We had worked really hard to plan for a lot of members to come with us
to lessons this week, lots of planning but so worth the effort! And so
one night we had an appointment set up and our member was still good
to come with us, she even offered to drive! So we get to the
appointment (drive around to find parking for a good 10 minutes) and
we are just about to go in when we get a phone call- it was the
appointment cancelling! My brain went into freak out mode- what are we
supposed to do now? What is our member going to think? Why did we
forget to make backup plans? How are we going to fill our time? But I
realized that worse things have definitely happened! So, we apologized
to the member but said we would love it if she could still join us in
doing some lookups- she said she would love to:) So, we acted in faith
and stopped by house after house and nobody was home. So we got back
in the car and drove a little ways to another lookup. We go up to the
door, a prayer in our hearts, and she answers. Her name is Brunilda
and I had met her before but we hadn't stopped by since because she
was very hesitant to read the Book of Mormon and she was very happy
with her own faith, but something told us to stop by again! We asked
her if we could come in and share a message with her and she said she
had company- which happened to be her daughter who just gave birth 2
weeks ago! But we were able to testify of eternal families on the
doorstep and how the gospel helps us to attain that. And out of
nowhere, our rather shy member starts testifying of the church being
the only true church on the earth today and that the Book of Mormon
changes lives- the Spirit was definitely there as she bore such
beautiful and bold testimony. And Brunilda promised she would read it,
such a different response as the last time I spoke to her. She opened
up and let us know what her worries were about reading the Book of
Mormon and learning more- but the Spirit calms all fears and as she
spoke them we let her know that We set up a return appointment and
then we left. Sister Caine (the Sister who came with us) said that she
was just letting her know what she knew was true, it was amazing:) I
know that is where Heavenly Father needed us to be at that moment. Our
lesson that fell through wasn't supposed to happen at that time,
Heavenly Father had something else in mind, it was just His way of
getting us to the right area:) Sometimes things can get really
stressful when they don't work out the way we want them to. But if we
just trust that He won't be leading us astray, that He has somewhere
He needs us to be, and we will get there if we follow then we are
opening ourselves up for miracles to happen!
I love you all, keep opening yourselves up to those miracles! They are
real, and they happen all the time, just be looking for them!
Have a SUPERB week!:)
Love, Sister Jones
Bronx graffiti.. my favorite! :)
There was a bug...
We call them Bronx bugs
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