What a wonderful week!
This week I gained a stronger testimony of prayer. Prayer totally works people!! It's just so cool to see God answer your prayers. For instance, we had extra time to tract and we wanted to know what street to tract, so we prayed for guidance. Sister Campos and I both thought of different streets so I had a thought to go look at them. We decided to tract the street connecting the 2 different streets we thought of instead, partly because it was super short :) but as we prayed before we got out of the car, I prayed to receive a confirmation that this street was where God wanted us to be at that moment. And when we got to the second to last house, a lady pulled up in her car right when we were at her door step! She proceeded to tell us that she would love to hear the message we had to share and told us the days she is available! I know that that was the confirmation and the answer to our prayers and that that thought I had to drive around and go look at the streets was a prompting so we could see this other street. So cool! Another story of prayer: Sister Campos learned early on her mission that you pray for people to be nice to you before tracting, and it totally works! She prayed that people wouldn't be rude to us and that they'd be nice and even though we got rejected multiple times, they
were all by very nice people and not one was rude to us :) Another!: we were praying for a street and we're looking at a particular neighborhood, but when we came to each other to share our thoughts, we
both said the same street that was in a different neighborhood than the one we were looking at! So we went straight there and tracted the long street for the next hour, hour and a half. The second to last
house was a member that no one has met before, so even though it was almost 8:30, we decided to knock on her door. Well she answers and was so happy to see us! She explained that she only became inactive because she got a job that she works on Sunday's and that she still believes in all the doctrine. We told her about activities for her boys and she was happy and said that they would love to go! So even though we tracted that long street with no potentials, we got in contact with one member that hopefully we will see a lot more now :) Prayer so works!!!
In District meeting this week we talked about taking with everyone that we see, and sometimes that can be a little hard. But because we have these neat little name tags, it makes it a little easier because
people really don't see us as real people. So it's great! It would be a lot harder without the name tag to talk to strangers, because they would be like, "uhhhh why are to talking to me stranger" so it's nice
to have the tag as a little buffer to break the ice, even if we don't start talking about the church right away :) but right after district meeting we felt guilty not talking to some people because it is still
a little awkward even with the tag, but when we did talk to them we didn't regret it! We met some really cool people by talking with everyone :)
Ok, so we teach Jesse, the 8 year old, right? Well he says the funniest things! Sister Campos and I were just laughing so hard throughout the whole lesson. We were just going over everything and
the funniest thing he said was when he was explaining the plan of salvation. He was naming the 3 kingdoms and said that they were "Celestial, terrestrial, ...and... Cholesterol?" But he said it like
"Cholestrial" We were laughing sooooo hard! There were a couple others, but that was the funniest :)
We met with Val again this week, but there were miscommunications and we didn't have another female to sit in with us, so we sat on the front lawn with him and a Ward missionary, brother Drewes. The member we were going to be there with invited brother Drewes instead, and it was by complete inspiration because he was perfect for our lesson, and for Val! Our lesson was about the Book of Mormon, and before we even started the lesson and talked about the Book of Mormon, Brother Drewes shared his conversion story and it was mainly based off the Book of Mormon!! It was perfect! Other things helped me gain a testimony of the inspiration of Brother Drewes' calling and the fact that he was there that night, and it was just perfect :)
So today school started for the kids here in Vegas. A couple days ago one of our investigators, Vanessa called us, asking for help with school supplies and backpacks. So we made a phone call and that phone call led to other phone calls and on Sunday we were given enough backpacks and school supplies for her 3 adopted grandsons! When we arrived last night with everything, it was the greatest site to see those boys be so excited! It was seriously like a mini Christmas. Even the 7th grader had a huge smile and was very appreciative for his new, second hand backpack. It was so wonderful! And that led to more conversation about the church and we are hoping she will come to church with her boys next week :)
I just have continued to see miracles throughout being here on a mission and it is seriously the best thing ever :) I absolutely love being a missionary and I am so great full for the chance I have to be
here and to continue learning and teaching what I love. Thank you all for the prayers, because I know that they are answered and I feel so blessed :)
I love you all! Good luck to all of you who are starting school, no matter what kind or level it may be :)
Sister Brown :)
This week I gained a stronger testimony of prayer. Prayer totally works people!! It's just so cool to see God answer your prayers. For instance, we had extra time to tract and we wanted to know what street to tract, so we prayed for guidance. Sister Campos and I both thought of different streets so I had a thought to go look at them. We decided to tract the street connecting the 2 different streets we thought of instead, partly because it was super short :) but as we prayed before we got out of the car, I prayed to receive a confirmation that this street was where God wanted us to be at that moment. And when we got to the second to last house, a lady pulled up in her car right when we were at her door step! She proceeded to tell us that she would love to hear the message we had to share and told us the days she is available! I know that that was the confirmation and the answer to our prayers and that that thought I had to drive around and go look at the streets was a prompting so we could see this other street. So cool! Another story of prayer: Sister Campos learned early on her mission that you pray for people to be nice to you before tracting, and it totally works! She prayed that people wouldn't be rude to us and that they'd be nice and even though we got rejected multiple times, they
were all by very nice people and not one was rude to us :) Another!: we were praying for a street and we're looking at a particular neighborhood, but when we came to each other to share our thoughts, we
both said the same street that was in a different neighborhood than the one we were looking at! So we went straight there and tracted the long street for the next hour, hour and a half. The second to last
house was a member that no one has met before, so even though it was almost 8:30, we decided to knock on her door. Well she answers and was so happy to see us! She explained that she only became inactive because she got a job that she works on Sunday's and that she still believes in all the doctrine. We told her about activities for her boys and she was happy and said that they would love to go! So even though we tracted that long street with no potentials, we got in contact with one member that hopefully we will see a lot more now :) Prayer so works!!!
In District meeting this week we talked about taking with everyone that we see, and sometimes that can be a little hard. But because we have these neat little name tags, it makes it a little easier because
people really don't see us as real people. So it's great! It would be a lot harder without the name tag to talk to strangers, because they would be like, "uhhhh why are to talking to me stranger" so it's nice
to have the tag as a little buffer to break the ice, even if we don't start talking about the church right away :) but right after district meeting we felt guilty not talking to some people because it is still
a little awkward even with the tag, but when we did talk to them we didn't regret it! We met some really cool people by talking with everyone :)
Ok, so we teach Jesse, the 8 year old, right? Well he says the funniest things! Sister Campos and I were just laughing so hard throughout the whole lesson. We were just going over everything and
the funniest thing he said was when he was explaining the plan of salvation. He was naming the 3 kingdoms and said that they were "Celestial, terrestrial, ...and... Cholesterol?" But he said it like
"Cholestrial" We were laughing sooooo hard! There were a couple others, but that was the funniest :)
We met with Val again this week, but there were miscommunications and we didn't have another female to sit in with us, so we sat on the front lawn with him and a Ward missionary, brother Drewes. The member we were going to be there with invited brother Drewes instead, and it was by complete inspiration because he was perfect for our lesson, and for Val! Our lesson was about the Book of Mormon, and before we even started the lesson and talked about the Book of Mormon, Brother Drewes shared his conversion story and it was mainly based off the Book of Mormon!! It was perfect! Other things helped me gain a testimony of the inspiration of Brother Drewes' calling and the fact that he was there that night, and it was just perfect :)
So today school started for the kids here in Vegas. A couple days ago one of our investigators, Vanessa called us, asking for help with school supplies and backpacks. So we made a phone call and that phone call led to other phone calls and on Sunday we were given enough backpacks and school supplies for her 3 adopted grandsons! When we arrived last night with everything, it was the greatest site to see those boys be so excited! It was seriously like a mini Christmas. Even the 7th grader had a huge smile and was very appreciative for his new, second hand backpack. It was so wonderful! And that led to more conversation about the church and we are hoping she will come to church with her boys next week :)
I just have continued to see miracles throughout being here on a mission and it is seriously the best thing ever :) I absolutely love being a missionary and I am so great full for the chance I have to be
here and to continue learning and teaching what I love. Thank you all for the prayers, because I know that they are answered and I feel so blessed :)
I love you all! Good luck to all of you who are starting school, no matter what kind or level it may be :)
Sister Brown :)
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