit less actives. Our ward is about 60% less actives
which is really hard. We wrote up a personal area mission statement. Prayed
about it and put it in the Lords hands. We knew if this was his will things
would work out, we expected it would take a few days for the miracles to really
start to show. I'm here to tell you Heavenly Father works FAST when he
wants to. The miracles started coming 12 hours or so later.
Cecila had all of her girls at church including
her 14 year old daughter Mary who we met for the first time as she walked in
the door. Mary is like a spiritual/mental sponge. Sister McDermott went with
her to Sunday school and YW and said she soaked it all up, gave feedback in
class, and loved every moment of it. She was really sad when YW was over and
she asked if there was another class after but found out church was over. I
stayed with her mother and because her baby was being fussy we ended up in the
hall during RS. Which was another miracle because it gave me the chance to
answer all of her questions from church. Most importantly being who exactly the
Holy Ghost is and what role he plays in our lives and specifically prayer. Wow
that was a neat experience to be able to have that time to talk to her. During
that time she told me that her daughters Valery and Mary wanted us to teach
them the Plan of Salvation. So they are now our new investigators along
with their sister Rosa who is 9. It was surreal to say the least.
After church we went to see a friend of Brother and
Sister Field, with Brother Field. He had sent the Elders over to
see her over a year ago just after her husband passed away but she really
wasn't interested then. But when we asked him Saturday, when we felt
prompted to stop by and see him, if he had any people he could give us as
a referral he literally had her name pop into his head. So after church we went
with him to see her and he personally introduced us. She is the cutest little
woman I've ever met. She does have some pretty drastic physical walking
disabilities but that has just made her humble. We have a meeting with her
Tuesday and she is really looking forward to us coming to see her. She is gold,
she is humble, lost her husband and is still struggling with not having him
here with her (Thank you Heavenly Father for the plan of Salvation!), and has
good neighbors and friends in the Fields which means she will always have
a way to church. Brother Field has wanted her to be a member for a
long time so he is so excited. He is in his early 70 and I wish you
could have seen the way he was basically bouncing with joy as we left her home
last night. Heavenly Father is amazing, and he really is our Father!
This is just a SMALL list of the blessings we
experienced this week, and I am sure that we will see so many more as the week
goes on.
Lots of Love
Sister Blood
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