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| Sister Janie Squire, a visitor who texted this photo to my mom |
How about the fact that I am the worst for titling things. Whatever.
We had a mormon.org
miracle this week. Sister Morris and I finally went down and did "chat online"
for the first time in a long time.... It's hard to find an hour of empty
time at the Visitors' Center because it's been getting too busy. So we
are sitting down there and nothing is coming in... so we are naturally
getting kind of impatient. Sister Morris apparently was saying a prayer
(I was too impatient to think of that) asking for someone to be sent to
us that needed us. And what do you know, two second later we get a chat
from a girl named Kara. She had met missionaries a year before and they
gave her a copy of the Book of Mormon. She has read it a few times and
prayed about it and always felt peace about it but hadn't ever moved
forward with investigating the church. We had a great conversation with
her and have a return appointment over the phone tomorrow
morning. Everytime we get a chat like that I am always holding my
breath because there are so many internet pranks, but I am pretty sure
this one is legit! We are super stoked to talk to her tomorrow.
Here's another mormon.org
miracle. Tim, my recent convert that I met on chat is coming back to
the US. He will be in LA and is going to do baptisms for the first time
and guess who gets to go with him! My family! It is going to be so neat
for them to be a part of the work that I am doing here.
Also, I love the fact that I can never have a bad day
on my mission. One of the days this past week I was throwing myself a pretty
successful pity party while writing in my journal. I always know
wallowing is futile because something awesome always interuppts it but I
still try and attempt it anyway. I was in the hot seat at the VC and
this darling little lady comes in. She had an appointment with the Elders
that serve in my old ward. We talked and talked about a lot of stuff and
became good friends. It was one of those kindred spirit kind of moments
where you just hit it off instantly. Anyway it turns out we talked for
an hour because for some reason she showed up an hour early to her
appointment! Crazy! It was just what I needed though and my wallowing
was over, in fact it changed my entire outlook this week. It turns out
that she is nieghbors with Joyce and Rick. The Elders had gone over to
visit Rick and met her on their way down the road. It was amazing to get
to see some of the snowball effect of the teaching I was lucky to be part of in the 4th Ward. And it reminded me that oftentimes we have an impact beyond what we can
see or even comprehend.
There were so many little miracles and tender mercies
this week. I'm not going to lie, it has been a bit of a rough week. The
heat is making me feel like a wilty flower because of my blood
pressure issue, and we still don't have anyone really progressing yet. BUT
everytime I feel down there is a little reminder here and there or the
smallest miracle to pick me back up again. I'm grateful for the tough
times to really recognize and appreciate the good times. I'm also grateful for a loving
Heavenly Father that is so keenly aware of each one of us. He loves us and
blesses us more than we will ever recognize.
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