It has been a really good week! Just full of mucho miracles! I don't even know how to handle myself! We got to go apartment scouting this week for the mission office this week! That was really fun! We taught several lessons to building managers :) It is really fun apartment shopping though. Don't worry, you can still send letters to this address until further notice.
So that family we were teaching is getting a little scared, we are going back this week to see what is up. They probably heard something bad about the church. We keep praying for them though! We got cut a ton of miles this week so we weren't able to make it out to New London to see them and Brandon. But we did call Brandon and guess what! He read all of 1 Nephi and loves it! He is so excited about the Book of Mormon! We are trying to get some YSA people up there this week so he can go to the YSA ward! We will see how that goes! Miracle!
Friday was a miraculous day! We went to see Gabe. He is 18, his mom is less active and he is not a member. Since the last time we met with him he has been reading everyday! And he can tell the difference in his life! So he agreed to be baptized August 29th! So exciting! We are trying to get him transitioned to YSA as well! He would make a great missionary!
Then we got a referral from the 2nd ward's elders. They met this woman in the park and had a nice little chat. Got her address and name and sent us. We showed up at her doorstep and she has been waiting to read the Book of Mormon for 15 years! She has read the Bible every year, she just felt she needed more. She didn't know where to get one! So we promptly gave her a copy! She was so excited and she wanted to be baptized! So she is working towards August 29th as well! It is amazing! She was supposed to come to church this Sunday. We were pretty sad she didn't show up, so we called her. She had gotten sick but she has been reading and she also has finished 1 Nephi! In 2 days! She said she took breaks to go to the bathroom and eat :) She is so cute! And she loves being called Sister. So we call her Sister Dawn! So exciting! Huge miracle! We are going there tonight with a member.
Also Nikisha's husband Walter has been a lot more open. He still "isn't interested" But he is interacting with us, and the members more! He came to sports night at the church! Nikisha took us to one of the young men's mission farewell party. It was great! They had a lot of non-member friends there! Sister Rousseau is always on the prowl.
A sister in our ward Sister Rose, is really good friends with Valine's old neighbor Rich or Richie by the way! She knows Valine and Paul too! Small world isn't it!
We met another really awesome scientific nerdy guy! It is great because our whole teaching pool was basically women so we have been looking for potential priesthood holders and God keeps blessing us. He out did me though in nerdiness I had a hard time keeping up. He gave really good life advice which I love. He had met with missionaries in college 12 years ago. He was super excited to read the Book of Mormon as well. It will just be hard to catch him considering he is a workaholic.
We took one of the youth out tracting with us and lo and behold we ran into the doctor we met a couple weeks ago. He happened to be standing outside of his friends house at that moment and we happened to be walking somewhere and passed him. Coincidence! I think not! It's incredible. I don't even know.
We have been praying and fasting as a mission for each area to have a progressing investigator and for 75 baptisms by the end of September and we are definitely seeing the blessings as we work together in unity and charity. There is such power in prayer! I love it! I am so grateful that the Lord allows us to see all these blessings! He is too merciful! I love Him so much and am forever indebted!
I love you more than all the diapers that are having to be bought with all these babies!
Anne
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