January 13, 2014

Spiritual: The LORD ANSWERS PRAYERS. Last Sunday we had a companionship fast for new investigators to teach and remember how I said that last week was a real trial of faith? Well this week was definitely a blessing from faith!! On Tuesday we went to go visit some less actives at a retirement home for 55+ people. There was one person home so after chatting with him we were heading down to our car and a little tottery old lady stopped us and basically grabbed my hand and set me down and started talking to me. Completely out of the blue! We had in her words a delightful conversation and then we asked if we could have her address/room number and stop by some other time. She agreed! It was so cool! So the next Thursday came. We called her and made an appointment to go see her. We went by and taught her the restoration. The spirit was so strong and it was incredible to feel her start to believe the things we were telling her. That night we went to the Lanza home just on a whim. What did we find when we got there but TWO of the grandchildren that were currently living there were over 8 and super excited to hear the lessons! It was incredible! They accepted and we now have three new people to teach. The Lord really does answer prayers. It is so incredible. He loves us so much and He won’t just answer the prayers of the righteous, but he will answer the prayers of the repentant soul. It’s sometimes hard to pray when you know you are not being perfect and you know what the Lord expects of you, but no matter your circumstance and no matter the faults and imperfections of the past he still loves you. He still cares about you. He still wants to hear from you and bless you for your communication. He will not fail us nor forsake us. 

Funny: This week we had dinner with a super cool family who had just moved into a brand new house and who had just gotten a new dog. This young pup was very excited to see us and as such could not control his young puppy bladder. He ran into the room skidding and slipping on the floor and just got everything wet. Poor Elder Baumert had to wash his shoes when he got home. haha The dog after he was done with us ran to the little girl and lifted his leg. That’s when the parents lost it. That dog really was in the dog house for a long long long time. hahaha It was a funny dinner and it gave us something to talk about. Never name your dog Roscoe. He will act like one. haha

Where I am at: Things are going well here in Pleasanton. President said that I will probably stay for this next transfer. I sure hope so but it’s really weird to think that there is so much more of my mission left to go. I love Pleasanton. Elder Baumert and I get along really really well. I think we have figured out what makes each other tick and how to play off of each other’s strengths. I love you all so much and the prayers you are saying really do help. There have been real, definite miracles from the prayers of my family. I love you all so much! The work has been picking up lately and it’s sure nothing that I am doing. The Lord is truly blessing us. We work as hard as we can, but we rely on him for the success and the blessings. 

I love you all!