Small Girl In A Big City: A Mighty Change of Heart

We have a goal as a mission to have 30 baptisms a month for 3 consecutive months. It's been going on for awhile and we finally reached the first part of it! (36 baptisms as a mission in the month of October!) So we decided to have a gratitude fast and to fast to see how we can contribute to the next two months of the goal! Meanwhile, we have a less active that showed up on our records recently that really stuck out to us for some reason, so we have been stopping by at least twice a week for the past month or so trying to catch her, and we haven't been able to! And then on Sunday as we were fasting, we went to go look her up again- and she was there! She let us right in as if she was expecting us! She recently moved from another area where her grandma is a returning less active and has been encouraging her to go back to church as well. So her heart has been being prepared for awhile now, so when we started talking to her she had no problem agreeing to bring her daughter to young women's today, having us come visit on Friday, and she was the one who said she would be coming to church on Sunday. She says it is time! Her husband is not a member but has never been unsupportive, he goes to church when she goes, AND they have an 8 1/2 year old son who has not been baptized. We left her home with our jaws on the ground. This was our answer, they WILL come back to church!:) I really feel that Heavenly Father has a lot in store for this little family.

We also saw another miracle this week:) We looked up another less active family and they ended up inviting us over for dinner, the deal was we needed to, "leave the preaching at the door." We knew we couldn't do that but we decided to go to the dinner appointment and we prepared to teach the Restoration. We were praying that their hearts may be softened enough to allow us to share our message with them. Dinner was SO fun, they are so wonderful and I really loved visiting with them. When it came time to share our message the mom got a little grin and said, "I thought we said to leave the preaching at the door?" But we continued teaching and the Spirit was so strong- and they didn't protest through the rest of the message. Their hearts were softened, and it wasn't drastic, but it was real and immediate! And they ended up sending us home with a pie and a whole chicken:) I know that when we put our trust in our Father in Heaven enough to do as He asks, no matter the circumstances, that He will make a way for us! 1 Nephi 3:7!

Love you all! Make it a good week:)

Love, Sister Jones