This week has taught me so much. Tuesday was a day of almosts. By the end of the day, my companion and I were feeling frustrated with how close we kept getting to reaching our goals. We had the goal of one new investigator. We ALMOST had four, but every time we tried to pray with them, something would go awry. Then we almost had 20 gospel centered conversations and we almost were home on time. (9:31). It was so frustrating! By the end of the day all I could wonder was why does the Lord seem to almost be blessing us, but not quite? And then Sister Allen, in all her wisdom, realized what is was. That day and the previous day, we were almost obedient but not quite. And the Lord was showing us the difference. Not that we have been doing anything awful, but we would be one minute late to personal study or just little things like that. It is so important to be exactly obedient. Sister Allen and I really learned the difference on Tuesday.
After we repented and fixed that, the rest of our week went better. When Sister Allen and I showed up to our appointment with Stan, he informed us that he had a ton of questions. This was not suprising until we learned that he had spent six hours reading Mormon Doctrine by Bruce R. McConkie. I seriously felt like the poor missionaries who had to teach Glen Beck. We could barely keep up. He is truly a truth-seeking investigator. We again emphasized the importance of the Book of Mormon in the power of conversion. I also felt the reality of the promise to missionaries in Doctrine and Covenants that we will not be confounded if we are teaching by the Spirit. Because he takes his faith seriously and truly wants to learn, we were able to answer all of his questions. It was exhausting, but we were not confounded!
The Work is Working!!
Sister Thomson
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