HEY Y'ALL.
This week was amazing!!! And again....I literally
have no time left. Emailing is like the most stressful time of the week hahaha
y'all have no idea. #imtellinya. #thefacts.
Okay so basically, our
investigator Angela, the one we found through a media referral (she ordered a
bible) IS AMAZING! LIKE FO REALS. She's hands down the most amazing investigator
that I've ever worked with on the mission. She's turning 50 soon...but doesn't
look a day over 25.... #blackdontcrack. But she's so open minded and hearted and
so genuine and so sweet and she just wants to learn so bad! So we taught her the
Restoration not this past Saturday but the Saturday before that and she LOVED it
and when we just finished talking about the First Vision the first thing she
said was, God called another prophet!!! And we're like whoaaaaa that's totally
what happened! And then we invited her to be baptized at the end of that lesson
and she didn't say yes but she didn't say no either. it was a, I can't say until
I've learned more! So that was fun. AND THEN, Saturday, like 2 days ago, we
taught her the Plan of Salvation and again, she was all over it. Oh by the way,
she does all her reading assignments, she's praying. AND GET THIS. We invited
her to come to church, and I was totally prepared to hear "uhhh nahhhh" cause
that's all I've gotten but bam, she surprised me yet again and was like, "Yes, I
would love to come to church with my girls!!!" And the best part?! She totally
came. oh my goodness it was so amazing! Andddd it gets even better. It was Ward
Conference yesterday and the theme was the Plan of Salvation. So it was totally
fresh in her mind and she was just able to learn more about it and so it cleared
some things up I'm sure. And then the ward completely surprised me too! They
were so welcoming and SO MANY people came up and said Hi to her and made her
feel super welcome and comfortable and it was so heartwarming to see all the
members come up and talk to her. I have never seen that before on the mission
and wow, it was SO refreshing. So basically, Angela had a great first time at
the mormon church :) Least that's what she was telling us!!! She told us that
she was praying that she would be a student at church, not just a spectator. She
said that she didn't want to come just to "see what it was like" but she wanted
to come to learn more and get all into it. WOWOWOW. Isn't that amazing? Oh my
gosh, I was seriously so pumped. She's literally incredible. And then she was
telling our bishop that she has a hard time connecting with people, but we
(Sister Streetman and I) totally made her feel comfortable like right off the
bat and she's so happy that we've made that connection. Seriously tender mercies
of the Lord. I love being a missionary. People like Angela make everything worth
it. <3 I'll keep you posted for sure. She has SO MUCH potential. And I can
totally see her being baptized soon and if not soon, she'll be baptized ONE DAY.
:D
Hmm, what else can I tell ya real fast? OH ALSO yesterday there
was a Mission President Fireside and that's basically a fireside at the Mission
Home with President and Sister James. Recent Converts, Investigators and Less
Actives are all invited and missionaries can only attend if someone they're
working with is going. And Verlinda was able to come with us. (She's our
investigator and she passed her baptism interview this week so she's getting
baptized on March 5th!!!!!) So we were able to go this time! AND IT WAS AMAZING.
Like so good. It was exactly what I needed. All the investigators, recent
converts, and less actives got to share their conversion stories. Verlinda had a
great time and the spirit was so strong. I love President and Sister James so
much. <3
I love this gospel and going to the fireside and
hearing everyone's testimonies and stories made me realize something. Everyone
has such different lives. We all have different trials, different triumphs,
different backgrounds, etc but we all have something in common. And that's the
feelings that we get from the gospel. Everyone there mentioned the love that the
felt from this gospel and that the church felt like home and the members felt
like family. The gospel is love. And that's something that will always be there
for you no matter what. Love is everything and the gospel has exactly that.
Embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, you won't regret it.
I love
you all so much and I hope you have a great week!
Take care! Stay safe and remember to smile!!!! :D
MUCH LOVE,
Sister Blumel
xoxoxo
<3
PS i hope that made sense...that was the fastest email I've
ever had to write....haha. #mightneedatranslator... #jk... #ihope...
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Put on the armor of God peeps!
Ohh the things you find in
missionary apartments.......
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| With our investigator, Angela, at church |
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