Our biggest miracle came on Friday.
We had exchanges with the Spanish Sisters, and I went with Hermana
Thompson to our area. We had fasted and prayed that morning for two
goals: a baptismal set for us, and a new investigator for them. We went
out to drop in on people and go tracting, and as we did so, we found a
new Spanish investigator for them! We continued to work and were able to
meet and teach other people, but at the end of the evening, in fact our
last chance to set someone for baptism, we were driving by an apartment
complex where an investigator lives, and he was outside. So we stopped
and talked with him. Then we asked if we could read from the Book of
Mormon with him, and he ran inside to grab his book. While he was
inside, Hna. Thompson and I figured out which chapter we wanted to read
with him: Mosiah 18. We read it with him, and then we asked him if that
was how he felt, if he felt like he wanted to bear others' burdens and
support them and keep the commandments. He said he did. Then Hna.
Thompson asked if he would follow the example of Jesus Christ and be
baptized by the priesthood authority. He said he'd been thinking about
it already, and he thought his birthday would be a nice day to do
something like that. When's his birthday we ask? July 26.
So you all should pray for him and that he can follow through on his
desire to be baptized. He has a lot to change, but with prayer and the
Atonement, nothing's impossible. He's a nice guy, and he has sincere
desires. He's been to church 4 times, but he hasn't stayed for all three
hours yet. He's shy and I think Priesthood scares him a little. :) But
he has a fellowshipper--someone he wants to baptize him!--and we
reminded him yesterday that his friend could sit by him and could help
him through Elders' Quorum. He looked surprised, like he'd forgotten
that it was a possibility.
We also had monster rains on Saturday
night. We went back to teach him and his girlfriend, and he had great
questions and took notes. When we went to drive home, the roads were
full of rain, but we didn't realize how full until we had already driven
a block and drove into a deep puddle. We were already in middle of it
and decided just to go forward and made it! Whew! It was pretty intense.
And we were just two blocks from the Missouri River, so all the water
was heading that way. It was really dark and rainy, but we made it home,
safe and sound! So: a big thanks for all of your prayers. I have to go,
but I love you and hope you all have a great week with your own
miracles!
Love,
Sister Loradona May
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