Alright
sooo excited about Jenne' having her baby, Covey! Wow those photos were
gorgeous! Usually newborns look all blotchy and squished. haha. His so
tiny. I love it.
So I decided to go tracting with one of the new Sisters this
week. We knocked on this door, and this man, covered in tattoos answers
and he says,
No way is there a God. He would never let all
this crap happen." blah blah blah. So I was able to get him to talk a
little more and open up about how he has gone to churches and they don't
treat him well. We get to talking a lot more and he calls his wife
over. She tells us that she was baptized when she was 14 years old.
The man says he doesn't understand why bad things happen to good people
and why God would let murders happen. I instantly thought of Alma 24. I
asked if I could share a message from The Book of Mormon that would
answer his questions. They said yes. They are such a sweet couple that
come from a rough area in Aurora, CO. We set up another time to come
back. :)
We had a zone conference and Elder David S. Baxter, a General
Authority. It was amazing! He talked a lot about loving the people and
letting them know that through your prayers. The best part of the whole
thing, was at the end he asked, Sister Gage and I, and 4 other elders,
the zone leaders, to go into this smaller room for a council. Super
pumped! We get in their and we talk about the things that stuck out to
us, and at the end we all knelt down together ( I was kneeling literally
right next to him!) and he offered a prayer, but in the prayer he
started blessing us. He included things like, we would have more joy, we
would have more confidence in ourselves and in the work, that we would
recognize that we are in this leadership position for a reason, that we
would have peace and comfort, that we would be great wives and mothers,
and so much more. It was so powerful. I was in tears. When he shook my
hand, he said, "You are good. Thank you." I'll never forget it.
On Friday,
we went to do service at Dinosaur Ridge. We painted a metal railing. It
went well except at the end. We were trying to clean the brushes, but
they had NOTHING the clean them with except cold water. haha I was
trying to scrap it off, so than I got green paint all over my hands! I
looked like I had dinosaur hands. The paint was so sticky! Sister Gage
had to drive us home. I had to use nail polish remover to get the paint
kind of off. The bathroom smelled so bad! haha. Luckily, we just had the
trunk of treat party
on Friday night.
We are now teaching this man who is 28, has an alcohol
addiction, and just got a dui. His family is from Utah and have probably
been praying for him for years. We went to teach him, but he was drunk.
He doesn't look or act like a 28 year old. He looks like he is
literally 14. Sister Gage and I are very blunt with him. I think
everyone in his life has tip toed around him and beat around the bush.
My favorite line Sister Gage said to him was, "In order for us to
actually have you, we have to see you twice a week, and you have to do
everything we say." haha I was dying inside. haha. She's a hoot. I love
it. He came to church.
Sunday was so wonderful. Tom received the Holy Ghost. Tom is a different man! He is so happy. I love it. earilier,
on Tuesday
when we were on exchanges, I felt like we needed to stop by and see
Tom. We just stopped by and said hello. He told us he needed to see us
because he felt like we were going to drop him since he got baptized. So
grateful to be led by Heavenly Father.
We had a lot of less actives at church. It was so wonderful! Sister
Jo Hatch was at church. She came back to Colorado to tour her mission.
It was so weird to see her again. She is sad she isn't still a
missionary.
Well, I love you all so much. I see miracles everyday.
Heavenly Father is taking good care of us. Thanks for all your love and
support!
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