Be An Answer to Another's Prayer
June 23, 2014
This week was a whirlwind! I cannot believe all that
happened but I'm convinced that I want to stay on a mission forever and no one
can do anything about it. So we got a call from our assistants and they said
that president invited us to Denver for a special training because a couple of
people from Salt Lake were coming! So us and the 7th ward sisters dropped
everything and went to Denver for the next couple of days! When we got there we
found out we got to stay in a HOTEL! We didn't feel like missionaries because
what missionaries ever stay in a hotel? It was so fun though. AND I GOT TO BE
IN MY FIRST AREA AGAIN! I was so happy to just drive around there and I think
it was a small taste of what it would be like to come back home. it will be a great reunion. Then we spent the
next day being trained how to be better teachers and planners.. and oh my gosh
it changed our lives. In a good way though! We have so much to change and its
working already! the inspiration that has happened because of it is the best.
So when we came back, we had the best weekend ever. We decided that we needed to act on every
prompting no matter what, because we figured that God was helping us more than
we knew, and we couldn't ignore the promptings anymore. So, Sunday morning, we
decided to do that. Before church we really felt like we should go leave a note
on one of our investigator's houses and after that all of a sudden I had the
BIGGEST prompting that we needed to go see one of our less active sisters. I didn't
know why- we had been teaching her for 5 months and we had even taught her the
night before and she refused to come to church. Every time we asked her, or
invited her to pray for the strength to do it, she said that it just wasn't her
time, but we went anyway . We showed up on her doorstep and said, hi! We wanted
to invite you to church today! and she said no, I'm not ready! and she was like no way. Then we said "A",
we were prompted to come here and we know that Heavenly Father knows that today
is the day you are coming to church. She still said no. So we invited her to
pray about it. Then we saw her son in the background and we asked him if he
wanted to come to church with his mom today and he said.. sure! we asked him if
he knew where it was and he said no and then "A" I do! and we were like SWEET IT STARTS AT 11:30 WE
WILL SEE YOU THEN! Then we ran off her
porch and back to our car. THEN SHE
SHOWED UP TO CHURCH! for the first time in 5 months! YEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!
The inspiring morning didn't
stop there. After that, the thought came to us to go visit this other less
active sister and invite her to church! So we went and she wasn't home, but
there was this lady frantically talking on the phone. We found out her baby was
having a seizure!!! We knew immediately that that is why we needed to be there.
So, we asked if we could do anything and she was just in tears and so we
decided to leave. But then something told me to turn around and we could NOT
leave until we said a prayer with them. We said a prayer with the son, and we
ended up finding out that they were members of the church- they were in the
spanish branch! so we were able to call the spanish missionaries and tell them
about it, and people in their ward could send help. If we hadn't been there, no
one would have know this happened!
Then we drove to the church and
we were late for our meeting but on our way in the parking lot, we saw this man
walking with his two kids and in my head the Spirit was like YOU NEED TO TALK
TO HIM. It wasn't even a question, I had to do it. So we got out of the car
after parking and ran after him down the street. Really quickly I said HI WERE
MISSIONARIES CAN WE COME SHARE A MESSAGE ABOUT JESUS CHRIST AND FAMILIES WITH
YOU and he was like YES! He looked so relieved. He said that he just got his
two kids back today and he just looked so happy. He gave us his name and
address and we got to pass it on! It was the perfect start to our Sunday!
I learned this week that you
need to listen to every good thought or prompting that you have because that is how God speaks to us, we just
have to listen. Even if it seems like just a silly thought, or we don't
understand why- IT DOES NOT MATTER. just
do it. The Spirit speaks to us a lot, especially when we have the gift of the
Holy Ghost and are worthy to have it with us always. Everyone needs this gift,
it has changed my life! When God prompts us to do things, it is always to serve
others in some sort of way. This is how prayers are answered. Be an answer to
someone's prayers this week! go and do!
This just shows me that Jesus
Christ is the head of this work. Man is not. Yes, man runs the church here on
earth, but it is truly Jesus Christ who is directing this work. I know this is
true because I experience it every single day. Ordinances such as baptism,
confirmation, and taking the sacrament WEEKLY are essential for our lives. Strive
every way you can to have this in your life. It's how you get to know your
Savior Jesus Christ and come unto Him when you don't know any other way. This
gospel is amazing because it is healing and inspiring. It mends families and it
mends our Spirits. It brings us on the path back to our Heavenly Father with
our families. What is better than that! Now is the time to act, because Jesus
Christ is hastening His work and preparing families to hear this restored
gospel that will change their lives! Find it now! We have a prophet who leads
and guides Jesus Christ's church under the direction of Him. I am so thankful
for Him and His words!
Read this article:
and you will know that Thomas
S. Monson is a prophet. It is so important to develop our own testimonies of
our living prophet, because he holds the same power as the prophets of old! This
is truly the Church of Jesus Christ restored on the earth today and I love
being a part of it and living it every single day of my life.
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