Grant Mission

Okay everyone. This week has been a blast! On Tuesday night, right after our p-day ended, Elder Casablanca and I decided to knock as many houses without any record there as possible. We ended the last hour of that night with 5 finds and 5 lessons! It was sweet to see the miracles that come from being diligent and not going home early. Now, only time will tell how well they will progress.  A miracle I saw on Sunday, just before everyone showed up for church, was actually amazing! A member we had talked to a few times around an apartment complex called me over. He said that he had prayed to know what he was supposed to do or how he could better serve the Lord and got the answer to "be a missionary". He asked me how he could be a missionary right now and I said that we could get him some pamphlets to pass out to the people he talks to. It might not seem like much but that changed my whole day! Also on Sunday, one of the members of the bishopric in one of our wards gave ...

Okay, so, this has been a weird week. We started it off with some good exchanges and got some sweet finds but Wednesday night there was a fire on the reservation just north of us! The smoke was coming over the mountains and made the moon red! We talked to inactive members that said it could come over the mountains and burn up Pocatello Creek. that was scary to know... It didn't end up doing that which was really good. It was an interesting day. It smelled like smoke for 3 days straight. Some missionaries took cool photos of it. This last exchange day we had some miracles! I went to the Chubbuck 2 area and we talked to this one lady who has had some deaths in her family pretty recently. Most notably her husband. He was murdered in the Chubbuck extended stay and she was looking for help. She had us over and we taught her the plan of salvation and the Gospel and then put her on date! She was taking notes and definitely felt the spirit! About 3 hours later she called us and asked us to...

This week has been fun and I have started to do something throughout my day. I have started to look for miracles daily and boy have they come. Being in the right place at the right time, knocking one more door before a zone meeting and a call out of the blue that ends up in a find and even talking to some people that immediately have potential for baptism.  I try to recognize these miracles and thank Heavenly Father for them. And each time I do that, I am happier and have a better outlook on the day. Another thing I have found is the word "Fear". Why fear? What has made this word stand out this week? In 2 Timothy 1:7 it says "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." The fear we feel is never from God. Before every miracle, I always feel fear. Every time. That is Satan trying to make me afraid and then leave those people alone because it might be a little awkward. Missionary work IS awkward! That's just the tr...