I have less than 30 days now... Ahhh!! Thankfully, this week was stellar. We were finding and teaching people for days!! We've taught more investigator lessons this week than any other week I have been here in Norwood. That was fun! Sister Holmberg is a lot more comfortable with the area and being a missionary. So, our teaching together is much improved. The week started slow, appointments and people were dropping us. So for some reason, I felt the impression for a donut. And we have an investigator that we haven't been able to meet with that works at Dunkin Donuts. So, we went and she wasn't there.... but another coworker named Victoria OYM'd us and asked if we went to a Church. We jumped on that and we ended up picking her up as a sweet investigator and took her on a Church tour. She is in college and her mother just died, so she wanted to know where she was and wanted to pray. So, we taught her the Plan of Salvation at the Church and had her pray in the Chapel. The Spirit was present and it was awesome. We are hoping that we can continue to teach her!! Fingers Crossed! Lesson learned, and sometimes the Spirit guides us with food. :) Especially me and my companion. Thankfully we have been trying to run in the mornings. I need to get back into shape.
Tuesday we taught our friend Charles, the heroin addict. We couldn't get in contact with him for a while and we happened to find him walking on the street. We pulled over and talked with him. He has got a long way to go, but he understands the gospel really well! We are also working with Anita, and trying to get her baptized. We also decided to make things fun and challenged our Part member family to a cake off. If they could keep the Word of Wisdom for 1 week, read their scriptures, pray daily, then we get to make them a German chocolate cake. They are 6 for 7 and going strong. Time to make a cake!! It is fun to see them get excited about the gospel.
Wednesday we got in contact with a super solid former investigator named Julie. She is so prepared and had a lot of questions about the Plan of Salvation. So, we sat down and it was super spiritual and intense and we answered a lot of her questions. She has great potential for joining the Church. Then, the rest of the day was OYMing buff Ukranian dudes on the street and having herbal tea with our "Grandma Becky". We also used the scriptures to help one of our investigators that was going through a crazy family crisis. The Gospel does bless families.
Thursday, we committed 4 people to baptism and they accepted. All 4 were new people that we found within the last 3 months. Sister Holmberg was freaking out because she's never seen a baptismal invite and have it work! Haha so that was a nice miracle!!
Heavenly Father was also very kind to us this week with timing and weather. It was warm and sunny the days that we were outside and it was cold everything we planned inside activities.
We did a lot of gardening service this week. We helped with a Branch gardening activity and then we weeded and raked this other ladies farm for 3 hours. We were so sore that we couldn't lift our rams for like a day!
Well, those were the big miracles of the week. But, the best one was going to sleep with a smile on my face a few of those nights just because I knew that what we had done, was what Heavenly Father wanted us to get done. Obedience does bring blessings.
The Church is true, and one thing I have learned from my mission is:
Consecration is spelled T I M E :) How much time is consecrated to the Lord and His purposes each day?? The greater the time, the more the Spirit is increased!!
Love Sister Kylie Williams
