Ya'll! It's been an awesome
week!! Sister Rohwer and I have had so many amazing experiences that we
have been so overwhelmed. The Lord has given us tender mercy after
tender mercy, and we have been SO grateful for that!!
Valerie
is doing AWESOME. She's sharing the gospel with two of her friends, and
has been such an amazing missionary! Her testimony is so strong, and
she constantly tells us how grateful she is for the gospel, then she
gets teary eyed and says "Go out and find people like me. I want them to
experience the things that I have. You are out here saving lives. Don't
ever give up." We have had some extremely powerful experiences with
her. WE ARE SO PROUD!
Our ADORABLE little investigator,
Jazzanae is getting baptized on February 28th! She is a doll. I have
never met a little girl with a testimony like hers. She's definitely got
an extremely special purpose here on earth in the gospel. We had asked
her how it made her feel to know that we can be with our families
forever, and she responded "It makes me feel proud! I get to be with my
beautiful sisters forever. And when I feel this way it just makes me
want to hug everybody. I'm proud of my family, and my faith, and I love
Jesus." Melted my heart! We are so so excited for her, and she is
ecstatic about getting baptized!
We also got a new
investigator this week, and he is quite the miracle. His sweet wife is a
strong member in our ward, and the cutest little lady in the world.
Archie LOVES to feed the missionaries, but has always been very bold
about not wanting to talk about the gospel with us. (It's been this way
for years, and his home teachers have been trying to work with him for
as long as they've been here in Florida.. which is a where they grew
up.. so a long time.) Well, Mr. Archie wanted to meet Sister Rohwer! So
we set up a time to go over there, and both felt prompted to share a
little gospel message with him. THE SPIRIT WAS SO STRONG. We ended up
setting up another appointment, he came to church that sunday (which was
H U G E), and at the next appointment.... drum roll please... we
invited him to be baptized, and HE ACCEPTED!!!!!!! So yesterday (he was
at church again!!) we asked him how he was feeling about being baptized,
and he was so excited! We set a date for March 14th!! Keep him in your
prayers! We have had the most powerful lessons with him that I've
experienced my whole mission. He is ready for the gospel, and we are SO
happy for him!!
We had a lesson with our new
investigator, Roy. (The bible basher...) and we really focused it on the
Book of Mormon. It was a little frustrating, but I was able to bear
testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith as well as the Book of Mormon, and
I was overwhelmed with the spirit. It really hit me. I am so lucky that
I get to be out here, sharing what I KNOW is true. you can't deny
something that someone knows, and I was able to truly testify with all
my heart about the gospel. We have another appointment with him next
week. :)
This week we also got to go to
Tallahassee to get the lovely Black Boxes put into our cars! (If you
don't know what those are... google them. haha they are a safety device
for our cars that I'm still trying to get used to) but I'm now the
designated driver, and the steward over the car, so that's fun. haha
BUT, it was Zone Conference so we had an AWESOME meeting with a few of
the zones in the mission! I learned SO much, and as always, the spirit
was just so strong. President and Sister Smith have my heart. I'm so
grateful to have them leading this mission! Sister Smith showed us this
video during the conference, and it really touched me. We are all in
battle with the adversary. We know we are going to win, but we have so
much to do before we gain that win.
http://floridatallahasseemissionexperience.blogspot.com/2015/02/training-video.html It was a fun little road trip, and definitely exactly what I needed. :)
Also,
Sister Rohwer has converted me to coconut. Never been a fan until now!
She got a cute package with coconut macaroon cookie mix in it from
Kitchen Kneads and WHOA. I had to REALLY practice my self control.
HEAVEN.
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