Alright soo news for the week!! TRANSFERS..... Both Elder Hatch and I will be staying here another 6 weeks!!! we are super excited!! We feel the work here is on the verge of exploding!!! And as missionaries it is so cool!! Everyone else in the city does not realize the amazing work that is being done and in the next few weeks we are going to find so many people!!! :) This week has been a very interesting week!! We have very few miles so we have been riding bikes!! Wednesday we were out in the rain and we were on the side of the rode and my back tire flew out in front of me bringing my bike to the ground on its side and I got a few cuts on my eldow and we were going to a lesson at the church and mutual was going on and all the members were freaking out haha it was so funny!! Also we went to Comfort this week and I had another accident after trying to copy Elder Hatch and I ended up in a ditch haha then Saturday we went down the I-10 on the frontage roads and on the way back Elder Hatch's tire popped and so we walked like 2 miles back to the apartment!
We have had some really spiritual experinces this past week! We had a lesson on Wednesday night at the church, while mutual was going on and we did a tour of the church and and used the pictures on the walls as part of the lesson. The Lesson was with Stephanie and Chris who are thinking about being baptized. We Shared the Restoration with them and I noticed that even though we could hear people, nobody walked by us as we shared the First Vision, it was like a force field was keeping people away. The spirit was really strong!! We also have been working with a guy named Roland and he is married to the daughter of a less active. And before he was closed off to hearing anything, now he is super excited to learn about the church. he has not been to church yet but really wants to find time off work to go. And his family is going to come to Confrence next week for at least an hour and we are so stoked for that!!! But we had another lesson at the church useing the pictures on the walls and with this lesson as well,we waited in a classroom for the last ward to get out and for things to quiet down. And all that loud noise of kids getting out of class never came. I know Heavenly Father was preparing the building for that lesson because the Spirit had such a penetrating presence it was incredible!! And when he knows this is the church he needs to be in, then he wants to be baptized!!!! We have seen miracles this week!! On my mission I realized how much I took the Gospel for granted and now that I am out here with 80,000 other missionaries I see the blessings, all the things I have learned and all that I will learn and it is incredible to be a part of such an amazing work! We help with the Work of Salvation each and every day, if you know people who want to serve, never discourage them from not because that is the Lord calling them, never turn down an opportunity to share,invite or demonstrate an act of kindness to someone. To see the joy that someone feels when they find the truth is the most rewarding thing ever and that pushes me to try harder every day and I know that all of you feel it as well. God is real and I know he loves me and knows me and he loves everyone because we are his Children. Jesus Christ is The Savior and Redeemer of the World and through him we can be with our families forever. I love you all and I hope you have a great week!!!!
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