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Today we got a call for transfers and I get the
opportunity to kill off (be his last companion before he goes
home) Elder Vaoga. So I Have five more weeks with Elder Vaoga.
This
week we had answer two prayers that a member and one of our
investigators said and it was a great experience to see the joy of the
prayers be answered and be apart of it. The first one starts with an
exchange I had with elder Gregory our Zone leader. We had about twenty
minutes left of the night left before we need to go in for the night. On
this exchange he had been trying to work on trying to support members
with their commitment we leave them. One of the ways he has been doing
that was leaving notes with them. I thought this was a cool way to show
how much we love the members and how much they help us out. Well I then
took this into my area and used it with two of our members. One Friday
we had planned to do a finding activity but both Elder Vaoga and I had
an impression that we needed to go and chalk the Spear family's
sidewalk. So we followed the prompting and it was exactly what they
needed. Sister Spear texted us about 2 hours after we finished and she
said, "that morning she said a pray that she would be able to see the
blessings and the love that our Father in Heaven has for her and she
would be encouraged to keep pushing through what she is going through."
When then meet with the family on Sunday, she started to cry because we
were the answer to her prayer and that we are truly called of God. What
an amazing blessing I have to be God's tool in this work!
The
next experience was with (Marcie). When we were planning on teaching her
we planned to talk about Alma 32:26-43. Well, when we got there (Jake)
asked a question about the spirit world. So we over came that concern
with scriptures in the Bible and The Book of Mormon. He still wasn't
sure if that was what he believes but he were able to take that concern
and tie it into what we had planned. We left with them the commitment to
pray if that is true and how this would effect them if this was true.
Skip to Sunday, (Marcie) came to church and told us that was exactly
what they needed. They haven't prayed yet but she said she felt the
spirit and love they preparation we put into lessons for them. I think
they are afraid to find out if this is true because it would mean they
would have to change and they are comfortable where they are.
I
love being able to see the effects of God working through us to do his
work. The Mormon message, You Never Know, has really touched my heart
this week because normally we don't see the good we do and sometimes we
will never know what we do will effect others and President Gordon B.
Hinckley puts it perfectly. I pray that I will continue to be the answer
to prayers.
Elder Winterbottom & Elder Vaoga
Serving in Flower Mound
The Lord's Vineyard
P.S. forgive
me because I have been out of school too long and I don't know how to
spell "forget". The way I spelled it is the gangster in me ;)
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