Well things here are going well. I am daily amazed at the miracles the Lord provides. I'm learning more and more that small miracles are very common when you embark in the service of God. He is all powerful, and I've found if I don't get in the way too much, he will work miracles all day long. When we consecrate everything to Him, he provides where we lack. It's a law of Heaven.Yesterday at church we were headed to our gospel doctrine class- we were running late and there were people already in there waiting for us. As we passed the Librarian, however, I had the impression to stay and talk with her. I stopped and turned around and we went back to chat with her. We were there for a few minutes and I started wondering why I had felt the need to talk with her, and if we had accomplished what the Lord had in mind (after all we did have a class to get to) as my impatience and curiosity grew, I looked down the hall and saw a former investigator walking towards us with a huge grin on his face. I was stunned. Sister VanCamp and I looked at each other dumbfounded. We went up to greet him and found out that for the last 3 weeks he's been coming to church- just slipping in and out. Today he wanted to stay for the other 2 blocks and was trying to find us. If we had not stopped to talk with the Librarian we would have missed him. Miracle. We happily took him with us to Gospel Doctrine, and after that he went to Priesthood which he seemed to enjoy very much.
Then later that day we felt impressed to stop and knock on a specific house. We got out of the car knocked on the door and the lady said almost instantly, "My grandma is a member of your church and my nephew is serving a mission in Utah right now." We asked if we could share a message with her and she said, "Yes please come back on Wed night." ..... cool.
After that house we headed over towards the house of the Relief Society President. We didn't know where we were going, but we knew that the night before we had felt impressed to be in that area. As we drove over there we passed the house of a former investigator who had really wanted to be baptized but was moving. In the chaos of it all the sisters had lost contact with her. As we drove past we noticed that her car was still there. Sister VanCamp threw on the brakes and turned around. We got out of the car only to find that they hadn't ended up moving, and she had lost all the contacts in her phone and she was planning on coming to church next week so that we could get back in contact, and she could start preparing for baptism again. She doesn't feel she's ready yet, but knows that she does want to be baptized.
Here's one more example of how the Lord provides for us as we are in His service. We did a Relief Society function last week and as part of the meeting we were going to have the sisters write down a list of 3 people who they wanted to share the gospel with and under the direction of the spirit decide what the next step was for them and their friend- whether it was inviting them to an activity, giving them a Book of Mormon, taking them to church etc. Then they were to make an action plan on how to do it. We met with the Relief Society President about half an hour before the meeting and told her everything that we planned on doing. As we explained this portion of the meeting she said, "Perfect, Sister Christiansen has the scrapbook paper for that as well." Sister VanCamp and I looked at each other as it dawned on us that we had never actually got paper or pens or the sisters to actually be able to make their action plan. We had completely forgot about it. Then we looked at Sister Pomeroy and said... "Well that's convenient. We never talked about this though, because we came up with the idea this morning. How did you know to get scrapbook paper?" She said.... "I have no idea. Sister Christiansen just said she had it and was bringing it."
I see the Lord provide for us and our investigators daily, in big ways and in small ways. I'm grateful for them all. I know the biggest way he provides for us daily is through the power of His atonement. The more we repent the greater affect it has in our life, and the more we realize how it is involved in every intricate moment. (Helaman 5:11). I love our Savior, and I am very grateful for Him, I am nothing without Him.
In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
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