Love, Sister Call
The companion and I are doing great! We don't have baptisms this week, but miracles could happen and we could get some next week. Honestly we don't have any people that look like they are heading that way, but who knows.? The Lord's got a time for everything and my companion and I are making sure that we are ready and where the Lord wants us to be. We do have two potential investigators though. Before I came, the investigators either told the missionaries to stop coming, disappeared, or got baptized. So we don't have any current investigators, but we are surely praying for them! One really cool miracle happened this week. I mean, it was a pretty big deal to me especially because we rarely can find people who will let us get a word in. Okay so I'll give you some background to why this was such a miracle. We went to our district meeting and had a scheduled appointment to meet with the members after. By the end of our district meeting, we remembered that we had to practice for a song that we are going to sing in sacrament meeting this Sunday so we called so see if we could push back our appointment. It all worked out nicely. After our practice we were driving to the members home and missed the street we were suppose to take. It was super weird that we missed the street because we take it all the time! Anyway we just decided that we'd take the next street to get there because they both lead to the same neighborhood. Okay so we are on this street that we've never taken and my companion and I both see this sort-of-older lady trying to take her trash cans from the curb back to her house. We both thought of stopping to help but we didn't say anything because we were on our way to an appointment. Then at a stop signwe both looked back and the lady had dropped both her trash cans. We quickly decided we would pull over and help. We jumped out and I pretty much ran over to help her. (my companion has an ingrown toenail so she was limping behind me and was like "gooooooo onnnn" It was like a movie. very dramatic). I was kind of worried that she would be annoyed because she just looked like one of those "always annoyed" people. But the second she saw me she just smiled so big. I asked her if I could help and she said yes but the trash cans are very heavy. They were like feathers. Poor thing just had surgery and could barely bend down. Okay so i helped her put her trash cans were she needed them and then she so kindly invited us into her house. We told her we only had 5 minutes but she insisted. (By the way her name is Karen and good thing she insisted because we were dumb and almost didn't take the opportunity. Just keep in mind this is the first person who actually invited us in. I didn't even know how to react.) Okay so we go in and she, in 5 minutes, spills her guts and life story and is just so sweet and kind and open. Karen then says, "I'm usually not like this but for some reason I just feel I can really trust you. There is just something about you girls!" We both were just so happy and then asked her about how religious she was and such. She was once Jewish and then stopped going because I guess her church kicked her out because she stopped going. She was appalled and decided that all churches were messed up. She did say though that she was "spiritual". She said she believed there was a God but decided it was unnecessary to go church because she can be spiritual on her own. So we gave her a brief introduction and asked her if we could do some service for her. She was so excited and asked when we could come back so we could just talk to her. Funny thing, she asked us if we wanted coffee or tea but we told her we don't drink that stuff. So then she said, well next week I'll have hot cocoa and cider ready for you guys. She is just too cute! So she said yes to service, and to talking, but she doesn't want us to try to teach her. (at least not yet ha ha) But this was huge because my companion and I have recently been praying and searching so hard for investigators. It's just so beyond cool to see the Lord's hand in my life! He orchestrates things so perfectly. If we hadn't pushed back our appointment and had taken the other street, we would have never meet this lady. But it all worked out and that's because God put us in the right place at the right time. AHHH I LOVE MY MISSION!!!! I am beyond grateful for the things that I've experienced so far!
Love, Sister Call
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Marcy Grote
12/16/2014 09:45:49 pm
Love this example of how the Lord reveals (I call it unfolding) information in our lives. I hope we will always remember the simplicity of his revelations while at the same time the complexity of the process. Only God can do that. Karen is a lucky lady. The Lord is definitely answering her inner prayers. Good job Sister Call!
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