I am always amazed at what each day brings on my mission! Even when we're dropped, God allows us to find and teach more people! This week another family dropped us. But I'm grateful that we were still able to increase their faith in Jesus Christ, even if they didn't accept the full gospel right now. I've realized more and more that being baptized allows people to receive more blessings in life, and it is that gateway to eternal life, but ENDURING is the most important part of it. Baptism means nothing without understanding and willingness. People who are truly seeking have a desire to accept and live the gospel. So when we DO find people who are truly seeking we are able to recognize that within the first lesson! GOD lets us be the missionaries to teach people who ARE ready to be baptized, it's the greatest joy! AND after being dropped by two families, we found another family!!! They want to be baptized on August 3rd. Sister Wilson and I saw them on Tuesday, and then Wilson and Brunner saw them Friday on exchanges. They read the Restoration pamphlet and they said they already know it's true. Laquala said, "My new years resolution this year was the find the right church and be baptized." THEN Brunner felt inspired to teach them about the Word of Wisdom and as Joel had a cup of coffee in his hand, he sets the cup down and says, "It must be done." What FAITH these people have!!! Things like this don't just happen! The spirit is a miracle worker! When Wilson and Brunner saw Joel and Laquala and their kids I got to spend the day with Sister Drummond in Booneville! We cleaned the baptismal font to be ready for their investigators baptism on Saturday. Then that night Sister Wilson and I got half price shakes after 8:00 at Sonic with Ashley and her friend. Her friend was distracted and we hardly teached ... oh wow, I mean TAUGHT anything, but then as we are about to leave we talk to an employee and invite her to meet up with us and then her face lit up and she said she and her sister and mom have been looking for a church!! .. And then on exchanges with Sister Moulton we met a man who believes Christ went to India after he was born, and stayed there for 12 years. Source? Undocumented. .. A lot can happen in 1 day.
