Well! This week has been a whirlwind, to say the least. I love, love, love being a missionary. When I checked my email today, I found out that Gary, one of my investigators from Pasco, is getting baptized!
[Here she inserted a bunch of emojis that of course Blogger can't do.]
His wife is a member, and I just remember being so grateful for the Spirit in guiding us to talk with the bishop, who counseled us to go and visit Gary's wife, and the way it guided us in our lessons with him while we were there. The Lord is merciful and truly sets forth his miracles in his own time! Alma 13:24 stands out to me in light of the news of today...
For behold, angels are declaring it unto many at this time in our land; and this is for the purpose of preparing the hearts of the children of men to receive his word at the time of his coming in his glory.Truly the Lord is preparing the hearts of his children for this marvelous message. My heart is full! :)
In other news, this week has been a good one. My dear companion goes home this week! It's bittersweet, but I know she'll be great at home and will so love to be with her family.
We met eight people this week who agreed to let us come back and teach them more. It's always so exciting to act on promptings you receive to talk to people and to see those bring success. One of those was a man named Ed. He was working on his car, and that's normally a really awkward situation to just go up and talk to someone, but the Lord strengthened us and we talked to Ed for about an hour about Christianity and the Book of Mormon. He said he had read the Book of Mormon before and we invited him to read it again. He accepted our copy and agreed to meet with us this week. We went by a few days ago and confirmed our appointment. :)
Another of those was a referral from LDS.org. When we got the Ash family's house, apparently they hadn't even requested a Bible and Book of Mormon, but they were gracious enough to let us sit down. They asked a lot of questions about what we believed, we answered a lot of questions about the Book of Mormon as a testament, modern prophets, and invited them to come to know of its truth for themselves. They agreed to read from the Book of Mormon (and told us on the phone today that they'd been reading it!) and, though they cancelled our appointment for tomorrow, they agreed to reschedule with the new sisters. And we got a free watermelon from them! So all these things are good!
Speaking of the new sisters, our mission is getting 29 new missionaries tomorrow! Let's just say that's more than we have leaving, and our newly divided little mission has been creating new areas for all the people who'll be coming in. Walla Walla 1st and 3rd wards, which we're currently covering, will be divided. The 1st Ward will be getting a new set of sisters, and me and my new companion— fresh from the MTC— will be in the Walla Walla 3rd Ward.
Yeah, you read that right. Sister Nielsen is training this transfer. Watch out, Washington. I am humbled and excited for the opportunity! I know the Lord sees so much potential in me, and has definitely prepared me for it this transfer. I know the Lord will help me, and her, to be successful and to learn and grow from each other. It's gonna be good, I know it!
That's about all I have time for this week. The Gospel is SO TRUE! It's such great news. I LOVE IT.
~Sister Nielsen
Pictures!
This is from exchanges last week. Sister Johnson is a super qualified sister training leader. It was so great to be her companion.
Sister Brinker and me out to lunch at my favorite sandwich place, Graze
Sister Brinker and me with Sister Anderson, our favorite 1st Ward adventurer :)
Sister Allred, Sister Brinker, me, and Sister Johnson in Pendelton, Oregon, getting our companions back. :) (Sister Allred and Sister Johnson are our sister training leaders and are actually training different sisters who are not pictured.)
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