January 15, 2018
Alma 26:12 Yea, I know that I am no
I read this scripture this week during my studies and it really hit me. This scripture really seems to be the theme for me during these past few transfers in this area. We see so many miracles as we strive to do the Lord's will. It's not always easy for me to talk to every single person we see, but I have definitely seen the blessings when I try my best. This last week we set a goal of 6 new investigators and that was blown out of the water! With seeking the guidance of the Spirit we were able to find 12 pretty solid new investigators!
The first miracle happened on Monday night. We went to go visit a family that used to be taught. Long story short, they tidied up really quick and invited us in. We've never met or heard of this lady but she invites us right in...mind you it's like 8pm. Anyway she's super nice, we teach the restoration and it went pretty well except for the fact that she was exhausted... We ended up teaching her daughter and her cousin as well. They were very receptive and wanted us to come back to teach more!
On Tuesday as we talked tried to talk to everyone we were able to meet some really nice people and share a message with them. There were many people we planned to see but none of them were home but throughout the day we talked to the people around those areas and found 5 new investigators. The Lord works in mysterious ways! It was a great day!
The same thing happened on Wednesday. One of the people we went to visit, we met a lady named Aullani trying to contact a referral. It was the wrong address but we asked her if we could come back and share a message, she said we could. So we stopped by to see her. This guy came out. It turned out to be her husband JT. We thought he came out to leave but he came out to talk to us. We had a really good visit with him. He is a pastor but said we could come back, he is super nice and open. It really amazes me how open the Chuukese are to hearing a message from us. I don't know if an American pastor would even talk to us! haha
Friday night the Assistants to the President asked us to give the missionary moment at their baptism. So we told them we would sing I am a Child of God accompanied by the Ukulele so we practiced because I hadn't played in a while and Sister Sicotte was nervous to sing...we were laughing because we are both mediocre musicians performing a musical number, but that's what I like to do. It's something fun and different.
Saturday morning the baptism was at 9:30 am. As we were preparing for the day we got a call from the Bendixen's that there was a ballistic bomb threat and that they were going to the tabernacle to wait for further instruction, however there wasn't much on the news so they weren't sure if it was legitimate. So we left for the tabernacle and saw the Bendixen's the floor above us and they said to stay put. They think it was a fake. So we ended up just going back to our pad and finished getting ready. President said to stay put in our pads unless we had a baptism to go to. But it was finalized not too long after that it was a fake. So all was well! Definitely a wake up call!
The baptism was wonderful. It was in the University Branch and there were quite a few people there for support! Before the baptism the Zone Leaders heard that we were doing the missionary moment and asked us if we could do it at their baptism tonight as well. We said you can see how badly it goes and if you really want us to do it...haha The Spirit was really strong during the baptism. The musical number went well after lots of praying. :) We were able to hear the testimony of Brandon, the guy who was baptized. It was amazing to hear his story of searching and whatnot. He has such a strong testimony and is such a kind person!
Later we had a really great lesson with Kasto, he has insightful questions. We talked about the Plan of salvation again and he said he would be good going to the terrestrial kingdom so we tried to explain why that should not be the case. We will see if he will change his mind.
That night we attended the baptism for the Zone Leaders. It was for Kahala Ward, which I was in for 6 weeks...it was great to see everyone again. Our investigator Raven was there and he is going to be baptized on the 27th! Such a miracle!
Another wonderful baptism. His name is Shea and he's only been taught for a few weeks. He bore his testimony and it was amazing to hear the wonderful changes in his life and how he became more happy because of the gospel! We had a few people thank us for our musical number so I guess that means it went well!
We got transfer news!
Sister Sicotte is going back to the Visitors Center for her last transfer. I was called to be a Sister Training leader with Sister Kwak here in Honolulu. It will be an exciting adventure. I was in the same zone as Sister Kwak in Kaneohe. She is super awesome and funny! She is from Korea.
Church was great! We got a call in the morning from one of our investigators Eimy that she wanted to come to church. So we were able to walk her to church...it made our day! The Lukas' also brought their friend that we met at dinner the night before. It was great!
I am excited what this transfer will bring!
Love,
Sister Heath
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