Merry CHRISTmas everyone!
What a week. I'll start with my companion. So, when i found out that president was splitting the triple combination and receiving only ONE sister, who also had health problems, i was so heartbroken. I was nervous, stressed, and i felt like the whole world was on my shoulders. I had talked to this sister just a few weeks before. Her companion was an old companion of mine, and had been really struggling so president asked if i would call and counsel with her, so i was able to talk to sister frampton (my comp) to try and get a feel for things from her too. I knew these sisters were struggling, and that is why i was so nervous to receive her. Every single companion i had had (im on my sixth... in my sixth transfer. Goodness gracious im blessed :) ) i have known their story before i received them. But i was so wrong in have preconceived notions about her. She has been one of my greatest blessings here. She has just decided to go home, and is LEAVING ME in four weeks to have surgery on her shoulder for a torn labrum. Both her arms are numb... so they think somethings wrong with her neck too. Putting us two together has proven to be very challenging, but in those challenges is where we receive the greatest growth. She is such an example to me. We immediately had a love for each other and a huge bond! We spit out church raps, she is ALWAYS laughing at me, she picks up my slack and i pick up hers. I feel like we are married but in a non weird way. I feel like through her i am preparing for a glorious marriage, a selfless marriage. She has such a powerful conviction and she is so God fearing over man. She knows going home she is going to get crap. She knows it will be hard, and people will talk behind her back. But she also knows this is what she needs to do. She fears God, not man. What a testimony.
So now on to the miracles of the week. HOLY REFERRALS. we are a referral seeking receiving team! Last monday just at the mall we stated our purpose to ever sales assosciate and got lots of referrals. Tuesday a LA gave us referral, we went to the wrong house, and got a new investigator. The next day, we received another new investigator. Thursday we had some AWESOME lessons, and friday gained two more investigators and were able to bring Nancy (shes getting baptized the 27th) to a lesson. Funny store on that one... so every apartment building here is coded to get into and you have to be buzzed in. So we show up, and they are not answering their phones!! So i had this brilliant idea. Lets just stand in the snow in 10 degrees and yell up to the third floor to their balcony. SO im screaming JACKIE!!!!! When i have the impression to go find a back door (that was after praying of course!) So we go, and a little kid comes. I ask if he has a key and he says no. He then tells me to back up, puts his leg on the door, and YANKs it open. Totally worked the system. I did heel clicks down the whole hallway. THATS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PRAY FOR A MIRACLE PEOPLE!
Then Saturday i felt prompted to make 72 hour kits. We went above and beyond, filling our car with gas, getting new windshield wiper blades, getting tons of warm blankets etc etc. Then what happens? A huge storm hits. We were at a LA's christmas party helping before it started. And so many miracles came from that too!!! We made friendships like no other. That is how we really receive the most success. She show people we care. WE LOVE THEM. SO anyway, President shows up to the party and she turns to him and says "dont you dare ever take this sister away from me." then she referred herself. Oh how i love my sweet Penny!
We two sisters, though only proselyting two hours a day, are the most successful in our zone. It amazes me that success doesnt come from the time we spend doing the work, but the preparation of our hearts and our minds and our willingness to open our mouths and speak. When we open our mouths, we are laid with sheaves, laid with converts. OH YA. we had another sweet referral. His name is king and he is from Ghana. And guess who referred him to us? None other than PRESIDENT STOKER HIMSELF. Im so grateful that he is so eager to get in and do the work too. We are being so blessed! So so so blessed. The spirit is so evident in every lesson. We are quickened with what to say. We are bold, and we are loving. I love this gospel. D&C 130:20-21. That scripture is so real. I know it, because i see it.
I love you all. I hope you all never doubt that i know the truth of this gospel. It is Him. It is His and we are His. God's whole purpose for His plan was simply to bless us. Remember that when discouragement comes, remember it when you fail to see the blessings. Because, They are there and so is He.
Merry Christmas everyone! HE lives!
PICTURES-
The Pettingills two daughters came to visit. i have been adopted in! Mikell and her hub and baby roman are getting kicked out of the pettingills house when we all get home so they p's can make room for me :)
THE MAP. we have 99 areas... so ive been given the job of making the new area map. holy stressful. and yeah, i stole president desk.
Sometiems when it snows really awkward pictures are taken!
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