This week has been full of miracles and tender mercies! It's been so wonderful to see the Lord's hand in His work! He truly does NOT leave us alone!
Let's see... now I have to choose which ones to share! I'm really bad at choosing! :)
We had a member we've been working with to get back to church call us and ask us to say a prayer with her. She said she had a bad toothache and needed it to go away. I said the prayer with her over the phone (it was pretty late at night and we couldn't just go meet with her), and a couple hours later she texted us and said her pain was completely gone! It was just what she needed to strengthen her faith and we saw her at church yesterday! :)
Last week, we had an investigator ask us a question about the Old Testament that we didn't know how to answer. We told him we'd study and come back with an answer... if we could. A couple weeks ago, I started reading Genesis at lunch with the intention of getting all the way through the Old Testament so that I would at least know a little bit about it, but I had been distracted with reading other things for a few days.On Friday, I decided to continue my study, opening it with a prayer that I might be able to find something to help an investigator-even in the Old Testament (... I've always had a really hard time with the Old Testament... I'm working on it, though! :) ) Not 4 verses in, I found the answer to this man's question! Why did I decide to study that bit that day? Well, it wasn't a coincidence. :) We are so led!
And some big news this week: We now have four investigators with a solid baptismal date! Rosemary, Celeste, Erik, and Geoff! Rosemary is still going strong (I mentioned her last week)! There are a few things we're going to have to help her overcome, but she felt the Spirit so strongly at church yesterday and wants to do it. And we know she can! We met with her on Monday, and she had brought her niece, Celeste, to the lesson. And now Celeste want's to be baptized, too! Erik's wife has been a member for two years, and Bishop asked us to stop by to visit with her. But Erik was there and wouldn't you know it... He wants to be baptized as well! Geoff was living with a less-active member in another ward. She took him to church once, and he loved it! Due to some circumstances that he couldn't really control, he had to move across the street... into our ward! He's so great and ready and we love him. I'm just so excited! I've been able to see the Lord's hand in these people's lives, and I've only known them for... less than a week! That's so crazy to me! :)
These are only a few of the miracles this week! The Lord is so looking out for us in Zilker Park! He's answering our prayers and guiding (not to mention hastening) the work! :)
One of my favorite stories in the Book of Mormon is in Mosiah 24. There, Amulon "put tasks" upon Alma and his people. Verse 10 tells us that "so great were their afflictions that they began to cry mightily to God," but Amulon forbids it. He sets guards over them, and tells the people that if they prayed, they would die. so Alma tells the people to "pour out their hearts to God," and they do. And, as always, their prayers are answered. My favorite part of the story, however, comes in their answer. The Lord does not somehow make the work any easier or the burdens any lighter. No, instead we learn that "the Lord did strengthen them that they could bear up their burdens with ease, and they did submit cheerfully and with patience..." I love that! We all have trials and burdens, and we may just want them to stop. But as we pray to our Heavenly Father, he will strengthen us to be able to bear them. Even bear them cheerfully, because we know that He is there.
I have seen this work in my life. We can do ALL things through Christ (Philippians 4:13) (AND Alma 26:12 :) ) Always remember that!
Love you all! :)
Sister Waite
PS Yeah... I did really bad at taking pictures this week.
But I have one of us in the car. Sister Gagon had an investigator she had been working with for the first 6 months of her mission get baptizedon Saturday, and President let us travel to San Antonio so she could be there!
... And I found some cool kid sunglasses in the car. So naturally this had to happen. :)
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