Hello from Edmonton!
Another crazy week in the Kingsway YSA ward that's for sure!
This week as a missionary it was definitely a rollercoaster of emotion! overall we had four investigators drop us and mett three new investigators! I don't even know where to start...
We mett with mark and sara this week and i was all excited to have a spiritual discussion when mark let us know that these lessons once a week were turning into too much of a time committment so this would be the last time we mett. i was shocked! The lessons have always been amazing and he definitely agrees with the teachings of the church but i guess he just wasn't ready. Sara said she's not done with learning however and would like to pick the lessons back up at the end of the summer. There's hope!
The other two investigators that have decided to stop meeting with us are Renee and Peter, yes! the two with the baptismal dates in the next two weeks. They are both amazing people with really strong testimonies of the gospel of jesus christ. Renee had been taught all the lessons we teach plus set up an interview with the bishop and Peter had just one more lesson to go! Sadly i would really like to take this opportunity to share my testimony of the importance of attending church! Something i know to be true is that our worship each week on the Sabbath day is not just to make our Heavenly Father happy but it's to bring peace, direction and strength to our lives. I don't hesitate to say that Satan works really hard on us and it's so important to have that one day a week to seperate ourselves from the world and kind of sit back and take a look at the bigger picture, the eternal picture! Both of these people had missed a couple weeks of church in a row and of course they arn't perfect and fear and doubt came into theird minds. Is their spiritual journey over? of course not! they will always have the knowledge of the gospel they earned i hope more than anything that we will be able to see them in the future and remain friends!
But of course... the missionary work, the work of the Lord goes forth! We mett some AMAZING people this week! Michelle is great and she came to our first lesson with a solid background of mormon.org! Which was fantastic and kind of a missionary's dream! because of her knowledge she came to the lessons prepared with questions and we were able to have a really intimate real conversation about the restoration of Christ's Church on the earth through a prophet! it was great, she's been reading from the book of mormon and came to church yesterday. i love seeing the excitement and joy of the gospel in people and pray that her happiness in learning the gospel and following jesus christ will continue!
We taught Kevin after church yesterday and he's actually a friend of one of our members! Joseph is preparing to go on a mission and mett kevin at work. We learned a lot about kevin's background and he is so excited to have a personal experience with Heavenly Father and reading the book of mormon for himself to know if it's true.
Alvaro was our third new investigator and he blew my socks off! we mett for the first time with him yesterday and learned he's from mexico here on a work visa and learned english. he's a chemist and one of the youngest of 9 children. he grew up in the catholic church but didn't agree with all their teachings. so.... him along with some of his friends in the ward taught him the first lesson and while sister hayes recited joseph smith's first vision experience alvaro's eyes filled with tears and he didn't know what to say! the spirit was VERY strong and as we invited alvaro to say the closing prayer he literally pleaded with the Lord to help him know if joseph smith and the book of mormon are true. he said he'd be willing to do anything to follow jesus christ. i couldn't help but tear up a little bit.... how sweet and how prepared he is.
i know that the lord prepares through his angels and the holy ghost EVERY single person on this earth. we are all his children and he loves us and knows us all intimately! I love being a part of the missionary work and pray every day that the lord's will will be done in the edmonton area. I have been blessed to teach many people of the gospel of jesus christ but like it says in the scriptures (ether 12) we will not gain a witness of true testimony of this restored gospel of jesus christ untill after the trial of our faith. The trial of our faith will not be one event but is the purpose of this earth experience!
I am so greatful for everyone's support and prayers and hope that you all are experienceing missionary experiences each day as you live as an example of christ . as sister hayes would say, love ya'll!!!
love sister wotherspoon
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