We had a really great week! We set three new baptismal dates! It's amazing how many blessings we are seeing as we follow the standards of excellence set by our mission president.
This week we received a referral from the Elders, Alexi, who is 17 years old and moved here from Honduras less than 6 months ago. We had a Restoration lesson with him, and when we held up the Book of Mormon, he said he had one back in Honduras. He went on to say that he had been meeting with the missionaries there twice a week! AND he was preparing to be baptized but then moved! What?! It was a MIRACLE that the Elders found them. We think he'll progress to baptism very quickly.
We had another lesson with Sandy. She's amazing. We found her while looking for a potential investigator. She read the Introduction! She didn't understand a lot of it because she has a hard time comprehending when she reads, but she read! We set her up with an audio version of the Book of Mormon so that she can listen instead. She's amazing. She struggles with bipolar disorder, anxiety, and depression, so she is nervous about church. Please pray for her that she will be able to be strengthened in her trials.
We had a lesson with Jose on Saturday. He has been struggling lately due to some anti he found on YouTube. We read the olive tree allegory and helped him to pray with specific questions. Yesterday at church, we had a special stake conference broadcast for our region. Elder Bednar, Sister Marriott, and Bishop (oh, dag. I don't remember his name) spoke to us, and you would think that they we speaking right to Jose. Then last night, we had the opportunity to watch the LDS Devotional for Young Adults, and afterward, Jose said "Wow, that was awesome. My doubts are gone, and I received answers to all of my questions." What an amazing day. God knows His children.
In my studies this week, I read Jacob chapter 5 about the allegory of the olive tree. Each time it says "It grieveth me that I should lose this tree," I inserted my name in place of "this tree." It grieveth me to lose Sarah. It grieveth me to lose David. It grieveth me to lose Jose or Jacob or Emilee. He nourishes us and stretches out His hand to us so that we won't be lost. He is ALWAYS there, and He will ALWAYS provide us with the things we need in order to return back to Him.
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Hermana Boyson
Well, we tried to look cool. 😎
Exchanges with the Crestwood seesters. 👭👭
We're taking President's commitment to work out every day and eat healthy, and it's already paying off! 💪🏼
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