Follow the Spirit

Happy Thanksgiving this week!

We had an amazing week. Especially on Thursday.

So Thursday:

It started off with Zone Conference which is always good. It was especially interesting because of some of things that were covered are things that Sister W. and I have already been doing/changing. For example, President gave a little speel on planning and confirming with the Lord, etc, when last Friday before Zone Conference Sister W. and I tried to improve our planning. As a result, we felt that more of our week was going well and we were able to handle everything that would happen throughout the day. Then President talked about how we can go on lds.org under "Gospel Topics" and look up information on polygamy, Book of Mormon and DNA, Race and the Priesthood, Becoming  Like God, etc. and how we should look at those to make sure that we can respond positively to people who have questions about it. Well, last Monday Sister W. and I looked almost all of those up on "Gospel Topics" and printed them out so we could study them this week. There were also a lot in Zone Conference that inspired me to push myself more and "try a little harder to be a little better." It was an excellent Zone Conference. I definitely felt the Spirit. 

We had to leave Zone Conf. a little early, during the testimonies, because we had a lot of appointments set up for the night. The first one was at 3:30 with Barry and Brother Wernli as our team up. We didn't have a way to contact Barry to let him know that we would be coming, but Bro. Wernli already said he could come, so we had the lesson as an act of faith. As fate would have it, Barry was home and we were able to have a wonderful lesson with him. It was amazing because Bro. Wernli talked to us afterward and said that him and his wife have been praying for an opportunity to help someone out with the same things that Barry needs help. It's amazing how the Spirit works for finding the right team ups and stuff. 

Then we had an appointment for 4:30, so we left right on time to get to our next appointment promptly, only to see a man in a wheel chair that looked stuck. Sister W. turned the car around, we parked and went to go see if he was okay. Turns out that his wheelchair had run out of energy, apparently when it's colder the battery needs more charging for which he didn't account. There was a little store right there, and he asked if we could go in and see if they had an extension cord so that we could charge his wheelchair. We ran into the store, the lady responded quickly and came out to help us. We devised a plan to roll him onto the porch while she went to go get an extension cord. We rolled him up, there was an outlet on the porch, and got him all charged up. In the meantime we were talking to them and told them about who we are and what we do. Unfortunately the man wasn't too interested, but he took our card and was thankful. The lady was open and very nice, she doesn't personally know very many members, but she's into scrapbooking and knows a lot of Mormon women on the internet as a result. She talked to us for a while and asked about our missions and such, she informed us that she wasn't intersted in our message, but we gave her our card and hoped for the best. 

Finally, 15 minutes past the original time for the appointment, we rush to our next lesson. We're teaching a little girl who's mom is very less active. I only say very because she doesn't know a lot of things that a typical less active would know. We got to the appointment at 5 and taught her daughter. It was good because the next day we went and saw the Primary President who told us that she met the mom at a school things and the Primary Pres. does not think it was coincidental that they met. She said that it felt like it was fate that had them meet and talk about the church and stuff together. Hopefully we make some good headway with that!

Then we had a delicious dinner, omletes, with an awesome family. Then we had an appointment with members and did a practice lesson. Then we had a team up take us to an appointment with our 14 year old investigator. He wasn't home, or was asleep or something, but I had this prompting that we should go see this other lady we tracted into in that same neighborhood. We knocked and she answered. We talked to her for a bit, shared a scripture and got her phone number, she said that she did actually want us to come back, just after Thanksgiving. She was sincere. It was cool because the first time we met her she wasn't interested and she didn't give us her number, but this time she was open and willing. It's amazing to see to witness the workings of the Spirit on people's hearts. 

Needless to say, we were happy and exhausted to have such a wonderful day. Barry came to church on Sunday, which was stake conference, which they hold at a Junior College campus because the stake is so big. Barry told Bro. Wernlie that he felt that all of the talks were directed to him and that this was something he's been looking for his entire life, and he can't believe he found it. It was amazing! Nothing could come together more smoothly. Though it hasn't been super smooth, he met opposition from the first time we had a lesson with him, but still, he's pushed through all of it!!

I love being a missionary. I love having the chance to truly follow the Spirit, even though sometimes it doesn't always make sense to do what the Spirit is directing, the Lord is ALWAYS right.

Love y'all 

Sister Smith