Hey family! I LOVE YOU!!!!
We had a mission Christmas program this morning and it was
amazing! The spirit was so strong!
We have seen so many miracles this week! It seems that the
Lord likes to test us- He leads us right to the end of where we think we are
about to reach our limit, just to see if we will still give Him our all. Then
right when we're not sure how much longer we can do it, He showers us with
blessings!
The first miracle of the week is that we made contact with
Samantha! Samantha is a former that the Elders taught. She's been through the
discussions twice, has a testimony, and has been on date for baptism twice, but
the adversary works hard, and both times she fell off date because she got so
busy and I think the commitment started to scare her. We've been trying to
contact her since getting here, and we finally found her at home! We sat down
with her and had a great time getting to know her and talking about how she has
come to know that this is the direction that she wants to pursue! Now that she
is not as busy she is going to talk with her aunt who is a member about the
best date to be baptized. When we meet with her again on Wednesday we're going
to take Elder Combe's advice to "Just baptize her already." haha :)
So many fun things this week! Friday night we had ward
Karaoke, and it was a BLAST! I seriously have not have that much fun in a long
time! It was like I was a totally normal person or something... :) Everyone has
been telling me that once you go YSA as a missionary you never want to go back,
and I think I agree! We also had a huge turnout to volleyball, and F.H.E, both
of which had a few not-yet members attend! Oh! And we invited Mark, one of our
potentials to Karaoke, and he texted us later saying he couldn't come, but when
he gets back into town in the new year he would like to sit down with us and
learn more! :) Saturday we went caroling as a district and it was the greatest!
Some of the Elders weren't too fond of the idea, but I think they secretly had
fun.
HUGE miracle from yesterday- we were in the foyer talking
with people right before sacrament meeting and this guy walks in with his pants
soaking wet because he rode his motorcycle to church. (Why would you own a
motorcycle in Washington!?) It took us a few moments to recognize him, but he
pulled out one of our cards and showed us the address we had written on the
back of it- turns out we knocked on this guys door last week and invited him to
church! Don't you love it when random people you invited to church show up out
of nowhere!? We were able to talk with James right before he left, and we set
up an appointment for later this week, and he is also going to be coming to
Christmas Eve dinner at Bishops with us and the zone leaders. In the words of
Bishop Knoblaugh, "That's how you net them... oops, I mean... reach out to
them." :)
We had a stroke of inspiration from the spirit and took an
inactive individual we've been working with as our fellowshipper to a lesson
with Jose this week. The spirit was strong and she did a wonderful job!
Afterwards she said that she wanted to come to church!!! Unfortunately she got
really sick so she wasn't able to make it, but next weeks the wek!
Oh! So crazy thing that happened- we went to visit this less
active guy named Juan, and when get there he starts talking about the
"Elder Burgi" that baptized him when he was in California. Sister
Glancy was like, "Hold up, hold up!" Turns out, Elder Burgi is Sister
Glancy's best friend that got back from his mission a few months before she
left. Juan called Andrew Burgi right there, and put him on speaker phone and
said, "Hey Elder Burgi, you'll never guess who's sitting in my living
room!" We didn't talk to him of course, but it was crazy! Juan ended up
having a really great conversation with "his missionary" afterwards,
and I think that that connection meant a lot to him. The best part is... Juan
showed up to church yesterday!!!! The Lord works in mysterious ways, let me
tell you.
So many more things to talk about... I guess I;ll just have
to save them until Wednesday. :) Love ya!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
love, love, love, Sister Slade
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