Well lately I've been thinking back on my mission and I
feel like I don't have any exciting moments or stories. But this week
was one of those weeks when you do! I'm a bad story teller, so
hopefully all this will make sense in an email and I have time to write
everything. But the biggest exciting story is with an investigator
named Jessica. The missionaries have been teaching her for awhile but
her dad is against her getting baptized. Well we found out she doesn't
need his permission since he doesn't have full custody of her, she only
needs her moms. So we sent a call out to the mission to pray for her
and that her dad's heart will be softened in accepting her being
baptized. We kept asking her if she talked to him but she kept saying
no, that she's scared, but thinks she'll talk to him at her sister's
Birthday party. So yesterday was the party. She invited us to it so
that we could meet him and hopefully help soften his heart in that he
sees and knows us. It was nerve wracking to watch her keep approaching
her dad trying to figure out when to bring it up. I felt very awkward
being there and especially if it would go bad to be there. Few minutes
past by and she came up to us and said that if there is anything that he
has learned from her these past 16 years, is that when she sets her
mind on something, she never backs down, and that he can see she really
wants this. So he gave her the approval!!!!!!!!!!!!! Saturday night we
actually went over and talked to her and actually asked her when she
wants to be baptized. She had the date for next week (30th) but we knew
we had to move it back since she hasn't been to church twice. We
talked about it and she said April 13th.
When she said that, we all felt so excited and good about it. But we
knelt down and asked Heavenly Father if that is when He wants. When
Jessica said Amen, all of us just looked at each other smiling. We knew
that was right, but now just had to get the approval from dad. And now
having the approval, the 13th is set in stone for her to be
baptized!!!!!!!!!! We are just SO excited!!!!!
The other story was with Tionna. She's having a
word of wisdom hold back, so we asked her when she thinks she will be
ready. She said April 19th.
Sister Allred and I were kind of bummed to hear that because we feel she
could do earlier, but again, we knelt down and prayed. When she said
Amen, she said "We need to do it sooner, like the 6th." So, we prayed
again and asked about the 6th. The feeling we felt the 2nd time
compared to the 1st was an answer there that the Lord knows when these
people need to be baptized.
Also this week, this Saturday we had a Stake Women's
Conference. I'm running out of time, but it was a really good
conference. Its theme was "Keepers of His Light" and centered on having
Christs light within us.
The main speaker Sister Vicki Marshall from
Las Vegas grew up in the Convent. So she told of her experience as a
nun and her run ins with Mormons growing up. She converted to this
church because of a neighbor who listened to the promptings of the holy
ghost in making a cherry pie for her. Why not apple, berry, peach, etc
pie? Cherry? Hummm... Cherry however was Vicki's all time favorite
and she would "sale her soul" for that pie. :) This neighbor then
invited her to the Relief Society activity and there the Holy Ghost blew
off all the negative things she heard and saw in this church. She was
later baptized and now goes around sharing her story. She was so
awesome to listen to. I could sit there all day. Sister Crandall and I
got a picture with her. She was so happy to see us sacrificing our
time and helping find stubborn people like her to bring the gospel to.
It was nice.
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| Sister Vicki Marshall and me |
Well my time is up. Thank you for everything and
all the Birthday wishes. It should be a good day I hope. I love you
all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
- Sister Sorensen
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