This week and a half was great! S. didn't drop us
completely! We talked to him more and found out he's mostly just afraid of what
his mom might say when he tells her he's getting baptized. He's also afraid of
letting us and others down if he doesn't endure to the end. We're going to have
a good chat about fearing God more than man soon. He us very busy with classes
picking up so it may not be until next week :( P. is new on the radar! It
was Day 444 of my mission so we went to Wendy's for dinner and got the 4 for
4$. Haha. But it was an inspired thing because at the bus stop after Wendy's, he ran up to catch a bus. It ended up not being the one he was catching
and we were able to talk to him! Then when our bus came he ended up getting on
the same bus. He missed his stop because he was talking to us, but he didn't
even care! He became a new investigator. We taught him a few days ago and he
came to a special investigator meeting and stake conference! He said it was
different and a lot to take in, but he's still met with us the next day! He is just
soaking everything in. I'm really really excited about him. We also met
K. She is 6'3" and awesome. She has actually been looking for a
church and felt the spirit so strong when we taught her. She just gets it! Our
bus driver investigator is doing awesome. He took us out to lunch the
other day! He told us about a dream he had 3 nights in a row. He told us that
he was in a Mormon temple. He described some things on the inside and some of
the things that happen in there. He said the first 2 nights he didn't really
remember the dream, but he woke up feeling more peaceful than he ever has in
his life. The third night he remembered it and felt so much peace. For three
days! It was so cool. His cousin is engaged to a member and he's converting. He loved coffee and stuff but he just messaged us saying that this is day 10
without coffee. We haven't even taught the word of wisdom yet! He's so cool.
Funny answer to a prayer. So Sister Johnson was on a phone call and I was just writing on cards and kinda feeling like I was wasting time. So I prayed that someone would come up to me that I'd be able to share the gospel with. Then like 5 minutes later some girls come up and say they're from the Church of God! Not exactly what I was thinking when I prayed for it, but hey! Answer! They basically contacted me really bad and told me all about "God the Mother" and showed me some misinterpreted scriptures about how God the Mother exists. I didn't want to get into deep doctrine on Heavenly Mother so I just testified of Christ and the Book of Mormon. They wouldn't let me share a verse but I testified the heck out of it and invited them all to learn more. One of the girls seemed like she may be interested one day when her other friends aren't around. She knows where the church is and when services are. So, we will see! But this was a cool answer to a prayer. It was also funny to see their faces when they saw my name tag haha
Tender mercy. The institute got hit by a car this week! It broke some water pipe somewhere and the whole back wall and front restrooms have to be replaced. Elder Dabb told us to move our lesson locations because there was standing water in the gym. Our supply closet in the gym had our Book of Mormons, box of pamphlets, and Sister Empey's borrowed violin all on the floor. We asked Elder Dabb to check it and he said he was certain that if anything was on the floor, it would be wet. So he checked and called back and said that it was an absolute miracle but the closet was dry. No material or violins were even touched! Elder Watkins said he can picture the guardian angels just mopping all the water away to keep the closet dry. It was a funny comment but it's so true. Hallelujah!
Transfer calls will come later today. There's a 99.99% chance I'm staying. I'll email later to confirm :)
Love you all!
Sister Barnes
Pics
4 for $4 on day 444
Sister Johnson is dying (going home) this week :(
The crash
Sister Johnson went to the temple for her departing trip this week. I
got to be with Sister Jackson! Corrin, a recent convert, came
contacting with us. It was so fun :)
September birthday party
Sister Ballard tripped on her run and got a concussion. We did stuff
with Sister Empey while she took a nap.
GAME DAY! I finally got a buckeye necklace from some guy on the street.
I posted this on Facebook. Everyone needs the Book of Mormon!
Funny answer to a prayer. So Sister Johnson was on a phone call and I was just writing on cards and kinda feeling like I was wasting time. So I prayed that someone would come up to me that I'd be able to share the gospel with. Then like 5 minutes later some girls come up and say they're from the Church of God! Not exactly what I was thinking when I prayed for it, but hey! Answer! They basically contacted me really bad and told me all about "God the Mother" and showed me some misinterpreted scriptures about how God the Mother exists. I didn't want to get into deep doctrine on Heavenly Mother so I just testified of Christ and the Book of Mormon. They wouldn't let me share a verse but I testified the heck out of it and invited them all to learn more. One of the girls seemed like she may be interested one day when her other friends aren't around. She knows where the church is and when services are. So, we will see! But this was a cool answer to a prayer. It was also funny to see their faces when they saw my name tag haha
Tender mercy. The institute got hit by a car this week! It broke some water pipe somewhere and the whole back wall and front restrooms have to be replaced. Elder Dabb told us to move our lesson locations because there was standing water in the gym. Our supply closet in the gym had our Book of Mormons, box of pamphlets, and Sister Empey's borrowed violin all on the floor. We asked Elder Dabb to check it and he said he was certain that if anything was on the floor, it would be wet. So he checked and called back and said that it was an absolute miracle but the closet was dry. No material or violins were even touched! Elder Watkins said he can picture the guardian angels just mopping all the water away to keep the closet dry. It was a funny comment but it's so true. Hallelujah!
Transfer calls will come later today. There's a 99.99% chance I'm staying. I'll email later to confirm :)
Love you all!
Sister Barnes
Pics
4 for $4 on day 444
Sister Johnson is dying (going home) this week :(
The crash
Sister Johnson went to the temple for her departing trip this week. I
got to be with Sister Jackson! Corrin, a recent convert, came
contacting with us. It was so fun :)
September birthday party
Sister Ballard tripped on her run and got a concussion. We did stuff
with Sister Empey while she took a nap.
GAME DAY! I finally got a buckeye necklace from some guy on the street.
I posted this on Facebook. Everyone needs the Book of Mormon!
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