This past week has been wonderful! :) We are finally starting to see the miracles unfold here in the area... not to say we haven't had to truck through a bunch of denials and rejections, but there have been tons of blessings!
A former investigator who was learning in the beginning of last year told us that she had really been thinking about the Church a lot lately. She talked to all of her family to see what they thought (one of her original fears was the rejection she might face from her family) and they all were totally fine with it. :) And so we are beginning to teach her and her son. :) They are awesome.
Also, we went back to the Chinese family we met awhile ago and it turns out the mom isn't really that interested... she is super sweet though and gave us a book on Buddhism haha:) However, her son is Christian and has been attending a Christian high school over here. He was SO excited to learn more and we will be teaching him again. :) WUH-KUH-EE-CHEE-DOW-MUH? (Can I pray?) SHEE-SHEE. (Thank you) ... and I thought I was called to an English speaking mission. Hah!
One of the greatest miracles was meeting Courtlan. We got a referral to go see his sister who ended up not being home, but just as we were leaving the porch a car pulled up and dropped off a teenage boy. We talked to him and gave him a Book of Mormon and he was really interested in learning more. We had a return appointment and he is so excited! The Spirit was so strong in that lesson and he expressed how much he felt like Joseph Smith searching for the truth. :)
We also ran into some kids (for some reason we have a bunch of teenage guys we found this past week) who have hit a point in their life where they have a lot of doubt and don't know if God is really there or not. They agreed to listen to our message and at the end of the lesson one of them said the sweetest prayer. Ah! Hearing people pray for the first time is probably one of my favorite things as a missionary! :) It's incredible!
On top of that, Pat who is going to be baptized
February 9th finally got his work schedule changed so he is able to attend church! Sunday was his first day and he was glowing! :) I'm so excited for him!
So basically, this transfer has been pretty awesome and we've still got a few weeks to go. One thing that I love about it is that both me and my companion are crazy. We literally are cracking up 90% of the time. Laughter is a must have on a mission... if I couldn't laugh I'd be completely depressed. I hope no one sees us in the car because they probably would think we were insane.
So on the 25th I hit 200 days out on the mission. Mission time is still super weird and I don't think I will EVER get used to it. Nope. Never.
Hmmm. Can't think of too much else to say.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is about change. Repentance. Becoming better than who we were. It's never to late to change. Christ's Atonement is always there, it's up to us if we use it or not. This is a video that someone showed us in a lesson at church yesterday and I really loved it.
http://www.mormonchannel.org/video/mormon-messages/topics/repentance?v=1795507066001
Until next time I'll be doing it the Federal Way.
Love you all,
Sister Pearson:)
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