Yep, the snow finally came and it hasn't stopped since Sunday night. On the plus side, snow tracting gets to happen!!! I've been looking forward to this all winter!
Well, I have wanted to share one amazing experience with you all week. So here it comes!
Last week we were at sites watching the nativities and we were called out on a tour! (Blessing because tours are really slowing down for the season.) It was an investigator, four people from her ward and the elders she has been working with. Throughout the tour, the ward members talked and joked a ton and we hardly heard from the investigator. Don't get me wrong, the tour was amazing, but I felt like the investigator was getting lost behind all of the comedy and she wasn't getting the best experience she could have.
As we left the Newel K. Whitney Store, the members and the elders had to leave. We went through the Whitney home and ended in the Johnson Inn. While there, Sister Call and I were able to talk with Shonda about her story. That is where the Spirit came so strong. Amazing! She told us of the two members who invited her to dinner the same night the missionaries were there (member missionaries are the best!). She said she wanted to say no to meeting with the missionaries, but she found herself saying yes. Before that moment she didn't know much about the church, but over the last month she has grown to love it. She started reading a verse from the scriptures and now she can't put the Book of Mormon down. She had some questions about some commandments that she was struggling with and we were able to talk about them. We were able to help resolve her concerns and she said she's praying for a baptismal date in January. The gospel of Jesus Christ has completely changed her life -- she kept saying that over and over again. Ahh, I love that woman! We completely connected! That moment was so wonderful! We talked for 30 or so minutes and the Spirit was so strong. That tour, for her, resolved any worries she had and her testimony grew so strong. She kept saying how she loved the Spirit there. The feeling was so strong. We exchanged addresses and will keep in touch as she continues to grow and progress. I have never waned to get transferred to Ashtabula until now. Haha
To me, that is what a mission is about. God placed me there at that specific time with that specific tour so we could help one of His daughters. I know that Heavenly Father has a plan for each of us. He knows what we need and if we follow His guidance our lives will be wonderful! He wants us to be happy and we will if we just follow Him.
This morning in personal studies I was reading Matthew 4. I love where Christ calls His apostles. It says they immediately followed Him. They didn't know what was going to happen, but they had faith to follow the Savior and trust that it was the right thing. I cannot imagine seeing the miracles they were able to see when they followed Christ. The great thing is God is the same yesterday, today, and forever -- the same things happen today. We might not see 5,000 people fed or a man raised from the dead, but we will see the miracles in our lives each and every day when we put aside the natural man and follow Him. Just like in Shonda's life, the miracles come and they are wonderful.
Okay, story over, but it was amazing! I hope you all have a wonderful new year! It's going to be a good one!
Love you!
Sister Burns
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| Birthday dinner at Cheesecake factory!! |
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