"At first sin fascinates, then it assassinates"

Stake conference was this week. We drove down to Tifton both Saturday night and Sunday morning. We were edified and uplifted. Elder Sitati has quite the personality. He had a question and answer session Saturday night. He would spend 10 minutes on ONE question when he felt it necessary. How amazing! He wanted to do his best to uplift and encourage us in any way possible. It was wonderful to feel his love and the love from the 12 and the Presidency. The theme of Stake conference was "Accepting the Call." Are we ready to receive the call from the Lord? When we prepare, act upon spiritual promptings, and obediently endure to the end...we will see the miracle of the Lord qualifying whom He has called. 

This week we saw a miracle with a lady named Barbara. We had been trying to teach her daughter for quite some time but without too much success. This week, we were able to discuss with her mother the restoration. When we got to the part about Joseph Smith and the first vision, we asked her how she felt. She said, "I'm warm all over and tingly. It's like it just goes from my head to my feet." She then told us, "Yes, I  know it is true." She accepted the 'soft' baptismal commitment we then extended. We are so excited for her and keep her in our prayers.

Tender mercies and funny moments:

1-We were trying to contact this man. He was going inside with his dog. His dog (who must have been feeling the spirit ;) ) Got loose and came running towards us. Don't worry...the dog was nice. That way the man HAD to talk to us. Miracle! :D 

2-We had dinner with the Hills. An amazing couple! I love them and would adopt them in a heartbeat. 

3-We drove significantly farther than expected to try contacting a less active member. When we saw the "Welcome to Erwin County" sign we knew we had gone much too far seeing as how we were then out of our area. oops :/ We promptly turned around :D

4-One of our less active member's son was able to receive a blessing of healing after a heart surgery. The experience was a tender one in which their faith was strengthened and we were able to teach her grandchildren the importance of the priesthood power and how it has been restored on the earth TODAY!

5-After a really hard visit with a less active lady (she's going through a lot and we're not sure how to help her), her spirits were lifted and we ended on an uplifting note. As we were leaving, we (as is often here) got on the topic of how scary the world is and how dangerous it is here. She then said, "you know what, I can get you some Mace!" Apparently she knows people. It was such a funny outburst, it made us laugh. We told her that was sweet of her...who knows, maybe we'll actually end up with some :D

6-While having a lesson and reading 2 Nephi 31 with an investigator, an outrageous thunderstorm showed up and knocked all the lights and ac out (8:45 at night). We continued trying to read, but then our investigator (she can go from topic a to z in a matter of 2 seconds) started talking about her belief in paranormals. Ha. So we were basically listening to ghost stories in the dark by candle light sitting in a trailer out in the country/boonies. We quickly shifted the topic to Joshua 1:9 "Be of good courage, be not afraid...for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest." Scripture power!

Lastly---> We just had our second interview with President Grayson. Such a wonderful couple. Here is a picture of us with Sister Grayson. Love you all!!

Be safe and spread the gospel!

-Sister Brown