This
week was incredible! Okay first off warning, this email will be kinda scattered because I'm super short on time and have a billion things
I want to say haha, so bear with me :)
So
Monday, something happened that has been on my bucket
list for awhile... we were in the middle of a lesson on this guy's porch when I screamed
like a child... I got to see fireflies! haha I apologize if you expected
something more exciting, but for me it was awesome :)
Moving
on, I feel so blessed that there are two Visitor Centers that we
have access of using in our missionary work. On both Wednesday and Friday
we took investigators to the Independence one. The spirit there is
always so strong as we look at the history of this place where they live.
Oh I love it! And both of those investigators came to church this
Sunday!!
Later
that Friday night was Steve's baptism, I've been told stories of golden
investigators and through some miracle I was able to see one in my
first three weeks. It was incredible! He found the church because his
friend was LDS and while he was at a disc-golf course he found a Book
of Mormon on a bench and that was that. The only reason he "was kept
from the truth, is he knew not where to find it" His testimony at
his baptism was one of the most powerful I have ever heard. It was also
a miracle that his wife was able to attend. Oh I know that they will
be sealed as a family sometime soon, as we were at the baptism you
could see her countenance change as she felt the spirit. Agh, I love
them so much! Sadly they don't actually live in our area, so now it's
up to the Elders in his area to teach the rest of their family, but
I'm so excited for them :)
Well
on a mission you definitely learn something new every day, one of the things I learned most this week was how knowing the truth causes people
to change. I've seen this so many times already! In an email earlier
I talked a little bit about the K. family, oh they are seriously
the best :) Anyway the dad is very set in his ways and even from
the time I've known him, I have seen the gospel change him and his
family. Last night when we were teaching them I called him out on some
sass he was throwing at me and he said something along the lines of
" I like this one she's not afraid to talk" haha well I told him I'm
not shy about his salvation. He always says things like "I've been thinking
about getting baptized, but I'll probably wait 18 months" haha
then I'm like seriously don't mess with me like that. But I truly know
that this gospel makes people desire to be better and do better.
So
that's my little challenge for this week, is do better! Because it's
our actions that often define who we are. Don't just know the
gospel, but live it!
Sister Shelby Williams
Independence Visitor Center
Blurry picture,
but Steve's baptism!!
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