It's been a week. and so many things have happened...or not happened. Sometimes that tests your faith and where you stand...but it's all for the strength and growth you will receive through the scriptural term, "long-suffering" or "patience". But, blessings have been promised to those who obey. So...I will follow the commands of my Heavenly Father. All I must do is tune into what the Lord is trying to tell me. :)
Tuesday we emailed and that afternoon we had a short restoration lesson with Bernice. It was awesome to see her connect with James 1:5 and realize that she too needed wisdom. We had dinner with Sis Perryman and she insisted on us buying like 5 appetizers. It was so funny. Sis Pugh ended out having leftovers for like a week because of it!! We went finding that night and got to visit with Maddie Ermis, a laurel in the branch.
Wednesday we had our weekly lesson with Alma. She LOVED the "Proclamation to the Family"!! She wanted to take it to all the women she visit teaches and she said "If they don't receive me, then I'll just tape it to their door!!!" She was frustrated that nobody would open the doors to her and her partner. :) She's stalwart!! After that we headed to the church to help set up for Standard's Night!! It was Frozen themed and they went all out!! It was beautiful!! We had service at Kruze and dinner and finding and correlation. :)
Thursday we had planning and a great talk. At Gazebo, we had a great time playing "Shake Loose a Memory". We had dinner with the Gordon's at the Chinese Buffett and then went tracting until sports night. We found out last Saturday that we would be having a recent convert moving into our branch. He's 18 and he got baptized in Austin last weekend. He's excited to be able to help with Blinn (he plays football there) and we are excited to be able to work with him! His name is Grant. Grant came to sports night and invited his roommate. He's totally on fire for the Gospel!! one of the first things he said to us is that he "loves being Mormon!!"
Friday - Happy birthday Dad!! We had district meeting, lunch and then service at New Beginnings. We tried going back and revisiting all of the potentials this past week. We had dinner with Brother Jensen. He told us about Vitamin I...or Ibuprophen. It was great. We got to visit with Priscilla for a little bit.
Saturday was pretty great! After the Pinewood derby we stayed for lunch and then had family history and indexing class. Grant came and we were able to really get him started and going. It was awesome to see the spirit work and open doors to his family. Dinner that evening was with the Young's and then we tracted their neighborhood. It was a great hilly walk with lots of interesting people as usual.
Sunday was pretty great. We had the usual meetings and lunch followed by visiting people. Dinner was with the Carlile's and then we were out tracting.The miracle I really saw this week happened last night. We were out finding and I was about to give up...but I'm so grateful we didn't. We found a new investigator. It was like 7:45 at night and we were tracting this trailer park and when we got to the guys trailer, the spirit whispered to me "This is the one!" We have an appointment with him tomorrow. He's definitely YSA aged and has an interest so it will be exciting to work with him. We started by explaining the book of Mormon to him. As I'm typing I'm receiving the revelation that that's what we need to start with and introduce. I'm really coming to understand the power behind that book. It's magnificent.
Overall this week was pretty great. It was full of adventure. I gotta go. Keep moving forward!!!!
The picture attached we were working on the Blinn Board and I needed a break. SOO I drew Sis Pugh in a field of Texas Bluebonnets and wild flowers. Gotta say that it's the best :)
--Sister Carling
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