This week was pretty busy. We had a mission-wide training meeting, something that usually doesn't happen. It was to get some more training for the Gladys Knight fireside coming up next month. Two guys came representing the choir to tell us more about it and get us pumped up for it, they succeeded. We watched a DVD they brought where Elder ballard talks about the fireside, and then people from the areas they've done the fireside previously talked explaining the affect it had on them and the stakes and wards and areas. Pretty cool stuff. We already have investigators committed to going, some are pretty excited. And the members in our ward have been kicking butt at inviting their friends and co-workers. It's the easiest way to do missionary work. And hopefully it will show us a little more how easy missionary work really is in general. There was also a guy from the missionary department who came out to the training after they left. This guy was awesome. His attitude and sense of humor reminded me of Steven Colbert. Just an awesome guy who gets missionary work. So that was cool meeting.
Remember Bill Armstrong? That older man from my last area we were working with? He was the former baptist minister, with a few degrees from different universities. He also had a challenge where he smoked cigarettes to control a neurological problems he has. Well that was a huge adventure, without a doubt a learning experience for me. And as it turned out, he was baptized yesterday. President Holmes called me on his way home from the baptism to let me know how it went. People like that just blow your mind, there's no way this work isn't true.
A miracle we had in our own area this week was we finally made contact with an awesome lady we've been trying to work with for a while. She requested the missionaries to start coming over a while back after she saw a close friend of hers get baptized in a different ward, she felt the spirit at the baptism and knew she wanted that for herself. she was progressing pretty well, she even had a baptism interview, but contact was just stopped somehow. when i came into the area elder adamson decided it was probably enough time that we could start trying to contact her again. so we spent all last transfer trying to get a hold of her. probably stopped by her home at least 10 times. well he and i decided to have a fast saturday night for our area and our investigators. and sunday morning during our fast we had just enough time to stop by her before church, and we found her outside in her car. that alone was a miracle. and we set up to see her that night, so we came by and brought an awesome newly-wed couple that just moved into the ward and had an awesome lesson. so she's back on date and excited. the Lord is the one doing all the work, but he directs it all through the spirit and sometimes we need to focus ourselves a little bit more to feel its promptings. whether it's missionary work or any other aspect of our lives, if we listen for the spirit and obey, things will happen that we might not even expect. and the things that happen will always be more than worth the sacrifice we had to make to feel that spirit and receive its guidance.
well that's about it for the week. hope you guys have a good week.
what happened to the cow that jumped over the fence? -- it was utterly destroyed.
love,
elder lamb
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