Hello President!
How are you this week? This week has been kind of a disappointing one for us, because our IBD, Sister Arlyn Gayo, didn’t come to church again and can’t be baptized as we had planned on the 18th. Sister Asug was especially bummed, but I guess if she hadn’t come to church for two weeks she wasn’t ready to be baptized and it’s better to have no baptism at all than to have a baptism where someone doesn’t understand the commitment they will be making. We will continue to work with her and see what we can do. As for miracles, we have seen quite a few this week. We have been a little low on investigators, so we decided to go tracting one day. I had been praying really hard that morning for Heavenly Father to help me find those who would be ready for the gospel, and I was really hoping for a miracle. So we went out, and taught a couple lessons, and as we were heading back to the meetinghouse to eat our lunch, I had glanced at a house and for some reason it really stood out in my mind that I should go there. It happened again with one other house. So after we ate we went to them. At the first house I saw, our ward member hesitated and said that he didn’t think those people were ready for the gospel but I REALLY wanted to try! So we stopped in; I didn’t really know what to say at all but I just felt like I should testify of the love of Heavenly Father for them (it was a husband and a wife). I felt really awkward actually haha but then the husband had a lot of questions that we actually didn’t even have time to answer and so we made an appointment for Friday. The second house that I saw was one of the most powerful lessons of my mission. This lady always actually waves at us and this time we almost passed by, but I couldn’t let that prompting go. So we stopped and talked to her. Her name is Dolores. Her husband just barely died in August. We started to share to her about the Plan of Salvation, and when we started to talk about our purpose in life, and how we should always be ready, and she started crying and talking about how none of them expected her husband to die and she knows that he’s with the Lord but it still hurts. At that exact moment, one of the strongest members of our relief society came walking down the road and joined our lesson. Her husband also died, and she was sealed to him in the temple. She is also lifelong friends with Sister Dolores. They hugged, and Sister Dolores cried, and after that we were able to teach about what happens after this life. Sister Clarita bore her testimony about families being together forever, and it was just beautiful. We have an appointment with her this Wednesday, and of course Sister Clarita is going to come too. I am so glad that I didn’t ignore that prompting from the Holy Ghost. I have also realized more than ever how much I need to let Heavenly Father run our area. I could look forever and not find those He has prepared. Only He knows. Only He can make miracles like that happen. That’s what my General Conference goal is: Not to try and do things by myself. It’s so silly that I always do that, but everything is so much easier once you give it up to Him.
Well, this email is REALLY long, so I am going to end it. Thanks President! Have a good week!
Love, Sister Sprouse
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