Hey family & friends:) This week flew by.
We had my last zone conference Tuesday. It was very bittersweet but I was grateful that I was able to bear my testimony. It has been a joy thinking of all the things I have been able to learn and the ways I have been able to grow these past 18 + months. Sister Christiansen & I just cried together haha :)
We had the opportunity to go on exchanges with Cumberland Sisters & the Hedgesville Sisters this week! I got to be with Sister Reategui in Cumberland & Sister Curtis in Hedgesville:)
Tuesday in Hedgesville we were tracting in a trailer park & this man started to yell at us saying "why do you even go around talking to people about this" & all I kept thinking about was Paul when he says, "I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ" It was amazing telling him that Christ told us to go into the world & preach the gospel to every creature and that was what we were there to do.
Wednesday we went on splits with Sister Wheeler & had a lesson with Carinna on Thursday @ Sister Harris' home. We taught the plan of Salvation & she said that it felt familiar to her! I love when people recognize truths they once knew before this life:)
In Cumberland Friday evening we taught a former investigator, Heidi, who had been having a really hard day. The sisters hadn't seen her in a year but she had been thinking of the missionaries that day. She's a single mom trying to provide for her kids but she feels like she is worthless & nothing in God's eyes. Sister Reategui & I both had tears in our eyes as we were able to testify to her of God's divine love & her heritage as a daughter of a Heavenly King. We told her that no one goes too far than the light of Christ shines. It was one of the neatest experiences of my mission. The sisters went back the next day & taught her the rest of the restoration :)
Saturday we got in with one of our investigators who's been having a crazy & busy week. We taught her about eternal families & she loved the idea of family's being united for eternity. That really is the whole point of the gospel & the whole point of a mission. To help people be with their family's forever.
Yesterday we had an incredible miracle. Martinsburg, WV had a stake-wide fast for the missionary efforts here. With it being fast Sunday, Sister Hendricks, an awesome sister in the ward who goes out with us all the time:), bore her testimony about member missionary work. Then Brother Bandy got up after her & did the same thing. It was so cool! :)
The story with Sister Hendricks is that she gave her neighbor Janet a Book of Mormon. Janet is a born-again Christian and likes to ask questions. We had the coolest restoration lesson with her. We taught her about Joseph Smith & how the Book of Mormon came to be. She understood everything so clearly including the great apostasy, prophets, priesthood, and why we would need the Book of Mormon. She said with tears in her eyes that everything made sense & that she knew completely the Book of Mormon was true. She said she was going to give it to her son-in-law who's a minister of her church to read haha. The spirit was so strong & it was so cool to see someone so humble & open feel the Holy Ghost being carried into their hearts & having her allow it into her heart.
I know this gospel is completely true. I know it with my whole heart. Jesus Christ is the way by which salvation comes. This is His gospel. Share this glorious news with everyone you can:) & have them check out discover.mormon.org. I love you guys so much. Have a great week.
Xo Sister Stolworthy
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