Week 23 - Miracles

Hey,

I hope that everyone’s had a wonderful week. I definitely have. Sister Kresge and I have been on a roll this week and it has been quite the adventure. There have been so many miracles, that is literally my theme every single time, miracles.  Miracles happen! Today we had Stake Broadcast and I think Sister Marriott said something about Idaho being a part of it. I loved the theme, service, and reading the Book of Mormon, and also coming closer to Christ through love. That was so cool because that’s what it’s all about. It’s about our Savior Jesus Christ and how to come closer to Him every single day, and we look at his example in the scriptures of how He loved every one. We have to look at ourselves and decide if we are going to follow Him, are we going to open the door and shut it because we don’t like what we see or are we going to think, what if that was the Savior standing there?  I loved that Sister Marriott said that.

Sister Walker & Sister Kresge

One thing I’ve been working on this transfer is having faith in my Heavenly Father. Even if it takes doing something really hard and really stressful and something I do not like to do. Sometimes you just have to get on your feet and do it because sacrifice brings miracles., and faith brings miracles. I love in 2 Nephi 28:13  “And that He manifest himself unto all those who believe Him by the power of the Holy Ghost unto every nation, kindred, tongue, and people, working mighty miracles, signs and wonders among the children of men according to their faith.” It is literally faith and we have seen so many miracles through that faith. Sister Kresge and I have prayed to see those tender mercies and have prayed to see the miracles the Lord needs us to see. The people we need to find, the people we touch that the Spirit touches.  

So right now we are teaching 5 investigators that are progressing really, really well. The one in the picture is Lazara and I just absolutely love her.Oh, my goodness, she is hilarious and just makes you laugh.She has this fun awesome personality and you just laugh every time you are around her.She is a truth seeker, she loves truth, and she loves to know for herself and as we’ve been able to talk to her today we talked about faith and how we have seen her faith grow. We told her about the Book of Mormon the other day and she said, “I have to learn about a whole nother bible?  That’s so cool.” And we said yah it is, the amazing book that we have that talks about Jesus Christ.  She got so excited about it and said “let’s do this”, and we said “yes!” Every time we see her the light in her eyes shines brighter and brighter because she is progressing.She’s been coming to church and she’s been praying and you can tell that she wants the truth.

Sister Walker, Lazara Gonzales, Sister Kresge
Thank you Sister Spencer for the text!

One of our other investigators, Stephanie, is also progressing. She came to church today and loved what they talked about in Regional Stake Conference. She’s been texting us and saying that she has been receiving so many personal revelations that this gospel is true. She’s testified to us that it is true and it makes us so happy.  She’s amazing. You can definitely also see the light in her eyes as it grows and as she reads and as she finds that she is drawing closer to her Savior, Jesus Christ.

We just met this guy, one of our newer/former investigators. He met with missionaries about 6 months ago and he was progressing and on the verge of baptism and then said he was moving to Costa Rica and the Sisters couldn’t get hold of him. So Sis Kresge and I were flipping through our former list and saw his name and had a feeling we needed to stop by. While we were talking to him he said we could definitely come back so we scheduled an appointment, came over with our ward Mission Leader and he told us he was going through a hard time and that’s why the missionaries couldn’t get hold of him. He had to come back from Costa Rica, and as he was telling us these things, all of a sudden he started testifying that the Gospel was true, and that he was supposed to come back from Costa Rica for a reason and that reason was why we were at his door.  He was just grinning from ear to ear and telling us that this gospel is true and that he needs this gospel and that it brings him happiness. We just sat there wide eyed and smiling as the Spirit was there and it was making us all so happy. He wants missionaries again and he wants to get back on the road to progression. We are so excited to teach him!

One thing that I’ve learned to notice in the investigators that we teach, is that you can definitely see when they are progressing because you see them get happy, you see them become less worried about things, and you see them relying on their Father in Heaven to help them with their trials. Stephanie and Lazara are our other investigators and were having a rough time the other week and didn’t want to come to church. Then Stephanie was like, that is Satan. I can not listen to Satan. I’m comin to church. I will be there. And Lazara did the exact same thing. It just shows their faith in their Father in Heaven and their Savior.

Sister Walker & Aunt Jodi
Jodi had work in Oklahoma so go to take the sisters
to lunch and deliver some cold weather gear for us.
(yes mom & dad are just a little jealous😊)

We have exciting news.  We have a baptism date for a sister that has been meeting with missionaries for 2 years and I had never met her before.  Today at Stake Conference we saw her and scheduled an appointment and had a lesson right then with her.  She said, “I need to be baptized.  I know that this is the right thing but I need to prepare more.  We testified to her that if she was to set a date, that she would be ready for baptism and she said yes and she will be baptized Dec 3. We are so excited for her!  She is so ready for this and she already has this light about her.  I had never met her before but I just knew she was ready.  Sister Kresge and I are just so happy and have been talking about it all day.

The work here in Noble is doing so great and I’m loving it here. One light hearted note happened the other day. We were having dinner with a family and their kids are all kind of little and they are very clingy. So they all kept trying to climb on us and wanted us to hold them, but we can’t. So we let them hold our hands and they gave us like a million hugs that night, and they were so cute. One of their daughters was holding my hand and she looked up at me with her big blue eyes and said, “Will you tuck me in tonight?” It was so cute and it reminded me of some of my little cousins back home. It was a precious moment that reminded me a little bit of home.

So your challenge for this week is to remember when you were baptized.  For some of you it will be a little farther back than others but remember what it felt like to be baptized and remember the promise that you have made with Heavenly Father. If you’ve gone through the temple remember the promise that you’ve made with Heavenly Father in the temple and write in your journal the feelings that you’ve had and how you’ve been able to come closer to Jesus Christ. Something that we’ve told one of our investigators that just set a date to be baptized, that there’s a never ending progression as we go through life and it’s called enduring to the end. Ponder in your hearts the things that you’ve been able to do to endure to the end. You’ve made those promises with God, you’ve been baptized, some of you have gone through the temple, but remember those things that you’ve done to show God that you’re following first your Savior Jesus Christ and you’re following the things the Lord’s asked you to do. Write them in your journal and write about how your testimony has been strengthened. Then look over this throughout the week  to remind yourself that the Lord is aware and these things are what will help you become stronger and closer to Christ. He is the center of it all, He loves us and He’s given us this amazing gift, His atonement, and we need to use it.

I hope you all have a fabulous week and let me know about the miracles you see and about how the challenge goes. I want to hear about what happened with last week’s challenge. Bye.

Love Sister Walker