Dear Family,
How are you all this week? I hope really good!
Well this week has been a roller coaster! haha to say the least!
Sister Salvesen and I have been doing really well together which is great, we
teach really well together and just really know how to vibe off one another, so
that makes things really nice for us! This week while we were out to visit some
of our investigators who didn't' happen to be home we ran into a huge miracle.
So Sister Salvesen and I went out to visit and investigator who ended up
canceling on us so we decided because of the extra time that we would stay
around and tract in that area. We walked to the end of the street and started
to knock. A woman named Princess from Jamaica opened the door and we asked if
we could leave a blessing on her home, she said that is was not her home but a
friends. So we asked if we could leave a blessing for her anyways. She
said yes and invited us in to sit down. We then asked her if there was anything
in specific that we could pray for and she hesitantly told us that her husband
back in Jamaica past away the week before. So we offered her our blessing and
after shared Alma 7:11-12 with her and talked about the atonement and how Jesus
Christ knows perfectly what she is going through and is there to help her feel
solace at this time. After we were done sharing we asked if she had a few
minutes that maybe we could share a quick message with her about our Heavenly
Fathers plan for us and how we are going to see our loved ones again. She
said yes we could, so we started to teach the Plan of Salvation. At first she
tried to test us a little bit, asking us what does faith mean and so we
explained it to her using Alma 32 and she said yes you are right, you are the
first people that have ever come to preach to me that is right! We then were
able to talk about faith a little bit with her and she expressed that for so
many years she has had people preach at her, and tell her what to do and how
she never felt that the motivates of those people were very honest and trying to
help her get closer to God. She said that, that is why she was never
baptized because she just didn't feel it was right, but then she said that
she could feel something different about us, she said she felt like there were
angels in her home. We explained that it was the spirit and that the reasons
she was feeling these things was because her Heavenly Father sent us to give
her this message and so that she could feel the holy ghost in her life at this
time when she needed it. As we taught the lesson we also received the prompting
that we needed to back everything we said with scripture, especially the Bible,
as we did so and explained, Princess interjected again and said I know what you
are teaching is true because it is in the Bible and I believe the Bible, (also
explaining that it was true even if she hadn't read it before, she still
believed the Bible). The lesson went very well and the spirit was very
strong. We know that the Lord led us to her at this time for a reason, and we
know that the spirit that was there in that home and the words we spoke were
not our own. It couldn't have been it was to perfect. Sister Salvesen and I
haven't been together long and we taught as if we had been together for years,
I know that it was really the spirit teaching the lesson and we were merely the
instruments to be used. I also know that if we would have let ourselves leave
that area and not tracted because it was hot and we were tired that we would
have not been blessed to find Princess. This was a miracle that is truly hard
to explain, the work of the Lord is happening!! We are excited to go back and
visit Princess this week, she is so prepared and ready for our message, and it
is so exciting.
We also had our
ward Christmas party on Wednesday, it was fun and there was a ton of food and
yummy treats. The church was decorated nicely and there was a spot for
Santa to come and sit with the kids. There were also little booths set up
for the kids to make Christmas ornaments, ginger bread houses and Christmas
bags. I made a ginger bread house, but it ended up looking more sad like
the our little cottage we live in, that's ok they matched, spacey walls, cruddy
foundation and all!:) It was a fun little party and our investigator Geniva
came so that was a plus!
K so, very sad
this week, on Wednesday we went and visited our investigator Brenda (Geniva's
sister-in-law) so that Sister Salvesen could meet her and so we could share a
little message with her, and it was nice. Brenda looked very ill, and tired.
She has had both her kidneys transplanted and some major liver surgery, and
ever since then her health has not been good, and she can't eat without throwing
up, ect. Very, very sad. But we were able to go and visit her and I could tell
that she was very happy to see us and give her the company because she lives
alone. Then on Sunday morning as I was sitting in sacrament meeting,
and Geniva called me and told me that she had passed away the night
before. I was terribly sad, but very grateful that I was able to see her one
last time.
Oops I didn't realize that
my time was up on the computer. Well I have to go! I love you all! Merry Christmas!
-Sister
Jamison
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