Hello all,
Well this was kind of a slower week, although we did see some miracles. Many of our plans fell through as we tried to meet with Zaria. She is always busy with work and it tends to get annoying when we call to confirm an appointment a few hours before and she isn't there when she said she would be. But she said that she worked a lot from the beginning so I guess that may be expected.
Saral is slowly progressing. Each time we visit with her she seems happier. She is more of a long-term project, but she knows the importance of change. She has a lot of trials in her life that have made her very angry, but as we have taught her it seems as though a little more peace has come into her life. I don't know if she is going to make the date of February 11th after our last lesson where we told her what the qualifications were for baptism, but she still does want to be baptized. Although she may not yet fully see that she has changed a bit, we as missionaries do. We know that God "will give unto the children of men line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little; and blessed are those who hearken unto my precepts, and lend an ear unto my counsel, for they shall learn wisdom; for unto him that receiveth I will give more." (2 Nephi 28:30) Sara is learning and there is a long road ahead for her, but we told her as missionaries we would be with her every step of the way.
Jayson is golden, although he doesn't live in our area. He lives in a nearby stake, but they use the building. We met with him twice last week. He prayed for peace in his upcoming custody battle. We invited him to read the Book of Mormon and he told us that it was the only thing that could bring him peace as he waited in court for the case. When we passed him off to the other elders we had him sit in on a child's baptism before the lesson. He felt the spirit and accepted baptism for next month in his lesson afterward. I am happy that I got to play a small part in his conversion to the restored gospel of Jesus Christ.
In the middle of the week we got a text from a member, Helen Kirkham. She is Brother and Sister Kirkham's daughter, the family that we spent most of Christmas with. She said that she had a friend that wanted to come to Church and learn more about it. Helen had given him a Book of Mormon and told him a little bit about the restoration and told us that he was excited to attend. So yesterday we met Adam right before Church. He is 18 years old and, just like Joseph Smith, is looking for the right religion. He loved Church and is planning to come back next week. After Church we invited him to be baptized on January 28th. He is now preparing for that day.
So things are going well. I am glad that we have an investigator with solid member fellowship. I am looking forward to the upcoming week because I know that the Church is true!
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