Hey
Everyone!
Great to hear from all
of you! Glad to hear you had a great Spring Break! :) I loved the funny story
about Andrew... Oh goodness haha! That was touching to hear about Rachel
working with the cute ladies at the rest home. I bet they just love her!
Rachel, you are going to be such a great nurse, you are so loving and
compassionate. That sounds like a great field to go into.
I'm glad to hear you
guys enjoyed conference! Mom, I loved what you wrote about conference, I think
one of my favorite talks was Deiter F. Uchtdorf's too! It made me realize how
many incredible blessings I have in my life. I'm excited to hear what you guys
learn in "Preach My Gospel" each week. It's so beautifully written,
and It's amazing that all of it has been approved and most has been written by
the first presidency. I love Preach My Gospel! :) I've learned so much. That is
one of my favorite parts of being a missionary is getting to study the Standard
Works, preach my gospel, Conference Talks, its so wonderful to be able to start
the day with scripture study. To have an hour to study, and then as a companionship
we practice teaching, and study preach my gospel. Let me tell you, those are
the fastest two hours of the day.... It's crazy! My love for the savior and my
Heavenly Father grow stronger every day...
Well, this week has
been a great one! We had so many miracles! Chynna's Mom and best friend came
into town this weekend, and she talked to her friend Katie who's LDS, and she
told Chynna she knew she would decide to get baptized one day. She also talked
to her Mom and it sounds like her heart is starting to soften towards Chynna's
decision. Chynna told us last week that she's decided to be baptized in August
due to wanting to have all her family come etc... I'm a little worried if she
waits too long she'll forget the importance... So I keep praying that she'll
decide to make the decision to be baptized earlier, because once the decision
is made for someone to be baptized the adversary does all he can to sway and
discourage people. When she is able to receive the Gift of the Holy Ghost, I
know it will bless her and help keep her strong. Thankfully she's almost been
reading the Book of Mormon every day, and she prays continually and knows the
Restored Gospel is true. After our lesson on Tuesday we encouraged
her to bring her questions to conference, and promised her that through the
spirit, and words spoken, her questions would be answered. As we had a lesson
with her after the Sunday afternoon session she said all her
questions had been answered. I was so thankful that the spirit and words spoken
had touched her.
Another miracle, Matt
was able to come to conference and his questions were answered as well. It was
amazing, as we listened to conference, I had written down the concerns of all
of those we are teaching written down, and I was able to receive guidance and
direction as to how I could help them. I also came into conference with lots of
my questions, a list of about 6 concerns and questions and every single one of
them was answered! I gained a stronger testimony that Heavenly Father is aware
of me.
I feel like miracles
always happen after conference. We have been trying to contact a referral we
received and we've tried his house over 5 times. We were about ready to give
up. Then Sundaywe felt prompted to go try his apartment again. The
information we received in the text said, "Media Referral- Daniel, met
missionaries in the Spokane Library, he came up to them and wanted to meet with
them. Told him they could find missionaries in his area." as we met him,
I've never met someone so enthusiastic as we came to his door. He started
telling us about he'd been to temple square, and he'd been by the temple in
Ogden, and he wanted to know more! :) We are meeting with him on Tuesday!
I'm so excited! :)
Then the most
incredible miracle happened yesterday... Sister Reed and I have been trying a
less active couples home, we've probably tried their apartment over 7 times
within the last transfer. To no avail did they come to the door. Last night we
knocked on their door again. To our surprise a tall african american guy named
Curtis answered the door- we were a little surprised.. He definitely wasn't
related to the Spafford's. We talked to him about the gospel, and asked him if
we could share a message later, he didn't seem very interested but was
gracious. We left him with our card. Later that night we get a phone call from
a girl named Dezi. She told us we'd tracted into her boyfriend's apartment, and
that he had taken a picture of the Mormon.org card and texted her "Hey!
Look who just stopped by. Haha" She saw our number on the card and called
us. She told us her story and we couldn't believe it! She's been been dating
him for quite some time, and she told us about how much she loves him and how
much she wished that she knew how to contact the missionaries to let them know
about Curtis. She really wants to him to have the gospel in his life, but knows
she wants him to do this for himself and not just for her. So we'll be stopping
by again this next week. :) Turns out he's lived there since July, so we have
no idea how we still had that address on our directory.
Favorite Scripture of
the Week, John 14:21
21 He
that hath my commandments, and akeepeth them, he it
is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be bloved of my
Father, and I will love him, and will cmanifest myself to
him.
I know as we obey our
Heavenly Father's commandments, we'll be able to feel God's love in our lives!
I really saw Heavenly Father's hand in our work this week. I know Heavenly
Father truly answers prayers. He is so aware of each and every one of us. I've
come to learn that after the trials we have, then come the blessings. It's
broken my heart to see the obstacles that everyone we teach is going through. I
know that through the hard times, Heavenly Father showers us with tender
mercies to help us through.
I love you each so
much! Hope you have a wonderful week!
Love Always, Sister
Sarah Clark
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