miracles

Miracles upon miracles this week yall. 

 

Since I have been in Alexandria, we have had no investigators. 

None. 

That means that we go finding alll the time and we teach less actives. 

But mainly we go finding. 

Guess what. 

That gets old so unbelievably fast. 

So at the beginning of this transfer, P-Fleg and I started a faith fast. 

We fasted for investigators and progress in this area. We prayed real real hard and then got to work. 

P-Fleg fasted and prayed for 3 people to be ready to be baptized this transfer.

 

Well it was a test of faith because it was very discouraging because we were about to start week 4 of the transfer and we had nothing. 

In fact we were in the middle of week 4 and we still had nothing.   

 

Another finding idea we have done is calling everyone with a phone number from the old Alexandria Elders area book. 

We have been calling people in the Elders area book since those elders don't exist at the moment.

Miracle: Someone answered. and knew who the missionaries were. Like what? Yea that was very exciting. 

Miracle #2: He agreed to let us come visit him!

Miracle #3: HE WAS THERE. 

Turns out, his name is Marvin, he lives with his wife and mother-in-law who are both less actives in our ward! The missionaries have been teaching him and visiting this family forever and Marvin even had a baptismal date! but then the missionaries stopped coming over. like what? 

Miracle #4: he still understands the importance of baptism and now is on date for getting baptized! 

#partmember

 

Miracles pt. 2
Remember Mr. Ron from last week? Yes we went back and visited him and he accepted a Book of Mormon and is going to introduce us to his wife at our next appointment. #family

 

Miracles pt. 3

One of the Elders investigators friends who the Elders have been teaching live in Alexandria and she has a baptismal date for the 6th. They had to give her to us since she is a lady and Alec area! Met her and she is a sweetheart

 

Miracles pt. 4

This is a true Christmas in July miracle. 

Thursday night we received a phone call from a guy and he was talking a million miles an hour. His name is Brandon, he is 28, he is originally from Alexandria, he was meeting with the missionaries in TX but then he had to move back here, he knows the Book of Mormon and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is true.

LIKE WHAT. 

Then he starts talking about some deep doctrine stuff and we're like, "alright who is this guy.... This has to be a joke." So we agree to meet up the next night at the church.

 

Friday morning we are doing our volunteering at the Manna House or a soup kitchen. We get another call from Brandon. It goes like this.

US: Hey Brandon whats up?

BR: What are yall doing right now?

US: We are volunteering at the Manna House.

BR: .. hey mom can you drop me off at the manna house.. Okay I'll be there in a few!

US: uh what okay

 

hahaha so he came to the Manna House for the last ten minutes and then we talked to him for an hour outside of the Manna House. 

He's legit yall. He is so awesome. He never stops talking and its the best thing ever. :)

 

Satuday night the Pineville Elders were having a baptism and Brandon came to that as well. He loved it! He was shocked at how young Bishop Stock was. But the baptism was perfect and very spiritual and the talks were EXACTLY what Brandon needed to hear. 

Brandon also got a chance to talk to the elders about his deep doctrine questions that he had that we have no idea about. 

 

Sunday Brandon came to church! P-Fleg and I gave talks on agency and how to use our agency to please Heavenly Father. It went really well and Brandon LOVED all 3 hours of church. He had gone to church all the time in TX but again. Everything was exactly what he needed to hear. 

 

 His concerns were that he really wanted to be baptized but he completely understands the importance of it and doesn't want to mess up or backslide. He doesn't have the greatest influences.In my personal study I had studied scriptures on baptism that would hopefully touch Brandon and let him know that he was ready for baptism. I was lead to Alma 7:14-15 

So after church we went and had a lesson with our awesome but super busy YM president with Brandon and it was so so good. We kinda guaged his knowledge of what the missionaries taught him in TX. We agreed that we could teach all the lessons over. We shared that scripture and it really really hit Brandon and brought the Spirit. We committed Brandon to pray about a baptismal date. He agreed but his first thoughts were that if he can do the things he needs to and stay clean for a whole month, he knows he can be baptized. 

 

Yall. He is so excited. He loves to study and he loves the gospel. He has such a fervent testimony. I know that he needed to come back to Alexandria to help strengthen the ward. He is so great and we are so excited to teach him! 

 

So these are our miracles this week. 

God is so good to us and blesses his faithful missionaries.

If you were counting... This is 3 people ready for baptism. :')

Blessings and blessings from heaven.

Super excited to get this area pumping! Start actually teaching lessons! 

I love this church and I know its true. 

God loves us and Satan hates us 

(we've seen this extra bc we have gotten 3 on date and we have also gotten hardcore anti-ed 3 times this week :((( #exhausted)

I love yall so much! 

Love love love

sister sades