Hey Family/ Everyone,
How is everyone? How is the ward? How are the missionaries
doing in Gilbert? Working hard I hope! It sounds like everyone has been having
a pretty good week which is wonderful!!! I am so happy to hear that!
So onto the good stuff- haha kidding! :D So this week has
been full of door knocking and eating! Sis. Hunt and I have been working hard
on trying to find new investigators. We are finding that there are many
different churches here and Mt. Pleasant which is great, but the people aren't
too open about talking with us. We actually have made up a song to door
knocking. It is called One Door More and it is to the tune of One Day More from
Les Mis which is pretty awesome! We've actually made multiple songs! So we've
actually had so great experiences this week.
We contacted a man named Ola and he is from Nigeria. One
thing awesome about contacting on a campus you meet people from everywhere!!
Okay so we actually had a lesson with him on Friday it started really well,
until we got to the BoM. He is very faithful to the Bible. He is gone for 2
weeks which will take a tool but we encouraged him to read just a verse a day
from the BoM and pray about it. Now it is up to him and his agency and up to us
to pray!
Next story! Sis. Hunt and I have set aside like 5 hours of
door knocking and we had picked out roads to work on. We started knocking and
it didn't feel right so we went back to the car and prayed. We felt like we
should go to another street called Broadway! On Broadway we meet Alison
who is 19 and very faithful to her church but actually did a paper on Mormons
in high school. She had so many questions it was great. After meeting Alison we
felt like we shouldn't be on Broadway so we went back and prayed again, but we
then felt we needed to go the different direction on Broadway. We listened and
at this point the spirit was really guiding us. We walked all the way down
Broadway and then there was a man working on a old fashioned car. This car is
86 years old and it is totally awesome. He has been working on it since he was
11. Okay so we started talking to him and getting to know him a bit. He just
stopped drinking and he doesn't know why he is still here in Mt. Pleasant. He
has been asking himself lately what is his purpose and all this stuff. We
talked to him for about an hour and a half! We taught him about prayer and we
gave him the plan of salvation pamphlet to read. Also crazy he lived in Utah
for 5 years and attended church all 5 years but was never baptized. He says LDS
people are the nicest people he has known. We felt like he is just so prepared
and we are so excited to teach him more and answer his questions. We have an
appointment on Wednesday so we're getting ready for that.
Well that's the really exciting stuff that happened this
week. We are looking forward to this week and meeting more people and finding
those people who God has prepared! I love missionary work it is so amazing and
such a blessing. I have learned so much and I learn more everyday. I am so
grateful to have been called on a mission! I know this will strengthen my
future family and my future self. So I'm going to leave you with another
challenge! :D Read your scriptures, just a verse a day will make a huge
difference! The BoM is great and can answer all your questions. I love studying
the scriptures and studying with Sis. Hunt. It is so great to learn from one
another. I love you all so much! Keep working hard and remember every member is
a missionary!!!!
Love Always,
Sister Smith
