1.
Trunk of Treat! Always such a great turn out! There were lots of members who
brought their friends and neighbors! We passed out candy and the chili cook off
was so good too! :)
2.
Exchanges! We went on 2 exchanges this week! I stayed in our area both times.
It was so fun to be with Hermana Holding and Sister Hubbard! They taught me so
much!
3.
MLC! Accountability is crazy but the spirit was so strong and I learned a lot!
I am glad I get to go to 1 more in a few weeks :)
4.
Nadine is a new this week! We found her knocking and she has friends who are
members in the ABQ North Stake. She is a mom of 2 girls and they are currently
attending a Baptist church. She shared a lot with us and is practically already
Mormon. She went to the trunk or treat and fit right in! She even told us that
they have been waiting for their member friends to introduce them to
missionaries! We are excited :)
5.
This is the best miracle! Sister Hubbard is a fireball! Wow, I learned so
much from her on exchanges and she has only been in the field for 2 weeks now!
We had a lesson scheduled with one of our investigators named Megan. We found
her about a month ago because she was dating an inactive member in our ward.
She has a 3 year old son, Nico, from a previous marriage. She has been tough.
She knows the Bible inside and out. The morning of our lesson we hadn't heard
back from any of the members we asked to come with us, so I said a quick prayer
and the spirit led me to asking a recent convert named Jaime. She is a single
mom and has been through a lot. She was baptized in April. She picked us up for
our lesson and on the way there we filled her in on a little about Megan.
(Jaime was tough too!) Going into the lesson, Sister Hubbard and I still didn't
have a concrete plan of what we were going to teach-just a couple ideas
depending on how the follow up went. When we got there, Jaime and Megan
clicked! It was incredible to listen to their conversations. They both came
from Sagebrush where they felt like something was missing. David, the inactive
boyfriend was put in jail just a few days prior because of attempt to murder
Megan. Jaime was in a very abusive relationship previously and was able to
console her and offer ideas and support. Megan struggled with the term
"restoration" and said to her it sounded like the gospel was being
compared to an old piece of furniture in the back of someone's garage. Sister
Hubbard spoke up and said that there are only 2 reasons a piece of furniture
would need to be restored...either it is old, or it had been misused. BINGO.
The gospel had been misused after Christ and His apostles were killed. It made
so much more sense to Megan and we could see some of those doubts wash away.
The spirit in there was incredible and for the cherry on top, little Nico
pulled out of his room and little tent that he had lots of his toys and books
in and was playing so good while we were talking. Megan talked about how
grateful she was for the church, and how she believed that David in her life was
merely to bring her in contact with us. The church provided Nico with the tent,
toys, and books after their house was broken into. When we walked out, Jaime
turned to us in tears, saying, "Sisters, you will never believe
this..." She proceeded to tell us that a month earlier, the Bishop came to
her and asked if her 3 year old, Asher, had any toys he didn't play with
anymore because there was a single mom who had a son who didn't have anything.
Jaime went to little Asher and he collected up some of his toys and his most
favorite book for the little boy who had nothing. Ever since then, Jaime had
been praying for that mom and little boy. Well, that mom and little boy was
Megan and Nico. Jaime also had been going through some custody battles with her
youngest and was praying that someone would come into her life that was worse
off than her that she could serve and help because of her previous experiences.
Megan was the answer to her prayers, and ours. God's hand was SO involved in
every aspect of this miracle!
Down Low, 2 Slow.
1. We were expecting 5 people at church this week and only had 1! Ahh :(
2. I
feel like I worked all alone in Western Hills this week-haha.
Again,
I have no time but really quick! In Relief Society yesterday we talked about
commitment. There is a difference between being committed to the gospel and
just going through the motions. You don't really have to be committed to paying
your tithing to do it. You don't really have to be committed to going to church
for 3 hours every week to do it. What difference does it make when we are
committed though?
Elder
Bednar shares an experience from his mission when President Boyd K. Packer came
to visit and they were at the train station. While they were among the crowd,
he thought about how no one there knew that an apostle of the Lord was right
there! President Packer said, "It will be necessary for each of us to
learn to be alone in a crowd." Even if no one around you is committed to
the gospel make sure you are! It will be a great protection and source of
comfort, direction, and everything else that the gospel brings!
God speed!
Love, Sister Bowen
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