Any who we knocked on one mans door, when he opened it we began talking about the restoration of Christ's church.
He then said, "oh we are not from here" (in a russian esk accent, maybe arabic?)
I said, "oh where are you from?"
He replied, "that is not important."
all while gesturing his hand in a stop motion that slowly descended to his side.
Yeah we promptly left, incase some other countries spies were worried about our where abouts.
This week we engaged in a (friendly) competition with the Elders in our zone.
It worked off a point system.
New gator=1
Gator with a baptism date=3
So we were really motivated to not only find people but set more baptism dates.
Unfortunately the Elders won, but that is ok because we really are all on the same team! ;)
And next time we will crush them.
We found one new investigator on Saturday night and were able to set a baptism date for Dec 29, She is 20 though and so we will be handing her over to the YSA sisters tonight. We were texting her yesterday to keep constant contact with her. We asked about her praying and she said it went well. We also asked her about her book of Mormon reading. She told us she read it, we asked her how she felt about it. She said that when she read it she felt really different but good. We were so excited! We asked her what she thought that meant?
She replied, "that the Book of Mormon is true!"
AAHHAHAHAHH Soo SOoo SOooOo Exciting! :)
Can't wait for tonight's appointment.
So Last night we had a really awesome night as well.
We went to a lesson with a gator named Dylan. He is 23..ish... Well about a year ago he had investigated the church because his girlfriend (now fiancé) is a member. We are not exactly sure why he stopped but that is besides the point. A little while back the fiancé went to our bishop to ask him if he could marry them in the cultural hall. He said yes and asked her about the guy she was marrying and then asked her if it would be alright for the missionaries to come by and talk with him. She agreed and then BAM we began teaching him again.
We had two lessons and were approaching our 3rd. We were not really sure what we were supposed to teach him. Seeing as he has previously been taught.. the first lesson we got to know him and talked about how if they build their marriage on christ it will not fail.
He told us he just really wanted to know more about the teachings of the church, so the next lesson we taught the doctrine of Christ. He really seemed to enjoy that lesson and the spirit was so strong there. We were asking him some questions and he said something to the effect that he believes that it is true. The way he said it though was kind of tricky and we were not sure if that is what he really had said.
Any who we were just praying so hard trying to figure out what he needs. We both received different answers so we just kept praying. We eventually just decided that the spirit would have to lead us. That we would just have to be confident that we knew the material enough to do an impromptu lesson. So we showed up said a prayer, and just began following the spirit.
We asked him some questions and then I just felt like I needed to ask him if he believed that it was true.
He said, "yes."
I think our faces were a little shocked. Not because we didn't think he did believe or that he could believe.
So he is going to be baptized on the 28th of December!!!
YEAH!
He could be baptized earlier but he wants to finish the Book of Mormon before he is baptized, that means he has to read 26 pages a day! What conviction he has.
Recently I have been trying to do the commitments I leave with my investigators but something is telling me I don't have the time that is needed to do that one.
We also had the Festival of the Nativity on Sunday.
It was really awesome to walk around and see different Nativity sets. We were able to meet one of our investigators there along with her husband who is a less active member.
We are seeing soooo many miracles right now at this wonderful season of the Year!
Also we called one of our investigators on Thursday. Last week we had a church tour with her. We ended the tour in the chapel and just sat there for a moment. She said that it felt so different in the room, peaceful and calm.
We knew what that was!
I believe I have written you about her before but any way we got a hold of her on Thursday to see if we could visit her. She was busy but she said that she will be coming to Church on Sunday. She said that room was very different and she had to feel that feeling again.
Oh she is so wonderful. Also the Bishop was able to meet her at the church tour. He is very excited for her and feels like she will be baptized soon. Maybe we will have another baptism this year! :)
This week on Thursday we have a Mission Christmas party and I am so excited to see some old companions and friends.
It does not really feel like Christmas without snow, but I like that because then I don't miss home too much! :)
I love all ya'll!!! Bunches and Bunches!
Hope your week is merry and bright!
Love,
Sister Chambers
ps thanksgiving Florida style
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