October 19, 2015
1st Area--Moscow Idaho
Hi everyone!!!:) I hope everyone is doing well!
So we were on fire last week with SIX investigators at
church!! That's like unheard of! But this week we only had one:( that was
really hard for us. Debbie's baptism date also has to be pushed back awhile
because she can't quit smoking. She wants to be baptized so bad
and is so close but she just can't kick the e-cigs! Oh and one of our
investigators can't be baptized for ELEVEN YEARS because he is on probation. We
thought it was just a short few month probation... i'm not sure what he did to
get eleven years of probation but basically he's not considered a progressing
investigator anymore. Don also didn't come to church yesterday so we're really
worried about that because last week he was progressing so well! And the worst
was Zhao dropped us:( She said she comes to church because everyone is so nice,
but when we committed her to living the word of wisdom and baptism she flat out
told us no and that she wasn't interested in changing her life, only in coming
to church to have friends and that she was curious about the book of mormon. So
maybe in the future she will be baptized!! But it was a really tough week this
week.... Hopefully this coming week is a lot better!! On the plus side we did
see a few miracles this week!:):) We have four new potential investigators that
we found while tracting that said we could come back this coming week and share
a message with them. If they invite us back after that they will be considered
new investigators!:) Another way cool blessing we saw this week was that Debbie
asked for a blessing! She had been so against getting a blessing to help her
quit smoking, but she texted us late one night and told us that she really
really wanted a blessing. The next day we came over to her trailer with the
elders (Elder Johnson our zone leader and his new missionary that came out with
me Elder Holmes) and Elder Johnson gave one of the most powerful blessings i've
ever heard in my life!! He blessed her to immediately feel the power of the
Holy Ghost in her life to have that desire to stop smoking. Debbie isn't an emotional
person, but she had tears streaming down her face after. I love hearing
investigators describe feeling the spirit for the first time! She said she just
felt love and peace washing over her and that she had the strongest desire not
to smoke anymore! It really was an amazing experience to have!:)
So a quick spiritual thought because i'm a missionary and
that's what we do!!:):) If nothing else, i've learned so much about the
atonement on my mission and how it affects me personally!! Growing up in the church
you hear about the atonement all of the time, so it becomes almost something
you don't really think about how big of a meaning it has. I teach the atonement
all day to people, but i'm just beginning to finally understand that it applies
to me personally!!!!!! Like i've never really done a huge thing in my
life where I needed the full weight of the atonement for repentance (like gone
to prison or anything) but i'm finally understanding that Christ has felt what
I feel EXACTLY, even when that is just homesickness or worry or fear or concern
for my investigators. That has made all of the difference for me this week!!!!!
I love you all so much! Thank you for all of the letters and
emails, i'll write letters in reply to the emails I got if you didn't get an
email back from me today!:)
Pictures: Sister Vea and I matched one day, I'm getting
really good at mastering the dog balloon animal, and a picture of part of my
area while tracting:)
Have a great week!!
Love,
Sister Worthen
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