Hey y'all!
Last Tuesday, Sister Russell and I were
running for our morning exercise and we saw a teenage girl standing on
her driveway with a back pack on. We were sweaty and gross, but we knew
we needed to go talk to her. Her name was Darian, and she was waiting
for a friend to pick her up for school. As we spoke, her mom Wandra
pulled in, after dropping off another child at school. She said we could
come back to talk any time her van was home! So the next day we did,
and taught the first part of the Plan of Salvation, which she had not
heard before but said it just made sense to her. She is really
interested in the concept of a modern-day prophet, and hopefully will
come to the women's session of general conference this Saturday!
That
evening the Fairhope sisters drove to Atmore for an exchange. And wow
did some miracles happen on that exchange! We were finally able to
contact Jason who we've been trying to contact for weeks; we set up a
lesson, and Sister Coon came, who grew up Baptist just like Jason did.
Jason has such a strong desire to do better to please God in His life-
he thought it was interesting that we asked him so much about his
feelings, as he reads the Book of Mormon, hears our message, etc. He
recognized a powerful time that he felt the Spirit through feelings of
comfort, peace, and joy in a very dark time, which will help him
recognize answers to his prayers.
We also had a
lesson with a family, two of whom know Mildred and want to come to
general conference, too! They are super interested in a prophet, too-
what better timing!
Thursday evening we met with Deborah at the church with Sister Akins- she is becoming more comfortable there so she can come on Saturday, too. Sunday
after church we stopped by with the Morris's who made her feel so
loved! They're perfect for her, especially since they grew up in Atmore,
too. Members are priceless in this work!
Our
Heavenly Father loves us so much that we have a living prophet today!
Think of it- a man called of God Who tells Him how to guide us- what
specific things we must do to stay close to God with the unique
challenges we face in the world today. I know Thomas S. Monson is God's
living prophet, with twelve apostles who also have the power and
authority to act and speak in God's name to give us a clear direction.
That is the structure of the Church of Jesus Christ. I invite all of us
to prayerfully consider questions we have- they will be answered as we
listen to the speakers and the Spirit at General Conference. I love you
all!
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