Lanay is being baptized on the 21st now instead of this weekend. She works three 12 hour shifts these next two weeks and it would have been impossible to properly prepare her before baptism. She's doing great though. Our lesson on Tuesday went really well because she got into a lot of anti and we discussed her concerns. She loved that we knew about it, acknowledged it even, yet didn't let it deter our testimonies in Christ's restored church. She left soothed and still ready to be baptized.
Thursday we had a lesson with Isabella, a child of record, and we had time to kill so we knocked a few doors. We get to one house that we almost didn't tract because it wasn't really a part of the street, but we did it anyway. This lady holding a tiny baby answers the door and we talk to her for a bit. Her baby is 4 weeks and is the cutest thing ever. She lets us in. Tells us a little bit about herself and asks us a few questions. We discussed a little bit about the Restoration and asksed if we could come back on Saturday. She gave us her number and said that we could return.
Saturday morning we left her a message asking when would be a good time for us to stop by. Later, after our lesson with Lanay, we felt like we should just stop by. We knocked and she waved to us through the glass in the door. She opened the door and let us in. Her husband was there as well. Sometimes that makes me nervous if we haven't met the spouse yet because usually one is a little more apprehensive than the other. He greeted us cordially and we sat down and began getting to know a little bit about them.
I cannot recount everything that was said, but that lesson was one of the most beautiful lessons that I've ever had. I felt so peaceful and calm the entire time. Everything felt like it was falling into place. It was so strange, but good. The husband was extremely receptive. He was so into everything we talked about. He basically talked about the plan of salvation without us saying anything and somehow we tied it all into the Restoration. Honestly, so good.
Sister Kafoa and I were on cloud 9 the rest of the day. We probably looked so stupid. He wasn't able to come to church yesterday, but she did and she brought their precious baby. Tonight the Wernli's are doing an FHE and they're coming. We're so excited!!!
Everything is great. Loving the work. Love being a missionary.
Love y'all
Sister Smith
PS
Also, the girl who went to BYUI but is home this semester went to Big Shanty yesterday and was telling us about it during dinner. I told her that that was my first area and if she met an Alex Coleman. She said, "Yes! He got up today and bore his testimony about missionary work and how he was thankful the Lord sent the Sisters to him and reactivated him." How cool is that! He had been inactive for 7-11 years, and we met him on campus and he came back to church. He attended institute 100%, the only one in the entire branch. Then she thought it was cool because she didn't think it was coincidence that she went there on the fast Sunday that he got up, talked about us, and I was at her home for dinner that same night. God is in the details.
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