Hey y'all!
It has been a busy week full of miracles here in the Fairfield
ward. We basically had everything from exchanges to awesome member
miracles to movies to teaching nearly all of our investigators at least once
(we only missed Honorio who was still out of town), it was a crazy busy
week. We had one day where we didn't do anything except rush from
appointment to appointment to appointment... it was the best thing ever. :)
We taught Alice twice this week, and she committed to baptism!
November 1st will be a wonderful day. :) She came to all three hours of
church and although she couldn't hear very well she started tearing up during
fast and testimony meeting and loved how so many of the members took an
interest in her. I don't think I've ever met someone so sensitive to the
spirit - she is so prepared, and we love teaching her!
One of our ward members, Sister LeBlanc, had an awesome member
missionary miracle this week. We went out to eat Monday night with her and her
family, and for some reason or another we had a lot of problems with our order.
But our waitress was so helpful in working through everything with us, and when
we were in the car leaving Sister LeBlanc turned to us and said, "Do you
have a Book of Mormon with you? We need to go give her a Book of Mormon."
Of course we had one with us, and she wrote her testimony in it and ran back
inside and gave it to our waitress. When she got back in the car she exclaimed,
"I love doing that! I love the feeling I get!" It was amazing -
and it goes to show that it's not only missionaries that can feel the spirit of
missionary work - members can feel it too. :)
We also met with Colin - we pushed his baptismal date back to
October 25th so he could be baptized with some of the other primary kids.
We're still trying to get the family to come out to church more consistently...
hopefully they'll watch some of conference this week (we're trying to work out
a session that we could come watch it with them) and come to church with us
next week.
Jamie is doing well. She's still praying for her answer on
whether or not the Book of Mormon is true, and she keeps telling us that she
feels like it's good, and so it won't hurt her if she studies it. We're
trying to help her realize that that might be her answer. She's super
sweet, and we love visiting her. We're hoping to watch some of conference
with her, too. :)
We saw Melody and Chris this week too, and right now they are a bit
frustrated... they feel like they are kind of in limbo while certain
circumstances make it hard for them to get married. But they are still strong
in their decision to take a leap of faith at the beginning of the year and get
married so Chris can be baptized soon after that. :) He already refers to
himself as LDS to anyone that asks. They are so strong in their
testimonies, and I admire their faith. Yesterday Chris came to church
without Melody and stayed for all 3 hours. He was initially planning on
just staying for Sacrament Meeting, but ended up staying for all of it and said
that he was so glad he stayed - that he really needed it this week. I'm
so glad that he's starting to gain a testimony of church attendance!
We also were able to meet with Jacob and Mayra, who we haven't seen
in a while. Jacob is really struggling with having lost his job, but they
recognize that Satan is trying to keep them from coming back to church by
placing all these obstacles in their path. We shared the Mormon Message
"Lifting Burdens" with them and encouraged them to remember their
Savior in their time of trial. They were able to come to sacrament
meeting yesterday, and it was great to see them there.
I don't know if I've ever told you about John, but he's another
investigator that we have here. His wife Sina is a member, and John has
been investigating for a LONG time. I've only met him twice, and this week
we were able to actually sit down and have a lesson with them. We decided
to start over and teach the first powerful lesson - the restoration - and it
went really well. The spirit was so strong and John told us that he would
actually read and pray and ask God if it's true. He already thinks that
it is true, but he hasn't had the courage to ask God the question up until this
point. We're so excited to work with him as he seems like he is finally
ready to spiritually progress!
As a mission we got to see the movie Meet the Mormons before it
comes out in theaters. And I would encourage EVERYONE to go see it - it
is amazing. :) Although it was a bit weird to be sitting down... watching
a move... for an hour and a half... Something about being on a mission for over
a year has made it so I get a little fidgety when I sit down with nothing to
do. But I wasn't the only missionary feeling that way! haha. :)
But the movie was great - we laughed, and we cried, and it was
great. Seriously - go watch it when you have the chance. :)
And we also went on exchanges this week - I got to go with Sister
Meyers to the Singles Ward. And I met a sister there that my cousin Alex
had helped to reactivate while he was serving in this mission - Amanda
Allred! So tell Alex that she says hi. :) It never ceases to amaze
me how open young single adults are to the gospel - we went to a college campus
to do some contacting and to invite people to church and activities and FHE and
institute and LDSSA... I guess it doesn't hurt that the singles ward has so
many things to invite people too... but most of the people we talked to were at
least interested in coming to some activities. I suppose that's an age
where people are naturally looking for truth, and for friends, so social activities
from our church help to draw people in. :)
Of course the General Women's Meeting was amazing, and it made me SO
excited for General Conference. And it made me want to go to the Temple
again. I love being reminded of the covenants we make in the temple, and
of the love that our Heavenly Father has for each of His children. I love
being a member of this church, and having the opportunity to share the truth
that I have with other people. I love feeling the love that our Heavenly
Father has for the people I teach. And I love getting to share that with
others! In short - I love being a missionary. :) And I love y'all,
and I hope you have a great week!
Sister Ririe
Romans 8:2
"Satan would rather that you define yourself by your sins
instead of your divine potential. ... Don’t listen to him." - President
Uchtdorf
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