Dear Family and Friends,
Since day one of this
transfer I have been asking myself and verbally expressing, "I just don't
understand why all of this is happening!" That would be because the miracles are
abounding here. Every day is something
new and miraculous that I just can't explain adequately.
We had the most powerful
lesson with our investigator James. We
had a member come with us because they are so valuable when they come to
lessons. At the end we had him give the
closing prayer and invited him to pray about Joseph Smith being a prophet. We invited him as well to sit quietly for 30
seconds at the end so that he can receive his answer by the Holy Ghost. It was the most sincere, heartfelt prayer. My confirmation of the prophet came, but not
only that, he sat there for 5 minutes. He
was soaking up the Spirit. We quietly
waited for him to receive his answer. When
he looked up he had tears in his eyes. We
asked him what his experience was like and he said it was very touching, and he
felt joy. So powerful.
We were also at a member's
home teaching her a lesson and we asked her if she knew anyone that we could go
and teach. She gets right up and goes to
talk with her friend in the kitchen and asks if he wants to learn about the
gospel. He comes right out and says,
"I know who you are! When my car was broken down some Elders came and
helped me and invited me to come to Church! They gave me this card!" Then he shows us the card and sure enough it
had the Elders hand writing on it. Then
the member asks us for a Book of Mormon and she took it and gave it right to
him. I had never experienced something
like this before! So now he will be
joining us when we come teach her the lessons. Not only that but there is this 95 year old
elderly lady who is being taken care of there and she can make anyone laugh
just by talking and telling her stories.
Amelia's family is doing
well! It's amazing to see when a family
embraces the gospel, the amount of changes for the better they experience. We rejoiced as we discussed this last night.
Amelia's parents talked about each other and all the amazing changes that have
taken place within them. It's a
beautiful sight.
I find
myself consistently studying for the Sisters in the Jax West Zone because I'm
on trade offs for half the week every week and so I have about four days of
studying for them. I came across this
verse as I was reading. "And I,
Nephi, did go into the mount oft, and I did pray oft unto the Lord; wherefore
the Lord showed unto me great things." It is a simple yet marvelous scripture that
when I read it, I thought, wow. As often
as I pray in my designated place is as often I will receive direction from God.
How reassuring that we do having a
Heavenly Father that listens to every prayer. And answers it according to His own time.
Love, Sister McCook
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