Good morning everyone!
I hope you all have had a good week so far, this week has
had a lot of miracles here in Preston.
First off, everyone managed to get transferred safely,
quickly, and orderly, so we are now all set to go for this transfer. On
Tuesday we were able to start up dinners in the Ward again. A while
back, missionaries had decided that they didn't want dinners, and
so this whole time I've been in Preston, we haven't been eating
dinners with members. So we've finally worked something out with the Ward
and now we get to meet with members and get to know them over
dinner. Yes, I'm counting that as a miracle because the families around here
cook way better than Elder Remfrey and I. Also, now we will be able
to get to know the ward better.
On Wednesday, we drove out to Winder to visit with a family
that has been very hard to schedule appointments with. We have been
having a hard time catching them home, but Wednesday night we dropped
by and everyone was there! That night they were
super happy to see us, and all twelve of their kids were going crazy
trying to steal our name tags and iPads. We ended up compromising by
taking selfies with them. Anyway, the Mom said we could start up
lessons again starting on Monday, so we said okay and we were about
to leave it at that, but then she's like, "Oh! Today is
Wednesday! How about you come back tomorrow night? We can just start right
away." Which leads us into Thursday's miracle!
Thursday night we came back over (the first time they
haven't cancelled a lesson! For me at least) and they were super
excited to see us again. They have been taught a few times by previous missionaries, and so we decided to review the Gospel of
Jesus Christ by using stepping stones. That managed to keep the twelve
kids somewhat focused. At the end, we extended the invitation to
be baptized to 6 of the twelve children, and now they are all
on Date to be baptized the 1st of April! And no, that is not an early
April Fools joke. So now we just have to have a refresher of the lessons
and help them get to church. We are super excited for all of them!
Last night was a super cool experience for me. We went to
visit the Lowders and we were visiting for a bit and then their daughter decided that
she wanted to have testimony meeting at home. So she set up a
pulpit, equipped with her karaoke machine for a microphone, and we
sang hymns, opened with a prayer and we all bore our testimonies. The
spirit was so strong, and it was so amazing to hear the testimonies
that the parents had. During the middle of the "service" a
scripture popped into my head. "For where two or three are gathered
together in my name, there am I in the midst of them." Matt. 18:20. It
was such a sweet experience and I just want to attest to the
truthfulness of that scripture. I know without a doubt that our Savior is mindful
of us, and cares about us. He wants to be with us, even if it's
during an impromptu testimony meeting that at first we were calling
"fake church". It doesn't matter, as long as we are
worshipping him, he will be with us. I can testify of that in name of Jesus Christ,
amen.
Anyway, it snowed again last night, so Elder Remfrey and I
are going to go shovel driveways real quick. I love you all and I hope
you have a great week!
Elder Walker
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