Greetings, young and old!
This week has been another workout, which is fantastic. My
companion and I have two people we're teaching that have baptismal dates, so
feel free to include Jade and Lily in your prayers for their upcoming baptism
on June 8th!
I forgot to include this miracle that happened last week, so
I will share it now. Ready, GO! So my first transfer here in Ashburton, we met
this woman on the street. (Sometimes we drive around looking for people and
pull over and talk to them.. cut us some slack, there are not very many people
that live here in Ashburton, and everyone's on shift work here so door knocking
at dinner time isn't all that terribly effective). Anyways, this is one of
those cases - drive by contacting! We hopped out and talked to her. She was on
her scooter, and told us she was a Jehovah's Witness that was not practicing.
She asked a lot of questions and wouldn't tell us her name or where she lived
or anything for us to come see her and answer all of them. But she did ask a
question about the Mormon Batallion. I readily answered it, she was satisfied,
and then she left. I kept thinking about it, and next time we were on lds.org i checked to make sure i was right, because i
kept thinking about her. it turns out I was WRONG! NOOOO!!! So i kept asking
God to let us meet her again so I could correct myself. I felt horrible, I gave
her false information. Okay, now fast-forward to like 1-2 weeks ago, in my
third transfer here in Ashburton. We were door knocking on a street Monday
night before we went home for the evening, looking for lit windows so we have
the "okay" to knock on their doors. Lo and behold, we knock on a door
and there this woman is, with a huge smile on her face, and immediately invites
us in! Her husband was there, and he is a practicing Jehovah's Witness. We had
a good discussion (no Bible bashing, it was fantastic), while the wife made us
hot chocolate and asked, "Do you want two pink marshmallows, two white, or
one of each?" We have been back to visit them a few times, and the wife is
very interested but the husband prefers we don't come around anymore. I think
it's just a matter of time before they are both ready to hear the message about
the restoration. And when they both are, they know exactly where to go to find
it. Moral of the story is that God answers prayers, and lets us fix our
mistakes. (I did get to tell her the right answer to her question, fyi.) What a
merciful, loving God! The church is true!
love you all!
Sister Rose
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