April
20th
Miracles
have not Ceased!
Wow. It
is about all I can say about the inumerous blessings that the Lord has bestowed
upon us. It poured blessings all week! Probably even more than the consistent
daily Georgia thunderstorms we have enjoyed (thank Heaven for the car). I don’t
think we will ever truly understand how great of blessings we do receive! All I
can express is my gratitude and even that I feel is not sufficient. God is
good! Georgia is good too, in case you were wondering! Let’s tackle it!
I had
the most delightful Southern meal this past week! We were over at the Pierce’s
and by golly it was the best fried chicken that I have had! I love Southern
people! Their home felt like Cracker Barrell! There are wonderful people out
here, I kid you not!
Elder
Shepherd and I had the privilege of speaking with a lady who, for lack of
better words, was not a fan of the church. In fact, she studied apologetics
against our church for 11 Years. All we could do was testify and see our
testimonies be tested! Here’s what I do know, that smiling and soft answers
diffuse situations, and that the Gospel is true, or why would people go to such
lengths to disprove it?
The
other day we were trying to go see a member family, their first names were
Stella and Wale. I jokingly said, “We are looking for Kelly and Wale, right?” I
then said we will find a lady named Kelly in this neighorhood. This family
wasn’t home, the neighbor yelled at us to get of his driveway, and many doors
were not opened, including the last one. Disappointed, but not discouraged, we
scampered to the car, and the person who lived at this last home pulled in. We,
relishing in the awkwardness, spoke with her, testified, and got a return
appointment. Upon further asking, “What’s your name?” She responded, “Kelly.”
God works in mysterious ways!
We
prayed this week to find a family of three. Little do we know, as we got
confused with an address, by knocking on the wrong door, a lady named Monica
came out. She hasn’t been going to a church and was wanting to be baptized with
her two kids. The Lord works according to our faith! Ask and it will be give
us! She, with Heaven’s help and the Spirit to teach, will be baptized on the 16th of May with her children!
Our
miracle this week came by way of an HQ referral! It was a lady named Beverly, who
requested a bible. We contacted her within 24 hours, set the appointment, and
ran by Friday Morning. She is devoted to her church and a firm believer in
Jesus Christ, she feels that she is a prophet and seer. As we talked with her,
we quickly found out she was after a Book of Mormon. She is thirsty for as much
teaching as she can get about the Lord Jesus Christ! She was distraught why the
whole Christian World is divided and why revelation has ceased. We took the
time to sing “I am a Child of God” to her. The spirit was so strong as we
testified that this is the true church. She then told us that just that
morning, the Lord told her to, “Look for something extraordinary today.” To
which she told us about our message, “This is extraordinary!” We invited her to
be baptized and committed her to attend to church in the coming weeks. She will
be quite the Relief Society President!!
The
greatest joy that we had this week was in the success of the missionaries! As a
Zone Family, we rose from 29 Investigators with a baptismal date to 68! Elder
Anderson felt inspired to put together a last minute Zone Call on Thursday to
rally the troops! From there, we blasted out every person who committed to a
specific date with as much enthusiasm and creativity we could muster! We are
praying to baptize 88 people, one per companionship this transfer!
That is
a wrap, as usual. I am too far from Atlanta to develop my abilities to actually
make my letters home a rap. Thanks for all that you do for me! Thanks for the
letters and for the love! I truly wish the best for everyone this week with
finals and everything! Have a blessed up week! Fight the good fight! Finish the
course! Love you all so much!
Love,
Elder
Dallan Barnes
He is
Extraordinary.
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