Serving in these 5 wards has been such a blessing.
Just this past Sunday
a girl came up to me in a rush, she had read the book Power of Everyday
Missionaries, and she had set a goal/date to find someone who is
interested in learning more about the gospel. "You do this all day
everyday, I have tried literally everyone I know and no one has seemed
interested to take the lessons! What should I do?" she said to me.
I was just in awe of her raw desire to share the gospel with
someone. She was in the same ordeal that Clayton Christensen talked
about in his book, she was to the point of desperation. How inspiring i
thought! I told her that with her attitude whether its the day before or
the day after, the Lord was gonna bless her with someone to share her
sweet testimony with.
We have been teaching this guy from Japan, Shuhei. We have been
taking him to temple square so we can have some language barrier
assistance from one of the Japanese speaking sisters there. Lessons have
been going really good, he was coming to church and was getting a lot of
fellowship from the ward. After a lesson we had with the temple square
sisters, we asked him about his scripture reading, he said he had been
reading everyday. Pretty awesome, then he said that since the Book of
Mormon has been hard for him to understand he has just been reading and
studying the index everyday.
Does it get any more precious?! He wants to know for himself if its
true to the point of reading anything out of it so he can get his
answer. Its really inspiring to see the will and desire of people when
they feel the spirit and they want more.
(Slade)...
Some sisters in our district saw him walking around the
neighborhood in a storm trooper outfit. Oh yes. He hadn't been to church
in a long time, but was totally up for visits from the missionaries. So
we set up a time where we could introduce ourselves and tell him about
all the activities that the YSA wards do. He knows that he feels good
when hes around us, or around the ward members. He says that he'll never
give up drinking, but we'll see about that ;) Now Slade texts us asking
when the next activity is, if work would permit him then he would come
to church..hopefully as we continue to meet with him then he'll slowly
make changes in his life to make him happier.
(Divine Rendezvous??)
There might not be a direct correlation between all of these
people, but when i was thinking about it in my head it made sense. So lets cross our fingers that i can tie this together in a neat bow!!
haha
The will and want for good in people is so inspiring, even though all of
these stories are different in a way they are all searching for light.
They feel the light of Christ within themselves as they share the
gospel, read the scriptures (even if its from the index), or visit with
the missionaries. Its inspiring for me personally because it feeds my
own testimony.
I had the blessing of going to the Salt Lake temple this morning
with the missionaries I serve with. What a blessing that is, to have the
temple so close to where I serve.
Alexis, who is getting baptized on Sunday,
came and did a temple square tour with us. We stopped at the replica of
the temple and talked about the importance and the blessings that come
from us. She leaned in to get a better look and WACK! She slammed her head
on the glass. I lost it... Laughing so hard... then the guy next to me said with a chuckle "
OH! she feels the spirit so much that she wants to jump right in!"
Its a funny story, but with a great underlying message. Lets all "Jump In", and get a good "wack" from the spirit ;)
I love you all, especially little Joe ;) haha oh and you to Ronald haha i hope you all have a great week!
Love Sister Efnor
Me and my new Comp!
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