Stories from Ruth #33

 

This week was full of miracles! I thank my Heavenly Father for blessing us so greatly! Sister Strate was too sick to do much but the Lord blessed every effort we made. We did a lot of calling all the people on the phone who were interested and setting appointments. On Thursday it was hot so Sister Strate and I went outside to have lunch and do comp study. We had made spring rolls the night before and cooked them before going out. In Chelmsford there is Central Park which is lovely and has a beautiful duck pond in the center so we sat by it. Before we left this guy came and sat nearby. He kept looking at us and I felt inspired to speak to him. We talked to him and at first when we talked to him he said he did not want to meet, but as we talked and testified he felt the spirit and asked us if we could meet him. It was great!

A few weeks ago Sister Georgieva and I met James. He was not religious, but after we talked and

testified to him he said that he was going to say no to meeting with us but was interested to see if God was there. The next day he texted us and told us that he had been thinking a lot about what he said and wanted to know how to pray. We sent him a talk by Elder Holland to listen to and he did. Then this week, three weeks later, he said he would like to meet. Apparently the plan of salvation pamphlet moved him to meet with us. He read the pamphlet and wanted to ask more. First he let us teach then he asked us questions. He asked about the book of Mormon and said he had started reading the bible after the last time that we had met him everyday. We just got a message today saying he read Alma 40-41 and 1 Corinthians 15, but did not fully understand it. Which is fine it is hard to understand the scriptures but he read! And we told him that we would go over it next time! When we met him we answered a lot of his questions about religion. He thought child baptisms were wrong and we showed him Moroni 8 which says that children are innocent and alive in Christ. It was amazing.

 

That day we both felt prompted to get Chris water, who is our homeless investigator, I thought to ask after we teach him, but Sister Strate asked then and there and then we bought him four bottles of water in a six pack we bought for a pound. That night when we saw him he told us that he had drunk three of them after we left him. We also felt inspired to make him food and give him some water which will also help him overcome his smoking since he will have something to eat. On the way home after we had two former investigators on the phone who called us and asked if we could meet them.

My favorite miracle is that Chandra came to church, not only her, but Christina and her whole family. Christina is our self-referral who is seeking for truth. She loves the Book of Mormon and has asked us why other Christians do not believe in it since it testifies of Christ. Her and her husband read the bible every night together and pray often. It truly is wonderful to see. Her daughter who is around 16 was even taking notes during the meeting, and Christina said there were many things she heard that were true and she wants to come back to church. I am grateful to have even seen this miracles.