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This week we have been given extra strength. We have been blessed to see tender mercies as we push on even when our energy runs low. It only gets hotter here.. and it's not even August. I don't mind the heat, but it has a tendency to make us more tired than usual. I've heard, however, that it seems many of you back home are also going through a bit of a heat wave. So my advice for you is to drink water!! And be diligent so the Lord can bless you :D
After one particularly hot afternoon, we had to change our plans around a bit and decided to look up some potential investigators who had been contacted by other missionaries in the past. Well, as we were driving to one of the houses, another house in the corner of my eye caught my attention. I had shrugged off a similar thought earlier that day, but realized after that it could have most definitely been a whisper from the Holy Ghost. I was so disappointed with myself for letting that house slip by that I was not letting this one go! I quickly (safely) turned into the side street we were about to pass. What followed was not a crazy miracle, but it was, without doubt, a tender mercy. We had an edifying conversation with a man who was a lifelong alcoholic but has been alcohol free for a year. We aren't sure if he will show particular interest in the church, but we visited with him about the restoration among other things, and he invited us to come back later.
Yet another tender mercy--Wednesday we were trying to visit with this family that we've been having a really rough time getting to teach all together. We have been able to meet with the mom a few times, but we've really been wanting to teach her and her sons. Well, we went over to their trailer and talked to her boyfriend and sons. He said she was not home but would be on her way soon. He told us to come back in about an hour or so. We were quite disappointed because our schedule wouldn't allow us to go back through that area that day. Well, we were walking away when all of a sudden her boys and her boyfriend frantically run out of the trailer. "Wait!" They yelled "She's at the mailboxes, she'll be here in just a few minutes." First of all, it was the sweetest thing in the world just how excited they were to tell us we could actually come back. Secondly, her boys stayed to listen to the whole lesson that afternoon!! Amazing :D We were so happy we could tell them about the plan of salvation which holds a great deal of importance for them seeing they would be attending a funeral of a friend just a few days later.
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Saturday/Sunday's miracle-- We had one of our less active members we have been working with come to church. She surprised us by texting us the day before asking what time church was. We let her know it was at 11 and that we would love to sit with her. She happily responded that, yes, she will be there. WOW! We were so excited. Getting people to church has been a real difficulty for us as of late. We were overjoyed to have her come, participate in taking the sacrament, and enjoy the renewing strength only the atonement of Jesus Christ can provide for us. Not only that, but she was going to leave right after the first hour. Her little girl made immediate friends with another 3 year old in the ward and actually was really excited to go to primary. Because someone reached out to her daughter (only 3) she, herself, was able to receive additional strength from the last 2 hours.
Funny moment from the week: We had an object lesson with one of our favorite families (I do try to not pick favorites). But we had a lesson on repentance and the sacrament...well we used water, food coloring, and bleach. At the end of the cleansing from the bleach (representing the savior's atonement) one of the boys says, "Can I drink it?" Sister Anderson and I both quickly and urgently said, "NO!" He may have been a bit shocked...ha but we had a good laugh after.
LOVE YALL!
Sister Brown
Sister Brown
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