HELLO MISSION FRIENDS!!!
Today I am writing my update to thank my Mother for teaching me how to Open My Mouth!! 🙂 All of her years in Politics paid off… 🙂 We had some sweet experiences with strangers as we asked inspired questions that lead to discussions! So I’m going to tell you about those. 🙂
There was a lady at $1.00 Jewelery Store that we were at on a P-day. As we paid for my cute new earrings, I handed her a Mormon.org card and told her about all of the really neat videos on it and asked her if she would check it out. 🙂 She said, “Oh! Are you Mormon? I’ve been wanting to know about the church. My grandpa was mormon and lived in Utah!” I thought I was going to faint! OUt of all of the 100’s of cards I’ve passed out, nobody says something like that!!!! So we got talking about Family History and how there is a family history center in Davenport. She was Super excited! So we gave her a BOM. THe next week we came by she immediately said, “MY DAUGHTER LOVES THAT BOOK YOU GAVE ME!!! CAN WE GET ANOTHER ONE!!!” Here, Take two!! And a pamphlet! The sad thing is…she’s like an hour outside our area. So we referred her to the other Elders… BUT STILL!!! IT WAS SUPER NEAT!!!!
Then!! We went to the store to get groceries at Aldis. (Super neat store I wish they had in Utah!). They had an imported Chocolate section that I went to go look at. So while I was there, there was a man there looking at the chocolate. I asked him, “Are these from a different country?” He said (In a sweet Accent) “Yes they are very good.” “Wait a second…are YOU from a different country??!” He was! So we started talking and he looks at our name tags with this mesmerized look on his face. So I said, “Have you ever seen these tags before? We’re missionaries!!” Anyways…He was soooo excited. He’s from Syria, and He’s Christian!! Really rare. He wasn’t in our area…so we referred him to another set of Elders. He came to church and accepted a baptismal invite. 🙂 🙂 🙂
THEN! The spirit told us to walk up to a random old couple in HYVEE. I was like, “Hey, we can’t do that right now. We have an appointment we’ll be late to.” But the spirit’s like, “It’s gonna be okay! Just go talk to them.” I’ve always wanted to do a baptismal invite on the first contact with someone, and we did on Saturday night after 20 mins of talking with a couple! It was so fun! 🙂 The husband had a daughter who was Mormon, and a Mother who was Mormon too! And he’d always wanted to read the BOM!!!! They loved us and want to take us out to dinner. 🙂
I am just taking advantage of doing those kinds of moments while I’ve got the magic nametag! 🙂
We went to the Tapscott’s church yesterday that they usually go to so that we can try and see what they like about their church that’s not in ours. I learned that their church is beautiful (Apiscopalian) and the spirit was there….but I just love how the Gospel of the Church of Jesus Christ of LDS teaches us what we need to do to FOLLOW Jesus Christ. Other Churches know how to praise him, but we know how to access the atonement and it’s SUCH a blessing!! 😀 😀 😀 Rand came to 6 hours of church after he attended his and ours…then went back to his for another hour!!
Angie and Brighid let 2 Priesthood holders come over to administer a blessing of health and comfort to them. She hasn’t been in remission from Chrones disease for 12 years. We know that the blessing will help. 🙂
So, I told Heavenly Father…I might not be the best teacher in the world, But if you put people in front of me, I will talk to them. 😉 He’s definitely helping me fulfill that. 🙂 D&C 33:8-9. Open YOUR MOUTH! It will be filled. I know that the Book of Mormon is the best book to read if you want to develop Christlike attributes and grow closer to Heavenly Father. I’m so thankful that I get these oppurtunities to enter into people’s homes and bare my testimony of how much I love the Savior. I’m so thankful that I can get away with asking people to be baptised within the first 20 minutest of knowing them and not get shot!! 😛 And I’m so thankful to be healthy and receive so many prayers of faith from my family members and friends! Thanks for everything you do for me!!
And I say these things humbly and gratefully in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen! 🙂
Sister Tobias