It was another great week! Things are picking up in the Oak
Ridge area.
This week we visited lots of different people -- members,
potential investigators, and less-active members.
So first of all, Tuesday night was quite the adventure. We
were supposed to meet with the Bishop on Tuesday night at 7:45 (key word being
"supposed"). It was about 7:35 pm and we decided that we should go
tracting for a few minutes before going to the church. So I open the back door
to get my bag, and decided that if we were just tracting for a few minutes, I
didn't need my whole bag, and my shoulder could use a break every now and then.
So I grabbed a Book of Mormon, some pass along cards, my planner, and a pen,
and shut the door. And then I realized that I just locked the keys and the
phone in the car! Smooth move, I know.
Me: Uh oh
Sis. Colton: What?!
Me: Uh... I just locked the keys in the car. And the phone.
Sis. Colton: Seriously?! Well let's just call Brother
Widdison (our ward mission leader).
Me: We can't. The phone is in the car.
Then we decided that we should say a pray. Obvious. So I
said the prayer and we asked Heavenly Father for a big miracle. Then I felt
like we should still go tracting.
Me: Let's go tracting.
Sis. Colton: Tracting? To ask somebody for help?
Me: No. To invited people to learn about the gospel, like we
always do.
Sis. Colton: Are you sure?... Okay...
So we went tracting. We knocked on 3 houses. The first guy
wasn't interested. The second house, nobody answered. The third house, a guy
named Brent answered. We asked if we could share a scripture with him, and he
agreed, then started quizzing us on our Bible knowledge. Sis. Colton was trying
to look stuff up in her scriptures. My Bible was locked in the car. I
apologized to Brent and told him that it was locked in the car. Brent said
"You locked your keys in the car? Do you need me to call one of my
detective friends to come unlock your car?" I love Heavenly Father. So he
called one of his detective friends, who sent a police man and a tow truck and
they unlocked our car for us. And while we waited we had a long conversation
with Brent. He is a really nice guy, but lets just say, I think it is
hilarious when people try to convert missionaries. We gave him our number and
told him to call us if he needs any service because we owe him one, and he gave
us his number in case we ever need his help again. I'm sure we will be seeing
him again. Heavenly Father sent us an angel, and we were very grateful. Anyway,
we did not meet with our Bishop that night, but we did meet with him on
Wednesday night, instead. He is so nice and was very understanding. He was
excited that he had gotten extra scripture study time.
This week, Sister Colton and I really focused on praying
more often through out the day, especially at those times when we aren't
exactly sure what to do. The results have been amazing. The quality of our days
have been much better. We have been able to become better at recognizing and
listening to the Spirit, and it has been much easier for the Lord to guide us
to where He needs and wants us to be, and to the people who need a message of
His love. I love prayer. It is one of the best tools that Heavenly Father
has given us. And when you add the gift of the Holy Ghost to it, you are able
to do all that the Lord needs you to do.
James is doing well. We talked to him about the fruits of
the Spirit this week, to help him recognize what is good and bad in his life.
And I also got to milk a goat this week, which was
absolutely fantastic!
Love,
Sister Sylvester
