Hello Everyone. :)
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| Beautiful Indiana sunset |
We had a really fun and amazing week. I
am loving what I am doing and I feel so grateful for this opportunity that I
have to be a missionary. I love it so much. :) Like usual we got to see so many
miracles and blessings this week and we have incredible experiences all the
time. :)
We had some really amazing lessons this week! We got to meet
with M**** and it was so neat. I was so impressed! M**** has not had a car
for the past two weeks, so when we meet with him we have to meet somewhere
close to his house so that he can walk to or ride his bike. So on Friday we had
a lesson with him in a members home and in order for him to get to there he had
to run for about 35 minutes! He was running a little bit behind all day so in
order for him to be on time for the lesson he had to run as fast as he could to
get to the Johnstons home. He was pretty wiped out when he got to the Johnstons
but we were so amazed at his dilligence. :) We were able to feel the spirit so
strong while we read the Book of Mormon with him and had a really neat
discussion. He is starting to love the Book and he is just throwing himself
into it. Its so much fun. :) The thing that I am the most amazed with about
M**** is his willingness to learn and his excitement about the gospel. Instead
of just saying that our lesson was too far away, or canceling on us because he
was a little bit late he hightailed it out of his apartment and ran as fast as
he could all the way to the appointment. :) It is so fun to see someone who is
so anxious about learning and so excited about feeling the spirit of the Book
of Mormon!
We got news this week that a recent convert named Kayla has
recently moved into our ward. She tracked down our phone number and was so
excited to call us and have us come over and meet with her. :) So we scheduled
an appointment where we could meet her at the library. We went over there and
she pretty much ran up to us and said "Hi. Im Kayla. I have a friend here
who wants to meet with you." So we walked into the library and went in to
this conference room where she introduced us to C****. She had only met C**** a
few days before that and had mentioned to him that she would be meeting with
the missionaries in a few days and she asked him if he would ever be interested
in meeting us! :) C**** had a lot of questions about the church, so we answered
them the best that we could and were able to teach him about the restoration of
the Gospel. We gave him a copy of the Book of Mormon and we invited him to read
it and he said that he would!! He came to church on Sunday and he ended up
staying for the whole three hours, which was amazing. :) We were so excited
about it! He has been reading a lot and he said that he really likes the Book
of Mormon. C**** doesn't live in our Ward boundary, so we will have to move
have other missionaries take it over from here, but he is so amazing! Its
really incredible how so many people are so prepared and ready to hear the
gospel. We just have to invite and then miracles happen. :)
My favorite thing that happened this week was probably our
lesson with K****. :) We got a text from her one night that said "I am so
sad, but I just don't think that this whole LDS thing is for me." Ahh man.
I was so heartbroken! We were so bummed to get that text! As soon as we could
we said a prayer and asked Heavenly Father to help us know what we should do so
that we could help her the best that we could. We decided that we would go and
see her the next day and just ask her what her concerns were and to talk to her
about what questions she had. We prayed so hard that she would be able to
remember the special experiences she has had and that we would know what we
should say. We went in and were talking to her and everything was so good. :)
We love her so much and it was just fun to get to be with her. :) We started
talking about the questions that she had and the things that were worrying her.
We ended up talking to her about the moments where she had felt the spirit and
where she had known that the path that she was on was the path that Heavenly
Father wanted her to be on. We talked about the time when she came to church
and felt so good that after the meeting she said "I don't want to
leave" because she was feeling the spirit so strong. :) When we started
talking to her about these special moments she has had with the spirit she
was able to find the courage to continue on this path. It really is amazing to
me how incredible the Holy Ghost is. I could not have convinced her to continue
wanting to learn but the Holy Ghost can and does all the time. He is the real
teacher and the one who touches the hearts of these sweet people that we get to
interact with and love. :) I love more than anything getting to be an
instrument in Gods hands in this amazing process. I love it.
One of the things that we are most excited about is that we
are going to be in the 4th of July Parade! Sister Raccuia and I were talking
one night about how we could most effectively use the 4th of July as a finding
opportunity to find those people who are ready to hear the gospel. So we were
brainstorming different things. We started talking about how cool it would
be for the stake to get to put together a float and have primary kids and ward
members singing primary songs in the float and have the missionaries walk in
the parade and hand out pass along cards, mormon.org
cards and candy. We were so excited!! But it was 10:31 so we had to turn the
lights off and go to bed. :) The next morning we called President Woodbury, The
stake President, the city and got everything approved and now, we are going to
be in the parade. :) Sister Raccuia and I are so stinking excited. Its going to
take a lot of work, but we are hoping that it will be a successful finding
opportunity. LaPorte actually becomes the capitol of Indiana on the 4th of July
because so many people come to the parade. :) SO we are super stoked. Pray that
everything goes well ok?
I love you all so much and I am so so grateful for all of
your prayers and thoughts. :) Thank you so much for everything that you are
doing.
Love, Sister Watts
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| Maglio's huge dog |
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| Sister D's 99th birthday |
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| With Melissa's Mom |
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