This was a great week. Sorry about not emailing till Thursday last week. I'll have some weeks like that. So we had a way cool miracle happen this past week. We ran into a lady named Donna a couple weeks ago, and this past Saturday we had arranged to have a member come with us and then he would be able to give her and her kids a ride to church on Sunday. Right when we got there on Saturday the member was like 'I am here to bring you to church' and because he asked and was so natural about it, she took it so well and just naturally assumed that that's what she would be doing the next day - haha. So when you go out with the missionaries make sure you speak what needs to be said in a kind genuine manner and then miracles happen. Donna and her kids came and they had the best time, even in primary. Elder "J" and I loved it because we were able to go to primary haha. So fun. And Donna went to primary to watch what her kids would be doing and it was perfect for her because she was at ease and it was easy to understand.
We just got a senior couple that came into our ward. So we have 6 missionaries in the ward I am in. Because it was fast Sunday we all bore our testimonies. Our mission president wants every missionary to bear their testimonies at every fast and testimony meeting, but to only take 30 seconds. Short, powerful, to the point. So we all got up and start off the testimony meeting and then the rest of it is about missionary work. It was way awesome. And then for the youth Sunday school class they did a combined thing and had a testimony meeting in there and it was mostly about missionary work. So it was a missionary Sunday. which was way awesome.
Over all a way good week - full of transfers and cool miracles.
One of the things that Elder "J" and I are working on is helping our missionaries be more in-line with the presiding authority. I got an awesome email from Dan which talked about missionaries in ward council. and then Elder "J" and I were on the church's new web site about "hastening the work of salvation" and the big thing that hit us is that when members and missionaries have the same goal, that's when the miracles happen. And when people listen to those that hold the keys for their area; mission pres, stake pres and bishops - and work toward the goals that they have - that's when the miracles happen, because we are all in the business of the 'work of salvation'. Whether it's finding people to teach, going to less active members' house's and inviting them to come to church, our helping the ones who are active say active - its all the purpose of God; to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. And as we come together and understand we have the same goal in mind and that's when the miracles flow. I love it. One of the things that Elder Uchtdorf says on that web site is that the whole reason that Heavenly Father created the universe is to save and exalt mankind. WOW. Intense. We thought about that and still are talking about that. It made us think more and we are working on the members and missionaries here to truly understand that the purpose of the universe is to save and exalt mankind. Good stuff. So make sure you have your missionaries over and are giving them people to visit, because miracles will flow :)
Love you all - have an awesome week.
- Elder Woestman
