Hey family!
Well, transfer calls came and I will be getting a new companion! It will definitely be sad to see Sister Thatcher leave, we have had so much fun along with witnessing many miracles together. I have a guess for who my next comp will be....we'll find out if I'm right! Anyway, we will both be traveling to Pittsburgh today to make it to the transfer meeting on Tuesday. It will be fun to have one last road trip together :)
We have had probably one of the most successful weeks of my mission so far. We have been teaching a ton, and we have been able to get lessons with investigators we haven't been able to meet with in quite a while. We had a lesson with a woman named Mia, the friend of member who we had taught once before in December, and it went great! We were pleasantly surprised to find that she is still interested! Things have just gotten crazy with her having to take care of her elderly mother. We taught the first half of the Plan of Salvation and it went well. The Spirit was strong. Hopefully we can begin meeting with her on a more regular basis! We had another lesson with Paul, the man from Africa. We had planned to teach the Plan of Salvation, but it went a totally different direction. Paul really struggles understanding the significance of the Book of Mormon, so we spent a lot of time talking about that. He is reading it on his own, but he doesn't recognize the Book of Mormon as the evidence of the Restoration. He does not believe yet that there could be one true church, but he said he is open to further study and lessons. I am so grateful that he is still willing to read the Book of Mormon. I know it will be the biggest factor in softening his heart.
We shoveled two driveways....we still felt pretty hard core.
The Fitzsimons, they are so good to us!
Remember Goldie who I told you about last week? Her and Megan brought their next door neighbor to church both last week and this week. Her name is Alexis (I'm teaching another one!) and she is seventeen I think. It was so funny, she was so comfortable at church that she even participated in the YW New Beginnings sacrament meeting program. After church yesterday she came up to me and said, "Can I see the baptism font? I want to get baptized. I love it here." Haha! I was a little dumbfounded...that has NEVER happened to me before. So, we will continue teaching Alexis and prepare her for baptism! Right now my biggest concern is whether or not her family will be supportive. From what she has told us of them they seem pretty uninvolved so hopefully they won't object.
We also continue to see great success getting less-actives at church! I feel so blessed to see the progress happening here. Often times we must rely on our faith to know that we are actually making a difference, but sometimes, for whatever reason, Heavenly Father gives us a glimpse :) I'm so grateful to be here. I love you guys! Thanks for your constant support and encouragement.
Love,
Sister Denney
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