They came! They came! they came!

It has been a really great week, which I am grateful for because it started out a little rough. Last week we just felt like we had no idea what to do for those we were teaching. We still don't :) but we plan and move ahead and it has been going well. And by well i mean two of our investigators came to church for the first time!! yea! I have never had any come yet, and it was just about more than my heart could handle. So much so that I lost control of my body and like jumped/fell sideways head first into the gym door at church. That was special.

It is this sweet older couple that we don't get to teach very much, but that we are very in love with, because they are so good and they just want to follow Christ. They came and really liked it. Everything just seemed to go perfectly. The talks were about the Holy Ghost, the spirit was really strong and the Sunday school lesson was on Charity. It was like we had hand picked everything about the meeting to help out this couple as much as we could. The Lord knows what his children need. It was wonderful. 

 

This week I have especially realized the power and support patriarchal blessings can bring. It was kind of what kicked me in the bum to get going again. Who knew such a small paper could make such a big difference? probably a lot of people, but I didn't.

We made progress with our less active friend, because she seemed to reach a low point in her life and decided that it was now time that she start reading the Book of Mormon and praying with her son. It was a miracle, because everything we had discussed before hand to teach her she said herself. That is the beauty of being taught by the spirit before hand.

I feel like Pittsford is coming alive again! And with it, I feel like I come even more alive. It is a great feeling.

There was heartbreaking news this week about a family in the ward who has recently been so offended they stopped coming to church and their daughter who is getting married in 2 days decided to just have a justice of the peace marry them instead of being married in the temple. As sister McKenna and I have considered what to do to help this family, it has made me reflect on what family sealing has meant to me. It is the most valuable thing I have, and it is my greatest desire right now to help those people that I am teaching to go through the temple someday. And to help this struggling family to understand the importance of it as well. Thanks mom and dad for living worthy to be an eternal family. It really is everything to me.

 

Yesterday Bob, the man who takes care of the Sacred Grove, took us through a 'grove tour' showing us the trees that were there at the time of the first vision and other cool things. It was such a neat experience, because he is not a member of the church, but he kept sharing his testimony over and over again. He knows Joseph Smith saw Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ in there and he considers himself to be a member, but he just doesn't quite understand baptism. But he loves the grove and respects it more than I think anyone in the world. It was a humbling, powerful experience.

I love you all. Thanks for the letters and support and prayers. They mean so much to me :)

love,

Sister A