SOOOOO, this week was a mix of many feelings!
1- Jenny- So JENNY.
This week was interesting. We got
a call from Jenny saying that she needed to talk to us on Thursday. We scheduled an appointment for Friday. Friday was exchanges and it was the longest
day of my life. I was exhausted, and
when we pulled up to Jenny's house I didn't know what to do because we didn't
actually know if she was home (she hadn't contacted us) and it was getting
late... So we decided to knock on the door anyway instead of just finishing the
night and going home (miracle #1). Well, we walk in the door and the house was
PACKED. There were people bouncing off
the walls and all of them wanted to talk to us.
In my head I was thinking "Oh crap, there goes this
lesson". We sat down and talked for
a second, and then I summoned EVERY bit of courage I had and asked everyone if
they would leave so we could speak to Jenny alone... and I never do stuff like
that (miracle #2). Jenny then COMPLETELY
opened up to us and told us all of her concerns and worries with the church and
herself. We had an incredible
discussion. The Spirit had filled the room
and near the end we asked Jenny to pray.
I have never in my life heard someone offer a more sincere prayer. I started crying and so did Jenny and my
companion. With an abundance of the Spirit, Jenny finished the prayer and
looked up she said, "I'm ready".
The tears just flowed. (miracle
#3). We scheduled the interview for the
next day and she told her girls about her decision. Even though they weren't members (except for
Rebecca) they were SO excited (miracle #4).
She passed her interview with FLYING colors (miracles #5) and she went
home to tell her husband who is less active that she was ready. Needless to say, he flipped out about tithing
and a number of other things. Jenny had
received an undeniable witness that this church was true and she was devastated
that she couldn't be baptized because she couldn't pay tithing. We were depressed too. We told President Parker and he was sad about
it. On Sunday night we received a call
from him though, saying that he had talked to our mission president. Our Mission President said that if she was
completely ready to be baptized (which she undoubtedly is) she could be
baptized and work with her husband to eventually pay tithing. (miracle #6) We told Jenny last night and we are not sure
what is going to happen. She was so excited and we are excited to see what
happens. She might be baptized this
weekend, but she might still want more time. It was an incredible experience
though and it definitely changed my life.
2- Jason also might be baptized, but he had a really hard
weekend . . . so we'll see what happens.
3- Long (our new investigator’s name)- On exchanges I was
trying to teach the Sister I was with about prayers, and how effective prayers
can be. So we prayed to find a new
investigator and we prayed to know what to look for. We both felt it would be an Asian male who
was tall, skinny and athletic. When I
opened my eyes from the prayer there was a large, bald Asian man walking down
the street and the Spirit said "Go talk to that guy". I was thinking "Well God, the only part
of the description that fits that guy is Asian but whatever you say I'll
do..." So we hopped out of the car and went to talk to him. He wasn't
interested but we moved along, talking to everyone and to potentials. When we were starting to go back to the car a
skinny athletic little Vietnamese boy was walking towards us. He was the new investigator!! AND
the bald guy was his dad! :)
4- Pants- I know this sounds stupid but I prayed that I
would find pants. I don't really have a
pair of pants that I like or love and I wanted a pair of pants before I went
home. So I prayed for it. I told my companion what I was looking for
and she was like "okay we'll hunt on p-day". Well, we didn't have to. Sister Kirk, a member in our ward, owns an
online clothing store and she gave me some pants as a going away gift and then
she gave Sister Allen a new dress for her birthday! She had exactly the pants I was looking for
:)
Love, Jekkers
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| Sister Allen's birthday celebration! |
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| Party and games for Sister Allen on her birthday (which was our P-day) |
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