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| Zone Conference Feasting |
What a good week as usual.
Went on exchanges back to Fisher's Landing for a day, acquired some contacts,
finished zone conferences, gave a special blessing, met some people tweaking
and a had a lil Diet Pepsi. I'll tell you this much "LIFE IS
GOOD". You will be excited to hear the miracle back in Fisher’s
Landing. You will also be happy to know we found a fake dollar bill
featuring Donald Trump & Hillary Clinton on the front. On the back of
the bill you would find an Apple logo & Disney logo too! Okay coolest
miracle: On an exchange back to Fisher’s Landing I received a text from one of
the best families in Vancouver. Sister Baggins (names have been changed
due to privacy stuff) wanted the elders now serving in Fisher’s Landing to come
over later in the week for a meeting. Little did she know I was there for
the day and I replied, "HEY, IT’S ELDER KING". She then asked if we
could come over for a visit / blessing that very afternoon. Post-dinner
was the time selected for us to embark and we travelled toward the Baggins home
only to realize... we would need another male present to enter her home.
We both had this feeling in our hearts that things would probably just work out
if we just walked up and knocked on her door. God would probably help us
figure this out. No joke, right as she opened the door a young man walked
up the stairs. She asked the young fella if he had a few minutes to spare
and he did! He came inside so we could give a blessing and it was one of
the coolest blessings I have ever experienced. It was Sister Baggins
first blessing in a few years. Alright, alright next story: Yesterday we
lined up three people to come to sacrament & all three cancelled within 30
minutes of church starting... needless to say I felt like my BUBBLE WAS A BURST.
However, later in the day we were asked to teach priests quorum right on the
spot. Teach those young 16 year olds how to become MEN! There was
just something about our discussion and lesson that made me forget everything
that could ever go wrong in my life. Must be the spirit? During our
lesson they just asked questions about serving a mission & I prayed for
help understanding how to reply. When I did, sweet spiritual promptings
came to my mind that even taught me. I guess that's how you know when
you're speaking with the spirit, when you're learning yourself as you speak!
Okay next stor : I drove all the way to Gresham without seeing one
marijuana shop. That’s a miracle in itself.
Final story: Let me tell you how
great it is when your investigators have a desire to progress. A lady we are
teaching has been struggling with the WOW (word of wisdom) & we have been
trying to help her quit smoking. I really have no idea how to help
someone quit smoking, but that's the beauty of it all. She has gone from
60 cigarettes a day to only 5. She said, "I have no idea why I am
quitting but I just know I need to". That's the beauty of the gospel. We just show up and teach the best way we
know how, and God changes the heart. Her name is Shar and she is working
to be baptized next month. She buys Diet Pepsi for me every lesson &
Vanilla Coke for my companion. She actually gets a little anxious in our
lessons unless we teach her deep doctrine. She has gone from a smoke
factory to recognizing she is a Child of God and need not continue making the
same mistakes over and over. Workkkkkk is good.
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