A new investigator

August 6, 2012

This week we started teaching a man named James!  He is just awesome.  The Spirit was so strong in the first lesson, and he is just so prepared.  The ward is great about welcoming and friendshipping him.  It is so wonderful to teach someone who has been so prepared.  He is getting baptized on August 25, and I am so excited for him.  His life has just been full of miracles that I have documented in my journal, but don't have time to write right now.

This week has been fairly good.  My stomach has been bothering me more, so I had to sleep in two of the days this week.  It is frustrating when I can't get up and study like I would to.  But I am doing my best to stay strong and focused.  I am also going to the doctor in a few weeks for a follow-up appointment.  Basically, sometimes my lower abdomen has a dull pain, and sometimes it is sharper.  It is almost always bad at night, worse in the morning, and okay during the rest of the day.  I hope that gives a little more information.  

Sister Martin and I are doing our best to try to find more people to teach. We feel that the best thing we can do is to work with members and help them see how they can invite their friends to learn about the Church.  It just isn't very effective to go tracking, and it is definitely not useful in Utah, where you run into a lot of members who talk your ear off for too long.

So, today, my companion and I have been super blessed by members.  We aren't allowed to drive our car on preparation day, so we had a member pick us up to take us to the grocery store.  When we were at the checkout, we met a lady in one of the wards we covered.  She bought our groceries for us!  It was so nice, and I had $60 worth of stuff, so it was really a blessing.  Then, our ride paid for our Subway sandwiches.  And to top off this awesome day of miracles, our ride for this afternoon is taking us out to lunch!  I can't believe how blessed we have been in just one day.  (Not to mention the fact that our car washes are free because a member owns the car wash and gives us free tokens.)

This week has been a blessing, even if it is not what I expected when I first thought about the week.  It is awesome to see how much I am blessed when I look back on the day.  It really is great to have the time to ponder how the Lord has influenced my daily occurrences.