This week has been all over the place. I've been sick with a dumb
cold. I still can't seem to shake this thing although I've become very
familiar with the bed in the janitorial closet of the HLJ... too much
time in supply closets this past month. The guests at the jail get to
hear man-voiced Sister Call try to give some semblence of a presentation
even though I feel like I have a beach ball in my sinuses. Somehow they
still think I do an ok job.
BUT this week has also been a week of miracles!!!! For
real. We started the week with no one really progressing and ended with
two people planning to be baptized at the end of August! Both of them
live in the trailer park in our area... so we are there prettymuch
everyday. This place is the best. I love it. There are always kids
playing outside and everyone is super friendly. Tracy has 4 kids that
are members. She was planning on being baptized in the last area they
lived in but it didn't happen. She moved here and we have been trying to
work with her ever since. She bailed on the church tour we had
scheduled but we decided to go over anyway and had a great talk. Luckily
my companion is super bold and she invited her to be baptized that
night. We have been a borderline obnoxious and stop by everyday, but
the her and the kids are warming up more and more. I can't wait to see
where this family goes.
The other woman is named Melba. She is friends with
Tracy and is so awesome. She is so sincere in here desire to follow
Jesus Christ and get her life back in line. They are having a lot of
family problems right now, but she realizes that the gospel can help. We
took her on a church tour, which is the BEST because our chapel is
right next to the Kansas City Temple. We showed her the baptismal font
and before we could even say anything she was like "wow, I could see
myself being baptized in there." We invited her to be baptized and she
accepted. She was so excited to begin going back to church because she
knows it will help her family. The whole time I was thinking 'is this
real life?' mostly because it was unreal, but also because I was
borderline having a fever... somehow I've gotten through this week.
I feel so blessed to be in this area. It is the best.
Sister White is the best. We have people to teach. I get to serve at the
Liberty Jail. Man. I love my life.
Here are my Liberty Jail ponderings for the week.
I love Caleb Baldwin. There were 5 men in the Liberty
Jail with Joseph Smith... he was the oldest of those men and was
involved in the Far West militia. So here is a man that has 7 daughters,
2 sons, and a wife that he has left at home. His family is left
destitute and he is about to be imprisoned for who knows how long. He
arranges a private hearing with the judge and explains his situation.
The judge tells him that he will arrange safe passage back to his family
and will let him go, on one condition. He must renounce his membership
in the church and deny that Joseph Smith is a prophet. He didn't do it! I
love him for that. He wouldn't deny his testimony and spent 4 months in
prison with Joseph Smith. These are the type of men I get to teach
about everyday. I love them!
I always feel stupid complaining about a cold when I'm
testifying of men that spent 4 months in a freezing cold prison, with
little food, and sick the whole time. So other than this cold, keeping
me humble, I couldn't ask for anything more.
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