Hello Family!
Yesterday was wonderful! Carol that we have been
teaching has always been hesitant to move forward with the gospel. I remember a
while back we were over doing service in her yard and I thought I would invite her
to church. I got the courage to do so and she responded "NO! I have done
the church thing before and I don't need to do it again." That was that
and I kind of just let it be. She always said that she would never convert and
felt bad that she was wasting our time. Well whoever said "no effort
wasted" was completely right. We had considered dropping her but
I just felt this deep desire to help her and her welfare. So.. we kept meeting
with her. With time, lessons seemed to be getting better. We would go to the
lessons and we would both sob because of the power of the spirit. Before too
long she had gained a testimony herself. She said she knew it was true and just
struggled a little with Joseph Smith. So next lesson we focused on just that.
By the time we met again she had completed Joseph Smith History and she knew
that he was a prophet! I cannot tell you how badly I wanted to scream with joy
at that. No worries, I contained my excitement. After that we asked her what
time her church was. It just so happened to be at the same time as
ours. Regardless we asked her to come with us to church. She said she
would love to!! She came on Sunday and I love how aware God is of all of his
children. I swear all the lessons were written just for her (and me of course
haha it was a good meeting..). She loved it and I cannot wait for her
progression. I love the power of the spirit, it turns the once impossible into
possible!
Also we had been meeting with agnostic Remmi
(ha ha forgot my made up name once again). He had told us that prayer was just
a mental meditation for him and he didn’t see it as anything more. We discussed
prayer a lot in our lesson. The next time we came to visit with him he was
explaining how he had had a really good day, and so he did as we suggested and
just prayed and said a prayer of gratitude. His face was glowing! He said he
immediately thought of us when that happened and although he said he wasn't
sure what it meant, I really believe he does. It was a great feeling. Maybe it
was not a baptismal date, but it was a huge step in his life. He had
a completely different atmosphere about him and instead of immediately going
into a discussion he asked what we would be learning that day. We
read Alma 32 (which is a great chapter by the way), that talks about faith and
how to recognize the spirit of God and gain that testimony. He loved
it and said he would read the rest of the chapter. I love seeing the steps
people make towards coming closer to Christ, and the difference it brings in
their presence! It is great!
I had a lot of other great experiences this week! One
was at the Visitors Center. We were doing our temple ground tours that we do
each Sunday and I saw a man and his 2 kids out sitting by the
fountain. A voice told me to go and ask them if they want to join the tour.
Sure enough they were happy to join. By the end of the tour we went and
listened to the narration about Christ. He was in tears, then we
watched the movie about eternal families, again he was in tears. He was feeling
the Spirit! I love how families really are one of the greatest ways that God
shows his love, and that because of that love we can have the things we love
the most forever! It is the things we think about, and the things we focus on
that makes us who we are. And I want to always have that eternal perspective in
my mind, so I can always live the life Christ would have for me.
Well that is all.... JK! I got transferred!
Crazy... ha ha it was the last thing anyone expected was for me to leave.
District leaders and Zone Leaders both had to check twice to make sure it was
really me who was getting transferred. My companion is Sister Bothwell, I love
her! It is great because we already knew each other, no awkward "how many
siblings do you have?" conversations. I am not in the Meridian Park ward.
I have to say that it was really hard to leave all of those people that I have
grown to love so much. But it is also so exciting to start a new adventure. I
have faith that the Lord knows where He needs me, and I will work my hardest
for Him. I have only heard of the new people I am teaching here, so I am
excited to meet them and see just what the Lord has in store for me. I love you
all so much!
Love,
Sister Poulson
Funny of the week: Sister Johnston (our visitors center
directors wife) was texting us and asking us where we were. It just so happens
that there is a street called A street that we were walking up. So Sister
Piggott responded "just walking up a street" ha ha. I think she was
confused..
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