I just love fresh starts and new weeks. This
week was definitely a lot better than the last and slowly but surely New Bloom
is startin’ to bloom! See what I did there ;) ha, ha, Okay, okay, let me just
fill you in on what gems we were able to see this week:
Monday night: We taught this awesome member,
Sister B's, son-in-law Nobu! He's from Japan and is legit the funniest and
greatest person. He's reading through the Book of Mormon like a champ. He
showed us these encouraging flash cards he made to encourage people (in his
broken English) and had us laughing so hard. He reminded me of the awesome
people from the good ol’ State College days! Then we just went home and cleaned
our apartment like champs. We even found some legit spiders and if you know my
love for spiders you can imagine how happy I was 😆🕷🕸🎃
#HappyHalloween.
Tuesday: We did some awesome service at a
food bank (I'll have you know I am now a certified professional box- ripper-
upper💁🏾)
and we helped a member clean out her attic. I love doing service, it's nice to
help other people and lift whatever burdens we can of theirs. We also went and visited this lady, Shelly,
who used to take the missionary lessons and we had a powerhouse lesson reading
out of the Book of Mormon with her. I
love that every time I've opened the Book of Mormon and read with people hearts
have been softened, answers have been received and the Spirit has certainly
been felt. It's sad that sometimes we
take this amazing book for granted. We
tried to do some tracting in that town, New Port. No real luck there but it was
legit as we were driving back out of town to see that every house had either
pass along cards or pamphlets- every house was hit with Jesus
#You'reWelcomeNewPort #You'llThankUsOneDay
Wednesday: District Meeting was all about
being a "successful missionary" and it was a much needed reminder
that as long as we are doing our best to fulfill our purpose we are successful
in the Lord's eyes. Much needed. Then we had some great lessons:
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Trinity is a recent convert and the new member fire is real. I love this girl,
she has such a love for the Savior and the gospel, it's contagious!
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We taught this lady who wasn't too open at first about God's love for her and
the Plan of Salvation and by the end, her heart had softened and the spirit was
so strong as we left her with a prayer.
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We stopped in to visit this less active member, Sister Mcminn. She let us in and conveniently they were just
about to eat and had made 2 extra burgers. So we talked about the Atonement and
the power of joyful repentance in our lives. It's going to take some work but I love when I
am able to see people just a fraction of the way Christ sees them.
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We felt like we should run out back to the church and meet some of the young
women that were at mutual (legit the church is in our backyard) before we
headed in. So, we did and a cute girl runs up to us and says "hi! I'm Emma!
I just got baptized! Can we do a lesson?!" Ha, ha, ha like what?! Sure...)
so we talked about family history and temples with her and she was practically
jumping on the couch she is so excited to go to the temple. It was so
cute!!
Thursday: We taught our golden investigator,
Melissa. Boy oh boy do I love member referrals!! While we were teaching her she testified that
she felt like this church was the true church and that she loved coming to
church and wants to be baptized but just needs to pray about it. These are the
things that make all the hard-days worth it. Now let’s just all pray she will
stick with it! J
Afterward we did lots of tracting and were able to contact an awesome
referral and teach him about the Book of Mormon. We decided to try his
neighbors as well, and his next door neighbor was Hispanic but was super
interested. We taught her a bit and promised to bring a Book of Mormon in
Spanish back next week. Ca-ching! It's
amazing what some faith, prayers and listening will do.
Friday: After weekly planning we went and
visited this less active member, Brother Himes. Oh man I just love this man! We
taught him about his divine potential and talked about how much his Heavenly
Father loved him. We were all in tears by the end of the lesson and he told us
he knew we were heaven sent just when he needed us we showed up. I love listening to the Spirit!!! We also had dinner with Sister York who
invited her ex-husband to come join us who apparently was “anti,” but after
talking with us his heart was softened and he's going to be back next week to
listen!
Saturday: We both woke up and felt awful. We
were sick all day but it was nice to just let our bodies rest-up.
Sunday: Church was pretty good- our
investigator Melissa came so that was pretty awesome! After church we were able to go visit this
sweet lady that's recently started coming back to church and wants to be active
again. I love the atonement- it's the
greatest thing to see it literally change lives! Our bishop and his wife fed us
dinner too afterward.
I'm grateful for all the support and love
we've been getting. Slowly but surely we
are doin’ it! Thank you all for your
prayers and encouraging thoughts. They help more than I think you realize. Keep your head up and if you're struggling, just
remember you are loved and that I'm praying for you! J
💗Sister McDonald
Ponderize:
D&C 19:23 "Learn of me, and listen to my words; walk in the meekness
of my spirit and you shall have peace in me."
Commitment:
Pres. Uchtdorf~ "Don’t give up. Seek God with all your heart. Exercise
faith. Walk in righteousness."
Charity
Attribute: Does not behave itself unseemly (1 Cor. 13)
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