Miracle Investigator!!!!
Oh what a crazy week it has been!!! We had a huge
miracle moment though! Wednesday was our exchanges with the STLs! Always
fun! I actually got to leave my area this time and go work in there
area. So as we were working we got a text from the zone leaders.
(Whenever someone accepts a specific day for baptism, we send the text
to the zone leaders with some catchy like "Tommy wants to be like Christ
and get baptized! #9yearoldbaptisms")
That said "Logan wants to be baptized on Dec 15!! #soprepared
#exchangemiracles #NorthPadreIsland" Needless to say, I was stoked and
so proud of Sister Diaz!! haha it was sister diaz and sister kreis
working the island at the time! So the next day I got to meet logan and
we talked to him about the doctrine of Christ, had a lesson again on
Friday, then he came to church sunday!!! He's a super cool guy! He just
moved in with his parents about 5 months ago and is currently working at
a bar(we are gonna find him a new job!)
We had a super awesome moment with him though. He came to the
singles branch and the branch president lives in our area, so he gave
him a ride! But he had to come an hour early. So we decided to give him a
tour of the church and talk about the sacrament. as we read through the
sacrament prayers, we had Logan read the prayer for the water. After
words I felt like I should let him know that although the prayer says
"wine" we use water. and he said that makes sense because of underage
kids in the congregation... then we explained a little bit about the
word of wisdom and how we don't drink at all and he told us that he
really wants to quit smoking and drinking. Fast forward to after
church!!!
He was feeling a little anxious after church so we asked what was
up and he mentioned he didn't bring any cigarettes with him and that it
had been 4 hours since he had one. We asked if he'd like a blessing and
one of the elders explained what it was. Immediately he said "oh yeah! I
definitely need one of those so I can quit smoking!" so actually a
member of the ward gave him a blessing, then gave him a ride home! He is
a super awesome investigator! We have another appointment with him
tomorrow and we are excited to go and see where he is at in his Book of
Mormon reading.
Finding Logan has been an awesome tender mercy of the
Lord! Sister Diaz and I have really been struggling for the past little
while with our area. Especially when people who don't understand the
area kept telling us we weren't doing enough or kept giving us
suggestions of things we were already trying... It was an awesome
feeling to have someone at church that really wants to know and is doing
what he needs to in order to understand God's plan for him! It also
felt good to have some visible proof of the hardwork we are putting in
to our area! We have high hopes for this next transfer together and hope
to see lots of miracles!!
Oh by the way! Transfers are tomorrow! Sister Diaz and I
will be getting a third transfer together here on the island! We've
been told its going to be cooling down a lot too... we rode the bikes in
sweaters and tights this last week and froze! Man... 50 degrees just
isn't warm at all when you are used to a good 80-90....
Ah well! I know its all up to the Lord and for sure he is going to
make things work according to HIS plan. No matter how smart, hard
working, or bold we think we are, if its not in His time, it wont work! A
hard lesson to learn and swallow... but very true! I hope all is well
in your homes and families and you are diligently searching the
scriptures for help! I've taught sister Diaz how to enjoy the scriptures
in English and put the stories in context she can relate to... this
last week we made the lamanites look like Orcs (Lord of the Rings) when
they were attacking the Anti-Nephi-Lehites (: Lots of fun! Love you all!
The church is true!
Hermana Nielson
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