March 19, 2018
Huntsville, Alabama
Heyooo! How is everything? I heard all about Goblin Valley! Sounds like it was a riot! I loved all of the pictures and videos! Y'all are the best!
This week was another good one. Elder Briggs and I have been really busy. We had a few amazing experiences knocking doors this week in the same place... So I guess it's a holy land here in Huntsville! ha! But anyways... a little background on the story. Last transfer Elder Damaso and I had knocked a few doors in this apartment complex but nothing really came of it. When Elder Briggs got here we decided we'd give it another shot. So we continued knocking where we left off. After we had said a prayer in the car, we got out and started walking to a specific building to start. As we got about 10 steps away from the car I stopped, realizing that I had already knocked that building so we moved onto the next building. As we walked in, we decided let's start at the top. So we go upstairs and start knocking this door with a balcony that looks over to the bottom of the stairs. After we knocked the first time, someone walks in the bottom door and is checking her mail at the mailboxes on one side of the entrance. We were really quiet... At the moment, I was thinking, "Should I knock this door and make it super super awkward and just go for it? or just be silent until she leaves?" So I decided what the heck! I knocked and she just immediately looked up at us... So we just kind of looked and said, "Hey how's it going?" And she said, "good? Why you knocking on my door?" So we went into the whole schpeal and she started to tear up. She said, "I have been going through so much in my life and it's more than a miracle that I have y'all right here right now. I only check the mail once every 2 weeks and I never come in the front door, I always go in the back. This is the only time you would catch me. I can't help but think that God is watching over me." It was an amazing experience. Most people don't see that, but it was amazing to see how she could feel of God's love for her in that moment.
We had another experience knocking in that same apartment complex on Saturday evening. We had been knocking doors for about 2 hours at this point and we decided that it was about time to leave. So we finished up and had not seen much happen. Most people were shut off and just ignored us. As we started driving away, we drove past a specific building that for some reason stuck out to me and I felt like we needed to knock that building, but I didn't say anything to Elder Briggs. He all of the sudden said, "One more." I said, "What?" "We've gotta knock one more building." So I was kind of weirded out a little and said, "Okay?" So he said, "Let's go back to where we were knocking and knock the next building so we don't lose track of where we have knocked. So we go back and nothing. Everyone said no. So we start driving off again and I said to Elder Briggs, "We need to knock this building." It was the same building that I had felt like we should knock before but I ignored the prompting. I had felt the same thing again and I thought I can't let this one slip away. Someone needs us. So we knock and nothing. We get to the last door, and this man opens up. His name is Barry Jones. We got talking to him about college and things because he had an Alabama A&M T-Shirt on. As we got chatting he said, "I made a new years resolution that I wanted to come closer to my Savior this year. How can I do that?" My mind was blown... We kept talking to him about the gospel and he asked a lot of questions about the Book of Mormon. We ended up inviting him to Church and we are going back tomorrow to see him. It was an amazing experience to see how the Lord directs His work. I felt bad that I had ignored the first prompting so I knew that I needed to go knock those doors when I received the same prompting a second time. I am beyond grateful that the Lord gave me a second chance on that one.
I know that this it the Lord's work. I know that He leads and guide this church and that we have a living prophet today. It's all true. This is the Lord's kingdom. I love you all. I pray that the Lord will watch over each of you as you go about serving others and are steadfast disciples of our Savior. I love you all! Have a great week.
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