Hi Everyone!!!
Glad to hear from all of you. I hope that the
floods have receded a bit and things are returning to normal(although it did
take a year for Noah). Too bad about camp for the girls.
We had a good week in the mission. 26 baptisms
this week (I think that's the most ever) and 78 baptisms total in June (definitely
the most ever in a month). It was incredible to see, the whole mission
absolutely killed it. On a smaller scale, Brother Baker was confirmed
Sunday, which was a great experience. He may receive the
priesthood next week and then give the priesthood to his son, who just
turned 12. He's doing great, thanks for keeping him in your prayers.
We had a few interesting moments this week. As
usual a few crazy people (there is one part of our area that is pretty
sketchy), but also some spiritual highlights. Sandra accepted a quit date for
coffee and smoking today, and her and Tabitha have accepted to be baptized on
July 21st, now they just need to get an answer as to whether the Book of Mormon
is true!
We went by one investigator and after the lesson
asked her if she had any friends or neighbours we could go by. She said
"the only person I know is the nice lady next door, but she wouldn't be
interested". We decided to knock a few doors around her house anyway, and
the neighbour she had mentioned answered the door. Turns out she is a single
mom of three boys (21,17 and 15), and she has been searching for answers from
God and in the Bible about her purpose in life: SUPER interested. We helped her
move out of that house and into another one this last week; a few members even
came to pitch in. During the move she would ask us questions and she seems
genuinely interested. She also has a longtime friend who is a member. Just
goes to show you: usually we do NOT know whom the Lord is preparing around us.
He expects that we open our mouths and invite and He promises that He will
provide as we exercise our faith. I am very glad we decided to try despite what
we had been told; we are all children of God and deserve the chance to listen
to this message.
Another quick experience. We went by a
part-member family who ended up not being home. So we knocked a few doors to
the left. I felt like we should also knock the door on the corner across the
street. We did, and then felt that we should continue. I said a quick
prayer "God, I want to follow impressions I get, but I also
don't want to wander around wasting time when we should be stopping
by other people we had planned. If you really want us to talk to
someone here, please let it be the next person to answer the door." Next
door, no answer. The door immediately following turned out to be
a member family, the mother is less active, we had no idea they were
living there. We talked to her at the door for a little bit, left our testimony
with her, and got in the car. Nothing immediate happened because of the
experience, but I wonder if the Lord wanted her to hear something at that
moment.
I know that this is the Lord's work, and he is
pushing it on! I hope that you have a wonderful week, love you lots!
Elder Gedlaman
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