We started the week off with a 48 hour exchange. We drove to Buffalo and I dropped off Elder Beardall and Elder Jaynes, they stayed in Buffalo for the next 2 days. I brought Elder Lawrenz back to Gates with me. It was great time! Full of miracles. We found some wonderful people. Right after we exchanged back Wednesday night, Thursday morning we exchanges again with the Rochester Spanish Elders. Elder Winward from Preston,ID came with Elder Jaynes and I. We had a great time! We received a media referral named Dominic, he had met missionaries and they read him part of the Book of Mormon and stirred in his mind. He prayed and went to mormon.org and request a book and missionaries. We met him and taught him the restoration and he connected with the first vision. After we shared it with him he cut us off holding his arm in the air "I totally just got the chills" gave us a great opportunity to testify of the spirit and it's power to bring us to truth. We then passed him off to the YSA Elders. It was so great! We saw Dominic a couple days later and he had read 500 pages of the Book of Mormon!
Being able to participate in all these exchanges has humbled me. As I have been able to help other missionaries, encourage them to do their best, the spirit of Christ is always present and very powerful. I'm grateful for the opportunity I've had to serve among "strippling warriors".
We have worked really hard in this area and have set the vision to baptize weekly in the coming months. It has the potential and we are seeing God bring forth the elect to make that vision happen. Last night while out and about we were working hard and trying to talk to everyone but the place we were at... no one was out and no one was answering. So, we decided to go contact a referral. Turned out the referral wasn't in our area. We prayed seeking guidance from God on what we should do. We felt we should go to Sister Darlene Baker. We drove over and began talking to people in the parking lot. We were talking to this big group of wasted people. I felt as if there was someone there that needed what we had. I saw this lady walking across the parking lot and felt that I had to talk to her. She went around the corner... I felt I let God down. As we walked to Sister Baker's we saw her again!! We talked with her, she is expecting a baby in November and wants to change her life. She invited us in her apartment. We taught her and her mother about the Book of Mormon and read a passage to help them overcome their needs. The spirit was evident and they are now on date for the 15th of September! I'm grateful, God is the director behind this great work.
Elder Bennett of the seventy spoke in our sacrament meeting! It was great! He changed my life in October of 2017. It was great to see him again. I also had the opportunity to ordain and give the priesthood to Brother Charlie Kline. Cool experience.
Things I've learned on my mission:
1. The worth of my soul and all souls is great in the sight of God.
2. The gospel is essential for happiness
3. Trusting in the Lord, takes care of the problems (Proverbs 3:5-6)
4. You can never glory too much in the Lord
5. Obedience, it's essential (not to rationalize)
6. Faith is an action of commitment.
7. Faith is a power that can cause things to happen that need to happen.
8. Repentance is always a positive action.
9. Sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heaven
10. The Lord is constantly laboring in the world and our personal "vineyards".
Love,
Elder Judy
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