Sorry I didn't write last week! But now you get an email with two whole weeks worth of missionary miracles
Last week we saw a pretty amazing miracle. We started a conversation with a lady who told us she was actually looking for a church to attend and wanted to learn more about what we believed! She asked if we could meet up somewhere and told us she lived in the Hartman Plantation apartment complex. . . . . . . Which is where WE live! Of our entire area, she lives in our same apartment complex!! Now, the complex is huge. There are probably 250-300 units, but this lady messaged us a few minutes after we told her we were living there too and asked, "Do y'all have a picture of Jesus taped to your door?" Turns out that not only is she living in the same apartment complex, but she lives EXACTLY ACROSS from us!!!!!!!!! The miracle part of this story is that even if we were allowed to tract, our apartment complex is extremely anti-anyone going door to door. So if it hadn't been for Facebook finding, this lady would not have been found! We were able to share the message of the restoration and give her a copy of the Book of Mormon, both of which she drank in and was planning on coming to church this Sunday!
The fourth of July was pretty fun! It felt like it lasted the whole week. People were setting off fireworks pretty much non-stop from the 2nd and didn't stop until after the 5th. I am so grateful to live in such a wonderful country. 3 Nephi 21:4 says, "For it is wisdom in the Father that they should be established in this land, and be set up as a free people by the power of the Father, that these things might come forth from them unto a remnant of your seed, that the covenant of the Father may be fulfilled which he hath covenanted with his people, O house of Israel." I am so grateful for the freedoms in this country that God has preserved so that the Gospel of Jesus Christ could be restored in its fullness! I cannot even begin to imagine my life without the gospel.
This Wednesday was zone conference!!!! And we finally got to meet the Grahams!! They are both so amazing and funny! You can just feel the outpour of love that they have for the mission already. The conference was amazing (as always), I learned a lot about unity and consecration. One of my favorite take-aways from one of the trainings was "Never doubt that your contribution matters!" and it reminded me of a talk given in April 2017 by Elder Holland, "Songs Sung and Unsung." He can definitely express the principle better than I can so please go give that talk another read!
Another miracle we saw this week happened when the Sister Training Leaders came by on Thursday and helped us figure out how to take our finding efforts to the next level in effectiveness. We have been having great conversations with people over facebook messenger, but have been having the hardest time setting up appointments when we could call and teach them more. But after the sister training leaders helped us, we've been able to set up an average of three appointments each day! We know that as we get to actually talk and testify to these people, the Spirit will be all the more powerful.
There were 16 baptisms in the mission just THIS week!!! There is no greater testimony that the Lord's work does not stop!!!!
I love this work, I know the church is true! I love being a missionary, I love you all, and I LOVE THE LORD!!!
-Sister Shumway
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