This past week was probably one of the busiest ones of my entire
mission!
Monday, we had zone Pday and we all went on base and ate lunch at Chilis
and watched Ephraims Rescue at a small theater we were able to reserve. That
night, we went and visited a young couple that recently moved to the island who
are expecting a baby in January! He is a member, and she is Catholic, but said
she would be willing to learn more because when she comes to church there are a
lot of parts she doesn't understand.
Tuesday we had district meeting, taught a lesson with the Elders to one of
their investigators that they are trying to pass off to us, went and had dinner
on base with an American family and I ate some of the best mexican food I've had
in a year and a half, and then my bike basket broke and we spent the night
trying to resolve the problem :)
Wednesday we went to lunch at a SUPER yummy SUPER Japanese restaurant with
a member and some investigators and the other sisters, then we visited a less
active, and then we went and had dinner with an American family and their friend
that wants to learn. Let me just tell you a little bit about this miracle. She
went to church with her LDS parents until she was about 7 years old, at which
point, the family became less active and stopped going. Recently in her life,
being a single mother of an adorable 5 year old, she realized that maybe she
needs some religion in her life, and she has always felt some sort of connection
with the LDS church. Long story short, we taught the whole restoration lesson,
and at the end of the lesson, the member who's house we were at said
"Now you've got 2 days to think about. 1, when can we meet again, and 2.
when do you want to get baptized?" (It should be noted that we had already
discussed baptism earlier in the lesson and invited her and she said that would
be her ultimate goal, if all went well)
Her response:
"Is it weird if I already have a number in mind?"
All of us
"Wait, what? For real? What are you thinking?"
Her:
"Well, I've always really liked the number 13."
We get out a calendar, realize that December 13th is a Saturday, and decide
to make it our goal! It truly was crazy how everything with her has just been
working out and how prepared she is. We were able to meet her again on Friday
and we are going back over tonight to teach another lesson! Everyone please pray
for her to keep all the commitments necessary! I haven't asked her permission to
use her name on my blog yet, hence I just keep referring to her as "her" but I'm
sure Heavenly Father will understand your prays and I know that she will need
them!
Other crazy miracles of the week include teaching Okamune San about the
Word of Wisdom, and she response being "Well, ever since I was a college
student, I've been going to starbucks a lot. However, it's weird because lately
the taste of coffee just hasn't been that good to me." At which point she agreed
to stop drinking it, and see how it goes! Please continue to pray for her as
well as she continues to pray about baptism!
There truly were many other miracles of the week that I wish I could write
including teaching an Oxford Graduate about the Book of Mormon, buying a
backpack covered in cats, and having people trying to set me up on dates with
their siblings that live back in the states, but there simply isn't time to
write about it all! You will all just have to wait another couple of weeks to
hear about it in person.
Thanks again for all the love and support from everyone! Your prayers truly
are heard. See you soon!
Sister Wells
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