Little recap of this week
Jermey got baptized!!!! Best day ever
Taught a person without a Christian background for the first time
Went ham knocking everywhere- found a ton of new friends
Kailyn and Steven accepted a baptism invite!!!
Saw a groundhog literally thought they weren't real
Knocked the ghetto some more
Felt the spirit so strongly
Monday-
p-day we did some pickleball and went thrifting. Found some slaying deals. We helped Christine our friend on date with her bed. Visited sister Tok who is going to teach us how to do Polynesian dancing. Michael broke up with us and I sobbed my entire face off. I was so heartbroken. He went from on date to baptism, to I respect y’all but I'm going to a different church. Heart absolutely shattered, stomach dropped, literally destroyed. Then Sister Jordan found out some bad bad news. Stl’s slept over, and I zonked on the floor at about 12 pm. Woohoo No sleep
Tuesday-
Had a really good lesson with Desiree, bore fat testimony to Michael. Had a little phone lesson with Antwan about the temple and some of Nephi that he was reading. He's awesome. Then we had district council and interviews. It was absolutely everything I needed. President is my favorite. He told me, and I quote, “ I'm trying to figure out how to say this, don't take it the wrong way, but take a chill pill…..” I could not keep back my gasp laugh. Never did I think my mission president would say that lol. Apparently he has never told anyone that before. He is a bold man of God. I appreciate it. We had a really good talk, then we had dinner with the Perry's. They are the most precious people ever. I love them so much.
Wednesday-
We grinded today. Call, texts, teachings, you name it. We knocked our hearts out and found some absolutely precious people. Some real gems. One man was named Clem and he looked like an angry white man that would bash, but I invited him anyway, and he turned out to be the sweetest ever. We sniped about 4 people out of the car in about 7 minutes. That's my favorite type of finding. Then we knocked into Birttany, and oh my do I LOVE her. She invited us in and we talked for an hour!! Yes that's super long, but it was so, so good. She has been prepared by God. She is a diamond. Literally bomb. We did some service for Christine again. We tore up her broken bed. Taught Mike, Michele and Rodney and it was absolutely precious. We talked about the temple and the spirit was so strong and the room dead silent.
Thursday-
went ham messaging and calling people. Did a deep companion study. Went absolutely ham knocking and found some cuties. Taught Tiffany, and it was absolutely a treat. We had some really good discussions and she is so devoted. We had our Book of Mormon study class which is always amazing. It really brings the spirit into my night and our friends absolutely LOVE it. One of our cute friends texted and said that night she had already finished the Homework, and can I keep reading??? Como??? Of course queen!!! Literally a hidden gem.
Friday-
Absolutely destroyed today
The amount of lessons we had and messaging we did was unreal. Taught a Napoli guy, interesting lesson. Hardest Lesson for sure. We checked in on Jeremy, and he is all set for tomorrow. For weekly planning we set in a baptism update. Well our ward missionary Absolutely ripped into us, and accused us of putting people on date to brag. It was unbelievable, and our Mission President, AP’s, President Jackson all had to get involved. Our ward mission leader does not want any of our friends to be baptized, and is super against the baptismal requirements which have been set by prophets. Hmmm. Yeah they seem to think the ward won't be able to fellowship new friends. Anywho wild stuff, but luckily our top dog people got involved quickly and approached him nicely, but also very sternly. Anywho enough of that. We went crazy knocking and found some of the cutest people ever. We visited our friend Carlos who is an absolute gem. Our schedule at the end of the day was nuts.
Saturday-
Jeremy's baptism!!!!!!!
Started off with a wild time at our friends lucky house. There were about 12 Nigerian men, poor chaos. Lucky is so awesome, and we had a really good, but super all over the place lesson. People calling him, roommates needing things, a quick gas station trip for a phone charger. Ya know just the usual. Well that was at 9 am so we went back home for personal study and then headed to a lesson with a referral named miles. Well he was absolutely the sweetest man ever. He is going to be so fun to teach.
Well then we found out the ward had no adult baptismal suits so we called the Spanish elders and drove to their church, broke in, and returned with a baptismal suit!!! Satan can not win.
We then had a call with President Jackson and our ward missionary leader. Well, lets just say I threw in a little testimony about the love I have for the work, my why for being on a mission, sprinkled with the lord set baptismal requirements in D&C, sprinkled with this is about souls not numbers. President Jackson absolutely slayed and put the man in his place so kindly, and kindly explained everything to him. I allowed myself to be a Lil offended and realized I needed to repent and forgive this man. Well I moved on quickly and went to fill the font why we did companion study and calls. Then Jeremy's day came!!! He showed up looking so so precious. He was early so we sat down with our District leader and read Mosiah 18 with Jeremy why all the other missionaries goofed off. Jeremy was so calm and so happy, such a complete difference in him. His baptism was absolutely amazing. The spirit was so strong. Reatha our friend came, and just sobbed saying I know God is here right now. She was absolutely correct. She is so excited for her upcoming baptism. Jeremy came out of the water, a literal cloud 9 gem. A new creature in Christ. My eyes might have leaked a little. Despite there being only 3 ward members come, it was absolutely perfect. The spirit was clearly present. A tender unforgettable day. He is so excited about the temple. We ended the night with Mexican ice cream which is divine, calls, and a zone prayer for all our friends.
Then the Aps called and were so nice and gave us a pep talk. God is so good. Satan might be working hard, but we are working harder, and faster. We will crush him. My all time favorite thing I've seen in Jeremy is his love for the Book of Mormon. He finished the entire book and is almost through it for the second time. He loves it, he absolutely cherishes it. He is a great example to me. It's been unbelievably to see him going from angry, jumpy, unfocused, to completely calm, filled with peace, loving, and absolutely filled with the light of Christ.
I can testify, this is Christ's church restored back on the earth today. He is working through each and every single one of us. He will never give up, he will never turn his back on us. His plan is perfect, and can not fail. We will overcome all things because Christ overcame it all first. We all can become new creatures in and because of Jesus Christ, our loving Savior. He came for me, and for you, he came for the Father. Humbly submit your will to the father and watch the miracles come.
Sunday-
Kailyn??? Lucky???? Ysa???
Okay, okay soooo Jeremy, Mike, Rodney, Antwan, and Kailyn came to church! We split up and I sat with Jeremy. He got confirmed, and It was absolutely precious. He just glows. Church was unbelievably good today. We then went to the YSA and our friend Lucky came!!! The YSA was so good about greeting him, and making him feel good. It was really cool. The talks were so directly perfect for him and his needs. We had personal study and It was beautiful. It was perfectly tailored to what Kailyn needs. I got done with it all and felt so ready to teach her! Well we went to the church, and Kailyn and our member Sister Hardy came. We had a really good lesson and Kailyn accepted a baptism invite!!!! Wohooo. She's basically a member at this point, she's come to church 11 times. We did some calls and then attended an Easter concert at the church.
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