Eventful Week and Miracles

This week has been super busy. On Wednesday Elder and Sister Ritchie came again to teach our zone and Elder Ritchie invited us to make a missionary constitution so I have been working on that. I finally decided the values that I want to possess (work hard on accomplishing) by the end of my mission and now I have to write them in paragraph form.

On Friday we had a half mission conference. Elder Larry Echo Hawk, a general authority from the church who is Aponi Indian, came and spoke to us. He told us his conversion story and it was so amazing. It really boosted my confidence. It was so amazing. I am so grateful that Heavenly Father allows for us to have trials in life so that we can learn from them and become stronger.

We got four new investigators this week! We finally had a set down lesson with a family that we have been checking on for months. They are friends of a family in the ward who just moved out. The wife Barbara wants this for her family but her husband, Randy, does not believe in organized religion but wants to learn more.

On Saturday we met a former investigator named Linda. She is from China and recently became Christian. She is so wonderful but also wants her family to learn as well but her husband is not very interested either (trial of this area getting both spouses to want to meet with us). Later on we met the best person ever! His name is Ravi and he is from India. He moved her seven years ago and converted to Christianity from Hinduism. He asked us some thought provoking questions that just was so great. He asked about the significance of baptism when Christ already died for our sins. He asked about the similarities between Hinduism and the Bible. We answered his questions and he said that he wants to continue to meet with us and he wants to know more about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. Unfortunately he is in his twenties and single so we have to pass him to the single’s ward. But he will be a great addition to the ward.

This week we have been praying a lot about how to get into members’ homes. We have been trying to set up appointments with members so that we can teach them and see if they have received revelation on how we can help but at that time we had only met with 3 members. Saturday we had to finish weekly planning in the car outside of Walgreens because our house was too far away and we had an appointment by where we were.  We said a prayer to get help from the ward. And the next day, Sunday, at church our Stake President called us up to the stand and then he said that he was going into Walgreens the other day to pick up prescriptions and parked next to a car and saw us with our heads bowed in prayer. He waited and then decided to go into the store. He knew by the power of God what we were asking Heavenly Father to help us with. He invited us to bear our testimonies. He then bore his testimony of missionary work and invited the congregation to allow for us to enter into their homes and also to entrust us with their friends. It was awesome! After that we got 10 appointments set-up from members and four members told us to come to their house that day!

Heavenly Father puts us into places for a reason. Had we not decided to weekly plan in the Walgreens’ parking lot and had President decided not to go to Walgreen’s we would not have met. Had we not prayed about member work he would not have discerned our needs. Heavenly Father gives leaders the ability to discern needs. We did not tell him what we were praying for but our hearts were drawn out in prayer for this area and for our members and He allowed President to know that. This is the Lord’s work!

Sincerely, 
Sister Diamond Evans

Alma 18:18