Gratitude

This week as I write to you I am filled with gratitude. It's been a busy week and our time to do normal missionary work has been limited by several things such as Zone conference, traveling to Birmingham for a day and sickness but it has still been a really good week.

FYI transfers are on Wednesday, and Sister Curtis has been called to train (why we traveled to Birmingham for a day) so I'll probably be transferred to my 4th area in 2 days. It'll be exciting to see what happens! There's always the small chance I could stay of course.

We had Zone Conference this week and it was so good. I learned a lot and enjoyed the strong spirit that was there as 100 missionaries joined together to learn and grow. One of my favourite parts of Zone conference is always the closing hymn. The Spirit is always so powerful.

This week we had another breakthrough lesson with S5. She feels like she's just stuck and is never going to move forward. As we listened to her and expressed our heartfelt testimony of the gospel and its power to help us and change us she got quiet for a minute and said "I need to be baptized right?" Miracle!! When we first started teaching her she wouldn't even think about being baptized again (she was baptized as a baby) but look at her now. The gospel really does change people! We each need the blessings that come from being baptized in the the only true and living church (see JSH 1).

P3 is doing good as well. We love him, it's just slow work. He's currently waiting for an answer from God and scriptural proof that this is the only church that one can be baptized in with proper authority. He 100% believes in the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith, but there's still the same disconnect about what that means. He'll get his answer, we're just trying to figure out what more we (and he) can do to help him get it. Keep him in your prayers please.

One of the big miracles of the week is that R4 accepted a baptismal date. His wife is a member and he has been taught by missionaries for months now. When the sisters first started teaching him in January he wouldn't even think about baptism, and now he has a baptismal date! One of the things that made a big difference was A and E, a recent convert couple  At the beginning we were just teaching R4 with M2 his wife there and it was really slow going.  When we got A and E to the lessons his progress tripled. They helped resolve some of his concerns because they have been in a similar situation as a couple as R4 and M2 are right now. It has made all the difference in his progress. We as missionaries can't do it alone. The best chance of these people making it to baptism is by getting good fellowshippers involved and getting the right environment. Miracle!!!

 Sister Curits and I on the way to Zone Conference

Me with R4 and M2

 

 

I love you so much family. Have a good week!
Sister Roscher