One morning, after exersize, I was reading the Ensign and realized my aunt and uncle, Dave and Denae, are famous! :)
Huzzah!
Whew! What a week, what a week!
We had a miracle lesson with two of our investigators, Kevin and Caleb. They're brothers, 17 and 21, and we'd considered dropping them. We went to what we faithlessly believed was our last lesson with them. Kevin was outside - after the usual pleasantries, we asked how he was doing. He literally used the wording, "I'm progressing"! :) This is funny because that is the terminology that missionaries use for investigators that are keeping commitments. He and Caleb both read the introduction just like we'd asked, and prayed about it! They told us they would keep reading and praying to find their answer, and agreed to come to a church tour. During the lesson Caleb actually wanted to share a scripture with US that he'd found - it was amazing!
The miracle continues - the member who accompanied us on the church tour, Hermana Medina, was actually perfect fellowship for them! She's got a daughter on a mission, so the first thing she pointed out to them when we got inside the church building was her daughter's plaque. Kevin pointed to the picture and said, "I know her!" ... you know her? "Yeah! She was on the swim team with me in school." It's awesome to see how Heavenly Father had put Karla in Kevin's path so he could make that connection.
As we walked around the building, Hermana Medina added a lot of helpful stuff - like talking about seminary, explaining the tithing slips, and so on. There was actually a sister working in the family history center, so we went in and she told Kevin and Caleb to take a pedigree chart and fill it out! :)
We ended the tour in the chapel, where we had our lesson, the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Now, if this were a church movie, I would tell you they both cried and asked to be baptized and were at church the next day. But this is the unedited version of a church movie - so even though we showed them the baptismal font and invited HARD-CORE to baptism, they both didn't feel ready, although they both admitted that they felt the Spirit while we were in there. They also slept in, so they weren't able to make it to church yesterday. But I have faith that Kevin and Caleb will come unto Christ sooner or later! Because Heavenly Father is calling them - so they're bound to hear it.
We were asked to sing a funeral on Wednesday. I honestly don't remember that last time I went to a funeral, but there was one amazing missionary there.
For a little background, the woman who had died was baptized about 30-35 years ago. She lived alone for much of that time, but she always had visiting and home teachers to visit her. So this short, blond-haired, older man gets up to speak; he introduced himself as the missionary that baptized her, Elder Ludvig. He told us that he would call her every other week just to see how she was. His voice got very emotional when he spoke of her good qualities, her good life. The Spirit was so strong - I sat back in the pew and thought, "Wow. I wish I could be a missionary like that!" It motivated me to care more, love more, and write more of the people I've worked with. He was truly a consecrated missionary.
Another miracle happened on Thursday. We were lost (which does not happen often, I assure you) and tired. It was about 4:30, and we hadn't brought our bikes, so we were on feet. After some internal murmuring and lame(an)ness, we decided to knock on the door of the lady's house whom we'd stopped in front of. She not only let us in, she offered us food and water, an now she's a new investigator! She loves household projects - she remodeled the kitchen with her husband - so she'd be an awesome ward service project coordinator. :) Missionaries came to her house once 6 YEARS AGO and she still remembers! Miracles!
We found an Investigator this week named Janae. She is so cute! She's 14, and very excited to learn about the Gospel. She agreed to read the Book of Mormon and pray about it - so golden!
Miracles, everyday!
Love,
Hermana Smurthwaite
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