Date: Mon, Jan 16,
2012 at 6:10 PM
Email #67 – Jerome, ID
Hey Bevells,
Wow what a week! It
started out with Bailey and I getting food poisoning!! It wasn't too bad, I
just felt sick for a day, we think it was the dinner we had the night before.
The hamburgers were probably not cooked all the way! I was afraid that the rest
of the week would go badly because of that but I proved myself wrong. It's
amazing how when we put our minds to it we can do great things! Our total lesson goal was 1 for the week and
we managed to get 10! We would have had 12 but two fell through but hey who's
counting!! (oh, I guess I am. lol) of course it's not about the numbers the numbers
just shows our progress and I am just happy to see progress.
I had two big
spiritual experiences this week. The first came at an investigators home, his
name is Shayne. His friend Jason lives with him and at first didn't want to
hear anything about the church. But this week he came to us with some
questions. As I testified to him of the
church he asked me "What have you seen or felt that makes you believe your
church is true?" When he asked that I felt a great calm come over me and I
felt prompted to share my conversion. Which I gladly did, also sharing the
scripture Moroni 10:3-5. At the end he didn't have anything to say. I could
tell though that he was trying to fight the spirit which made me feel really
sorry for him.
The second
spiritual experience came at a dinner appointment. The Andersons fed us and
they are a wonderful family. We had breakfast for dinner, and I shared a
spiritual thought with the family. It was a trick that I have learned on the
mission that involves two forks, a glass and a tooth pick. I interlock the
forks prongs so that they stick together and using the tooth pick I balance
them on the cup. I then use a match to light the end of the tooth pick that is
hanging on the inside of the cup. As the pick burns you watch as it gets closer
to the edge of the cup and burn out. You then knock off the burn end and watch
as the forks stay balanced on the cup!! You then relate it to how if we have faith
in Christ we will always be supported. The kids loved it, and afterwards the parents
told us that they could feel that Elder Bailey and I were true missionaries and
they thanked us for coming into their home. The kids even shared their
testimonies with us!
That was my big
spiritual experiences for the week. Sorry I emailed so late in the day, the
library was closed again because of Martin Luther King Jr day. Thanks for Tylers address I will try that
again. Glad to hear you all get a little while longer to relax. Breck, good job
on handling your seizures, and Izaak, stay cool! I love you all and think of
you often and you are always in my prayers. Stay cool!
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