Hello everyone!:) This week has felt like an eternity, but that makes me quite happy:) & happy birthday to beautiful Grandma Tutu!:) & happy anniversary mom & dad! Today makes 29 years- you guys are awesome:)
This week in Antietam: We were able to teach Robin at the Motel 6. Her children were cray cray, but it was fun being able to teach them using the Restoration cups:) We gave Vivica a church tour & she has been reading a ton in the Book of Mormon. We had another lesson with Robin but she wasn't there:( Sister Granados came with us. She is amazing! She is always doing missionary work & coming up with great ideas to share. She is a great example. I'm sure that if everyone was like Sister Granados there would be a whole stake in Hagerstown :) We were able to visit Sister Thompson who is a returning less-active. The Jaccards (senior couple) are ending their mission in a week. They have done so much to bless the lives of those in the Antietam ward.
This week in Hagerstown: Met a really cool lady named Krista. She does dialysis 3 times a week because her liver is failing, but she has incredible faith in Christ. We taught Michelle- a former who was hit with anti- she was going into labor last week & literally was having contractions while we were there! Haha. Friday we had a miracle!! :) We were stopping by a potential named Kimberly in the northaven trailer park. We couldn't see if the number was a 5 or a 3. We asked this lady outside if her name was Kimberly. She said she was the wrong one & pointed us in another direction. So we went to another trailer & talked to a cool lady named Cassie. Then a few minutes later Kimberly called us & said she was the right one & to come back and see her! :) If you're a missionary you know that no one ever purposely calls you haha so we were excited! We went back & taught her and her boyfriend about the restoration. Her boyfriend Bobby had prayed & asked God to help her out. After Kimberly enrolled herself in an addiction recovery program for alcohol Bobby said that's when we showed up, the next day. They are both so prepared! :) When we were in the trailer park the next day to have one of our investigators get a blessing, we saw Bobby outside. He had come across anti material so we were able to clear things up for him & help him understand the importance of the restoration. Sister Giles & I now have a really strong testimony of contacting our investigators daily. More than I ever have before. Satan will work at all ends to try to deter them from the truth. That night we were trying by some potentials & no one was home but we saw some people outside around 8:45 at night so we decided to park & go talk to them. We met this man Moses who was sitting outside his apartment all alone. His wife had died 2 weeks ago & all of his kids were in NC. It was a really spiritual experience to be able to talk to him about the plan of salvation & promise with our whole soul that he would be able to see her again.
Saturday night after dinner at Bishops we went by a couple, Danielle & James who we had talked to a couple weeks before. They have 2 cute little boys. It was really great getting to talk to them about the Restoration & about families:)
We had another miracle. Sunday night we were downtown. It was a blue light area & just not a safe street but our plans were down there. We felt weird & that we should leave so we did. We went running out of our next plans with an hour left in our night. We were going to visit a potential when a lady that Sister Giles had met 2x on exchanges walked by & invited us in. We didn't have her address or phone # since she hadn't given it to the sisters willingly. It was a miracle!:)
Thursday we had leadership council & we talked a lot about the faith of Peter. That made me so happy because Peter is one of my favorite people. Sister Giles & I were studying his life this morning for an instruction. Peter had a firm knowledge of Jesus Christ. While at the sea of Tiberius he leaped out of the boat to swim to the shore. Even though he had mortal weaknesses, he was the most loyal, devoted disciple to Jesus Christ. He exercised his faith constantly in the Savior. I hope to be like Peter- not just on my mission but throughout my entire life.
Yesterday we visited a less-active who kept telling us she was way too busy for church & for Jesus Christ. It broke my heart. This life is all about service, the celestial kingdom is all about service. If we aren't willing to give our time to God, what makes us think our time is even worthy anything? I know that this life is all about the Savior & about serving & giving all we are to Him. It's not just on a mission that we sacrifice our will to His, it is throughout our entire life. Love you guys.
Xo Sister Stolworthy
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