This week has been really good. I hope y'all enjoyed your 4th of July! I sure enjoy being a missionary during the holidays. My companion I, along with Sister Hicken and Sister Smith, decided to bike downtown on the 4th, lock up our bikes, and walk around and talk to people about family history while they were waiting for fireworks to start. There were so many people, and we met so many families and heard lots of stories about their family history. It was a really
neat experience and I felt like many people were excited to hear about family search.org. It was one of my favorite finding activities! Another fun finding activity happened on Saturday. All
of us decided to get a day bus pass and talk to people on the bus. It was so much fun! We had many neat experiences and miracles happen and we found lots of new investigators.
We got to do service this week at the institute with the Johnsons (the best senior missionary couple ever) and it was a lot of fun! We also had many unplanned service opportunities and were able to talk to many people. We received a lot of referrals this week and we are still in the process of contacting them all. I'm so happy that there are so many people who want to hear about the Gospel!
We had a new member lesson with Patricia this week and talked about temples and family history work. She is so excited to find names to take to the temple soon. She is also excited about learning more about the church. She tells everyone she is a member now and wants everyone to be a member too.
A miracle happened on Sunday. There was around 75 non-members who came to church. They were a group of people who just traveled around in the community to see other churches. It was crazy busy but it was the best. So many people had questions for us and we got to teach them the restoration and show them around the church. I think everyone had a positive experience. We also had another miracle happen while at church. One of our investigators that we are teaching brought his friend to church. Her name is Petula and she is from Africa. She speaks French, and English, and has 2 very cute kids! She wanted to know more about the church and what we believed in. She was so excited to meet the members and learn more. After church she said, "Sisters I want you to teach me more!". We are really excited about her and hope she continues to progress (MILAGROS).
I am still getting to know the members in both wards and we are working hard every day. We see miracles constantly! I know the Lord is preparing his children for the message we bring!
I was reading in Helaman this week in chapter 10 and came across verses 4 and 5. Those verses hit me with a lot of power. Like Nephi, if we learn to ask “in the Spirit” and according to God’s will, then “it is done even as” we ask. President Marion G. Romney
(1897–1988) of the First Presidency shared “When we pray unto the Father in the name of Jesus for specific personal things, we should feel in the very depths of our souls that we are willing to subject our petitions to the will of our Father in heaven. “The time will come when we shall know the will of God before we ask. Then everything for which we pray will be ‘expedient.’ Everything for which we ask will be ‘right.’ That will be when as a result of righteous living, we shall so enjoy the companionship of the spirit that he will dictate what we ask"
What can you do to reach a point in your prayers where you do not ask anything that is contrary to the Lord’s will?
I hope yall have a wonderful week! Be safe, love ya! Everyone give my Aunt Julie lots of hugs from me for her birthday yesterday! Love you Julie!
Con Amor,
Hermana Mann
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