Week 72; March 23, 2015 – Knock and it shall be
opened!
Wow this week has been really special! I can't
believe how blessed we've been!
Tuesday was a really cool day. We met our neighbors, and
they invited us over. They are Jehovah’s Witnesses and they live a few
houses down from us. We had a great conversation together and they actually
made dinner for us. Later on, we taught a less-active member named Paula
who we hadn't seen for a few weeks.
Wednesday was awesome. We taught a few lessons, and at
the end of the day, we had nothing but dinner planned as we walked back to our
apartment to eat. But, I had this really strong feeling we needed to go back
out and do a swing-by across town. I told Elder Bybee about it, and we
decided to go. We got there and knocked on the door. The man we'd met a few days
earlier said he wasn't really interested and he asked us not to come
back. We were pretty discouraged, but as we were walking away, less than
30 seconds after that door was shut on us, we met another man that said he'd be
interested in hearing our message and he invited us into his home. He ended-up
being really interested! We were so thankful that the spirit helped us
find someone who was prepared to hear our message and that we had listened to
the promptings of the Holy Ghost.
On Thursday we had district meeting and I went on splits
with Elder Corbin. We had a great time and we watched one of the most beautiful
sunsets I've ever seen over the ocean before heading home.
Friday was another great day we didn't have much planned,
so we tried a few unsuccessful swing-bys. Like Wednesday, we reached the end of
the day and we were ready for dinner. Although we felt ready to end the
night, Elder Bybee asked, how would you feel about pushing dinner back and
tracting? We decided to go back out. Unfortunately, we missed the bus to where
we wanted to tract and we had no idea what to do. It was raining and
I wanted to go back, but Elder Bybee said lets knock on one door. So,
we knocked on the door that we were standing directly in front of, and to
our great surprise, we met a girl that turned out to be a former investor and we
ended-up talking to her for an hour! It was such a cool experience
and we were so thankful that the Lord reached-out to help us find someone like
that twice in one week.
We taught Stefan on Saturday. Although we had been
afraid to teach him about the Word of Wisdom (our code of health) before he had
a good foundation under him. He's been using a Tabaco product called Snus
for years and he drinks from time to time. We were worried that he
wouldn't take it well, but it finally felt right… What happened next was
amazing. He said that he's been waiting for someone to help him quit for
years, but had no idea how. He said that it was one of the nicest things
anyone had ever done to offer to help him quit. He not only wanted to do
it, but said he was ready to do anything we suggested to stop and he knew God
wanted him to do this. We know the Holy Ghost helped prepare him for
us and helped him to accept something that we weren’t sure how to address for
him. We know he can do it and he will be able to concur this obstacle as
he prepares for his baptism.
It was an Amazing week! My testimony of the Holy Ghost’s
role in this work grew a lot this week. I know this is the Lord's Church and I
know he guides the work. I hope everyone has a great week!
Thanks for Reading!
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