This was a week of miracles! Or rather a week that we were able to SEE the miracles and success that come from our work. :)
We had been praying for a less active named Angie, and I hadn't been able to meet her yet. But we had been praying that when we got to meet with her that she would be prepared to receive our message. We thought we meant that she would be in the right mind set, that she would be happy and willing to meet with us, but the Lord took it many steps further! We finally got to meet with her on Thursday night and we were about to start a lesson when she told us of a plan that she had. She had a plan to set aside 15 minutes every morning to read her scriptures and pray to Heavenly Father, and she asked us to remind her every morning and to keep her accountable... What!? God not only put her in the right mind set but he taught her the lesson before we were able to get to it! That morning during my personal studies I was reading 2 Nephi 2 and I came across the verse that says, "And my father dwelt in a tent" and I have always just connected that verse in my head with another very short verse of scripture in John. So I decided I would turn to John 11 and read the story of Lazarus. And I remembered once that I was talking to someone about this chapter and the significance of verse 35. Why was Jesus weeping? He knew that He was going to raise Lazarus, He knew he wasn't really gone. But He saw Mary and Martha crying and HE was upset because THEY were upset. And I thought of Angie, I hadn't even met her yet but I thought that she needed to hear this. And so we came up with a lesson plan to teach her about Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ's love for her and invite her to read her scriptures and pray so that she could show them her love in return. Looks like God had the same lesson plan in mind! I love that God has a plan for His children and I am just so grateful that I get to go along for the ride!
In our area we are extremely lucky if we get 1 lesson in a day. But on Saturday we got 6! I still don't have an explanation for it besides the Spirit! I tried my hardest to have the courage just to open my mouth, and people listened!
We were sitting in Relief Society on Sunday and one of the sign language interpreters had left, and the other was in charge of conducting. She was about to try speaking and signing at the same time... And suddenly I was sitting in a chair that I don't remember walking to, and I was interpreting the announcements in Relief Society. I suppose it was the Spirit that got me to stand up and do this, because I know that it was not a decision my brain made! And I was thinking about it afterwards and I'm happy I was able to do that, for so many reasons, and I'm happy that I didn't have time to think about it beforehand because I know myself too well and I know I wouldn't have done it!
We are a Facebook mission (I'm not yet but Sister Kovac is) and so we post every few days and we really struggle with our posts because we try to make them too perfect! But he other day it just worked. It clicked what we needed to say and we said it! And this is what it turned out to be:)...
We were supposed to have a dinner appointment on Friday, so we went over to their house and they weren't home... So we decided that we were already in the area and we could go look up some people around there. And we found Faith! (And her husband David) Faith had met with missionaries before but they hadn't been by in a long time, when we arrived at the door they welcomed us in almost like they had been expecting us. We started talking and everything Sister Kovac and I had learned or thought throughout that day applied! And... They fed us (not nearly as cool as knowing that the Lord had been preparing us all day to teach this woman, but still cool to know that God is looking out for us. Dinner appointment cancelled? No problem;))
These are cool stories and all but they are kind of "you had to be there" moments. To act on a thought and later to recognize that it was guidance from the Spirit is one of the best feelings ever! There is a quote by Elder Andersen from General Conference a couple years ago that says! "We are witnessing the miracles of the Lord as His gospel is spreading across the world." And that was made very clear to me this past week.
I love you all!
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