July 23, 2018
Gadsden, Alabama
HELLOOOOOO FAMILYYYYY!!! I hope your week has been great. It's been pretty crazy here. Starting at the top of the week, last Sunday we had a dinner appointment with a member. At the end of the appointment we shared a brief spiritual thought with her like we always do. Our invitation for her was to pray for a missionary experience in her own life. She agreed to do so but openly told us that she didn't like to pray for missionary experiences because they always turned out bad. But she agreed to do it. On Monday night, we got a text from this member saying, "You're going to freak out! Call me ASAP!" So we put everything down and called her. She proceeded to tell us about what happened. Long story short, she wasn't supposed to work on Tuesday and was a little frustrated that she was called in. She was praying for a missionary opportunity as well. As she was at work, she had a friend come in and ask her all about the church and told her that she was struggling. Her friend's dad is a pastor at a local church and she felt that her dad was teaching false doctrine. She read in the Bible and it didn't make sense. She asked this member all about the church and their standpoints on the doctrine. She ended up inviting her to have a discussion with the missionaries (Elders Featherstone and Quayle) at her house.! HOW COOL IS THAT?! We had an amazing lesson with her and this member's thoughts on sharing the gospel have completely changed. It was an amazing experience. When we pray for missionary experiences, God will give them to us. Just ask to share the gospel and he'll help you. If each of us did this consistently, I believe that the Lord's work would go forward faster and faster. I looked up some statistics about member missionary work and turns out that 1 in 4 member referrals gets baptized. 25% is INSANE! When with missionaries it's 1 in 100 people they find get baptized. So that was a huge testimony builder to me about sharing our testimonies with others but as well praying for opportunities to share what we believe.
On another note, this week we had Zone Conference and I was able to share my testimony. It was a super cool experience reflecting on all that I have learned as a missionary. I couldn't really get my mind wrapped around what I wanted to say. It was amazing to see how my testimony has grown in 2 years. I really do love this gospel. It's the greatest blessing.
After Zone Conference, we went over to the bike shop and they looked at our bikes. Both of our bikes are out of commission for the time being. So that's kind of terrible. Then we went to the mission office and fixed up two bikes for us to ride. They are a little sketchy but they'll work. After that we headed on back to Gadsden and we opened up our apartment door to see a surprise! WATER EVERYWHERE! hahahahaha! Our apartment was flooded while we were gone. Something happened to the washer and dryer hook ups and they were leaking all day. The A/C went out on us also . So we didn't have water for a few days. That was definitely interesting. We had to shower at an empty apartment in the complex. They let us into that apartment so we would use public restrooms for the bathroom, shower at the other apartment, and cook with water that we would carry in pots from the other apartment as well! It's been insane. Hopefully they can get the A/C working quickly too. It's been pretty hot here lately. About 90-95 degrees with 90-100% humidity. We've been wringing out our shirts everyday haha! Reminds me of Brian telling me about his mission.
So it's been quite the week! We've had a good time. The mission is always a good time though. So I hope you have a great week and can see the Lord's hand in each of your lives. Y'all are the best! I love y'all!
Strength and Honor
"Shall we not go on in so great a cause?"
Elder Noah Featherstone
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