Hey y'all!
This past week has been really good! One of the better weeks. We have seen
so many miracles. Hence the super original subject line. ;)
On Tuesday, we were accounting with our District Leader. (Accounting = once
a week we give a report to our district leader about how the work is going....it
keeps us accountable for what we do on a weekly basis.) And he chastised us
pretty good because we haven't found any new investigators since he's come. (So
like 5 weeks.) It's not that we haven't been putting the effort in...we have.
But we obviously could have put MORE effort in finding. So we didn't really have
a good reason as to why we haven't found anybody in the last few weeks. To make
a long story short, that call to repentance was a blessing in disguise because
it gave us the motivation we so desperately needed. AND. AND. ANDDDD! WE ENDED
UP FINDING THREE NEW INVESTIGATORS THIS WEEK!!! WUT?! Yeah. That's a huge deal.
Family! As we put our faith in our finding efforts and relied upon the Lord, we
were blessed with not only 1 investigator, but 3. One was a referral from the
elders, one we tracted into, and then the other one is a part member family.
Their 9 year old son hasn't been baptized yet. It's so amazing what comes from
working hard. I love it. Trust in the Lord and you won't EVER be disappointed! I
can promise y'all this! :)
First miracle! We taught our investigator that the elders referred us to
this past week and it went very well! We first met her on Tuesday, we went to go
contact her and as we were walking up to her house, she came right outside! We
didn't even have to knock! And I can testify that as long as you have the faith
that the Lord will fill your mouth, the words will come. We had no idea what we
were going to say. But before we left the car we made sure to say a prayer and
ask for the spirit to be with us to lead and guide our words. And then out of
nowhere we gave a full on explanation of the Book of Mormon using the pictures
in the front and everything! It went so well! And the words just kept on coming!
She said she wanted us to come back a couple days later so we did! We taught
her the Restoration and she soaked it all in like a sponge. And she understands
it all! We were talking about the great apostasy and she was like, 'Yeah, they
were missing something" and we were like yes! Yes they were! So that was
awesome. And she is totally cool with the Priesthood only being for the men.
Which is a huge deal down here in the south haha. But she is absolutely amazing!
And I love her so much already! Her name is Jessica and she's in her mid to late
30's we're pretty sure...haha.
Our other miracle story was when we were on exchange with the other
sisters. I was with Sister Alldredge who serves in the Jacksonville 2nd ward. We
were contacted a referral, but to our dismay, the lady we were trying to contact
wasn't living there anymore. So we decided to tract around her house. We knock
on the first door, we see someone look through the window and then they don't
answer the door. Awkward. So we move on to the next door. We knock. This cute
lady comes out with her kids (they're 3 and 5, I'm pretty sure.) and we told her
we have a unique message that we share with the world and we asked if there was
a time she would be willing to listen to it and she said she had time then! So
we taught her a 4 minute Restoration and she was totally intrigued. I've never
felt the spirit so much on a door approach. It was amazing! And then she told us
we could come back and talk to her more! And we're actually going over there
tonight! She seems like she'll be good. She's very friendly and nice :)
And then the part member family is also a miracle! They have been inactive
for the last little bit. But for the past few weeks they have been coming back
to church. They've come to church and they came to the Halloween party that the
ward had this past weekend. They're on the road to becoming totally active
again. They want their son to be baptized and so because he's 9 he has to get
the lessons. So that will be fun. The mom says that the whole family will
benefit from hearing the lessons again. I'm excited to start teaching them.
They're a great family. The mom has a super thick southern drawl hahaha it's the
best.
God is SO good! I love being a missionary. I love serving the Lord full
time. It's crazy to think that in a little less than a month, I'll be coming up
to my year mark. That's insane. It definitely doesn't feel like it's been that
long. But at the same time it feels like I've been here forever. It's a weird
concept. But I LOVE being here! I wouldn't dream of being anywhere else. Even
when the going gets tough...I've learned that you just gotta keep going :) Put
one foot in front of the other and take it one step at a time. Keep smiling and
keep trusting in the Lord. He's got your back always.
I hope you all have a fan-freakin-tastic week!!! I love you all a ton. And
miss you like crazy! Take care. Be safe. And know that God is with you
always.
MUCH LOVE,
Sister Blumel
xoxoxo <3
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