"... who couldn't make up their minds."
I'd heard this a while ago, but refound it this week.
But on a more spiritual note- "Only God can turn our mistakes into miracles."
We have had some amazing miracles this week. Where do I even begin? First, there's Crystal. She was a Book of Mormon request we got 2 weeks ago, and she is so prepared! We have met with her a couple times, and she wants to come closer to God in her life, and she is so receptive to the Spirit. We invited her to church, and to have a chapel tour on Saturday night. So Saturday, we go to get the building ready and the doors are all unlocked. (Turns out, there was a funeral a little earlier.) So we go in and get the chapel ready, set up a couple sacrament trays to explain the sacrament to them, open the baptismal font doors, and open the doors to the Relief Society room and the Young Women's room. As we go to leave, there is a man in the Primary room. Luckily the elders showed up, so we went in and asked what he was doing, and he said he had come in to pray. So I asked, "If you don't mind me asking, why did you want to come in and pray?" And from there, he asked what made our church different, so we explained about authority and modern prophets and the Book of Mormon. Then we offered to take him on a chapel tour! We went into the chapel and explained the sacrament to him, and he said he felt so good he wanted to cry. He even said, "Maybe I'll end up being a Latter-Day Saint." There is no way it was a coincidence that the one time the building is left unlocked (that never happens), we have set up for a church tour, and he walks in. It was so cool! The Spirit was so strong!
Also, we met a former who had been through a lot since last meeting with missionaries, but she is so prepared and wants to come closer to God! We are so excited! Plus, she lives in one of the outlying towns and she has not one, but two cars!! So she can help bring people to church!! Huge answer to prayers!
Probably the best moment of the week though was yesterday. The senior couple are leaving this week, and there is a family who they have worked with for a long time (close to a year) but who live pretty far out. It's a single mom and her six kids, and they don't have a car, so getting them to church is really hard. I think they've come (just the mom and mahbe one or two kids) once. So we met them on Saturday and just really wanted to surprise the Brandts by helping them get to church, since it would mean a lot for them to be able to see this family at church one last time before they left. They are so ready to get baptized, they just need to get to church! So we talked to our ward mission leader, since he has an SUV that would fit all of them, and he drove all the way out and brought them to church! They walked in during the sacrament hymn, and it was the best moment of my whole week. They were so surprised! And they just started crying. And afterwards, Sister Brandt just came up to me and gave me a huge hug. It was so cool to be able to do that for them.
It was just such a good week. The work is picking up, and we are seeing so many miracles!!! Life is good!
Sister Cate
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