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Mon 4/28/14 12:25 PM
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This past week was incredible! Sister Haugen and I saw more miracles this week than ever before!!
We had a very Spirit filled lesson with
one of our investigators Walker. I don't know if I told you about him or not
but his dad just got baptized in November and he already has a stake calling.
Walker is 11 years old and the neatest kid I've ever met! We taught him about
the restoration last week and when we asked him what he thought and if he
believed it was true he said, " Yes. I believe it." We then asked him
why and he said, " I don't know, I can just feel it. It's hard
to describe." We explained to him that it was the Spirit
letting him know it was true. Then after I said the closing prayer, he
looked up and said, " Did anybody else feel that? I just got
chills up and down my body." All the while he had tears streaming down his
face. I have never seen a boy at such a young age feel the Spirit
so strong that it has brought tears to his eyes. It was the neatest experience
to be apart of. His dad also had tears in his eyes and was just
beaming. We felt inspired to invite him to be baptized but his
mom is a non-member and we need to get approval from her first because he's a
minor. If you could keep her in your prayers that her heart might be
softened, it would be greatly appreciated :) Another miracle we saw was while
we were tracting. We are serving in the wealthier part of Roseburg and it seems
like every door that we knocked on, told us that they are comfortable where
their at. It seems that a lot of people feel that what they have is
enough and that they don't need anything else. Anyway, we knocked on this
one door in particular and a women opened. Her name is Karmen. She listened to
every word that we spoke and then told us that she had worked with members of
our church in the past and that she actually already had a copy of The Book of
Mormon. We invited her to read it and she kind of seemed like she
wasn't too interested BUT we said a prayer on her doorstep before we went
on to the next house and she too had tears in her eyes when we looked up. It's
amazing how the Spirit can touch someones heart so quickly. She
told us 3 or 4 times to come back and ran back into her home to grab a piece of
paper to write what chapter we wanted her to read in The Book of Mormon! We
also went to visit a potential that Sister Payne and I had tracted into. We
brought a 18 year old girl with us to visit her and when we had asked if she'd
read the chapter we assigned to her she said no. We were bold and asked if we
could come into her house right then and read it with her and share more about
what we believe. She said YES! And that was another incredible lesson that we
had! The Spirit was so strong and she was so curious to know that we had a
Prophet and Apostles on the earth today. While sitting in that lesson,
something really amazing happened. Something that hasn't happened in awhile.
Sister Haugen was teaching and a thought came to my mind about baptism then a
subtle voice also came into my mind that said, " She's the one. She's
the extra one." Sister Haugen and I had set transfer goals the day before
and sealed those goals with a prayer. We asked Heavenly Father to place just
one more person in our path that was ready and prepared to receive the gospel
and that we could help into the waters of baptism. We firmly believe that
Karmen is that one extra person. I love having experiences like that because
they build my testimony exponentially. I can't even explain the joy that this
work and this gospel brings into my heart. I just love it. We also had a really
awesome lesson with one of our sweet less active ladies we are working with.
She bore her testimony to us and said that she was so grateful for us coming
into her life and that we have given her hope. She said some of the most tender
things I have ever heard and that I will cherish forever. One thing that I am
learning from her is my true potential and who I am. And it's funny because she
is just trying to improve herself and as she does so it helps me.
We met a lady the other day who has gone
through some really hard things in her life and is very
lonely. We asked her if we could sing her a song and she said she
would absolutely love that. She used to sing and play the piano
but because of her health she is unable to do so. We sang "Be
Still My Soul" and the Spirit was so strong. She invited us back next week
and told us that she would like for us to come back every week and sing to her
so that will be fun! Another cool miracle was that we met with Travis. Another
one of our less actives who is a single father raising 3 young children. He is
an incredible dad. We helped him remember the importance of the Sacrament and
he told us that we could come back every week as well! We have just been so
blessed with so many miracles this past week and I feel especially blessed
because I have Sister Haugen as my companion. I seriously love this girl so
much! She is 26 years old and was actually called to the Oregon Eugene Mission
5 years ago but things came up and she wasn't able to come out at that time.
She is the sweetest Sister that i've met and I am so grateful that she is my
companion. She told me that she saw Trevor a few times in her last area and
that he was so sweet when she was struggling in training. I actually get
to see him again tomorrow!!!! I think! I hope! We have MLC and we're going to
camp Alpine! I'm not quite sure what we're doing but I am stoked!!!!! One more
thing that was great was that Elder Packer, President Boyd K. Packer's son came
to our stake conference yesterday and spoke. I was able to talk to him a little
bit and shake his hand. We also met Elder Doxey. What inspired men they are!
I hope all is well back home. Know that you
are all in my prayers. I love you so much!
Love,
Sister Hall
:)
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