Transfers were on Thursday!!! I'm still in Centreville 2nd ward and my new companion's name is Sister Udall! I am literally a head taller than her...but she is so sweet! We were both trained by Sister Hansen! How cool is that?! Sister Hansen trained Sister Udall in the Great Falls ward this last summer. Sister Udall's been out for a little over 10 months and is a great missionary. She's really good at talking to people and has really strong faith! The night before transfers, I prayed really hard that I would get a new companion that would help me increase my faith and become a better missionary. Heavenly Father answers prayers. :) This is going to be a miracle filled transfer!
Miracles started happening the moment we were put together! We've been getting our members really pumped about sharing the gospel and giving their friends copies of the Book of Mormon or a Restoration pamphlet. We've been teaching them the missionary lessons, and then inviting them to share it before a deadline. We have them set the goal for themselves, and then we put it into our iPads with a timer on it so that we can follow up with them. So far it's working well! I'm excited to see what happens! Missionaries love setting goals!
Speaking of goals, Sister Udall and I made a goal to talk to 20 unplanned people every single day. Good goals are supposed to stretch yourself...and I definitely feel stretched. But as we work hard and put all of our efforts into talking to that many people, we will see miracles! I can't wait!
God has this way of putting his prepared people into the path of his prepared servants. We were getting into the car after checking on a less active member of our ward with our relief society president, Sister Heiner. (I just love Sister Heiner by the way. She has the sweetest spirit and is SO missionary minded! She is one who is truly converted to the gospel of Jesus Christ!) As I was getting into the car, this lady was SPEED walking right by me. I had literally a second to say something to her, so without having time to think I grabbed a pass along card and held it out to her and said, "Can I give you a card?!" She stopped in her tracks and said, "Sure! What's it for?" I went on to talk about how it is for Mormon.org and how great it is. She then talked about how she knows Mormons and loves them for who they are and what they stand for. She said she would be a Mormon by now if it weren't for her strong Catholic roots. She said if she converted, it would most likely kill her mother. She joked about how her friends say that she "already talks like a Mormon". :) It was so funny! We had a really great conversation. She said her name is Lolin and that she is here visiting her brother and his wife with her children for spring break. They're from Texas! Lolin said that she is going through a really hard divorce and tried to take her life. She said she went on a walk this evening with a heavy heart, and after talking to us her spirits were so much higher. We showed her a Mormon message that Sister Udall downloaded on her iPad, Mountains to Climb by Elder Eyring. The spirit was so strong. We gave her a Book of Mormon and promised her that it is the one thing that will help her the most through this hard time in her life. I do not have the words to describe how I felt. I will never forget this moment of my mission. I can imagine what a sight we were in that moment- four women all crying together on the side of the road. In this exact moment, I was God's hands. I am so grateful that the Lord put us where we were in that instant. I've never met Lolin before and I may or may not see her again in this life, but I love her so much! This experience helped turn my faith to knowledge. I can look anyone in the eye and tell them that I KNOW that the Lord directs this work. I KNOW that Father in Heaven knows our hearts, and he knows how to help us. I KNOW God is in the very details of our lives. And because of all these things that have been shown to me, I will do everything in my power to serve Him. Not that I wasn't working hard to serve Him before, but I have a new found urgency and love for this work. Miracles happen. And I get to play an integral part in them every single day. I feel so blessed that Heavenly Father chose me to serve him at this time and in this place.
We've had lots of other miracles too! Yesterday we worked really hard to talk to 20 people, but we only got to 10. We had so many meetings and other appointments that took a lot of our time...but when we were outside, we did all that we could to talk to everyone we saw. We saw a kid sitting on the swings in our apartment complex. He was way out of our way, but we went over there to talk to him about the gospel! His name is Gordon! He's 6 feet tall, and he's only 12 years old! Oh my. But we talked to him about Jesus Christ and how he is a child of God. Sister Udall's a pretty good singer, and right when we were put together as companions we'd agreed to use our talents more in our finding and teaching. So since we talked about how he was a child of God, Sister Udall was like, "Gordon, we'd LOVE to sing you a song!" Hahahahaha. And so we sang I am a Child of God. It was a little awkward. But it was great! It really invited the spirit! We gave him a book of Mormon and he seemed like he actually would read it! We're hopefully going to teach him again at the swings today! So pray for Gordon! :) and pray for his family that their hearts will be softened enough for us to come and teach them too!
:) I am so happy. I love this work. I love my companion. I love God! I love his children! I love my ward! And I love all of you! I hope you pray for and seek great miracles in your own lives- they're happening all around you every moment!
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