Family! 23
June 2014
We were so busy that I honestly can't remember anything that
happened! haha! Just give me a minute to think…Okay, we went on three exchanges
last week...Kill me now! haha! I was so tired! It was great to be with the
sisters though and to help them in anyway that I could.
Last week I was on exchanges here with the Conway sisters and
saw a great miracle! We had dinner with the famous Herzog family. They are so
awesome! Brother Herzog does the official temple tours and is such a great help
with missionary work. He and his family have an awesome view of Disney World
from their apartment. You can see the Hogwart’s castle and many of the roller
coaster rides! Fun, huh? That's the closest I've seen it! haha! Angie... be
jealous! Their family is so great. After dinner they came with us to a lesson
with Rosemond (the returning member from Haiti.) Rosemond is so cool! He is so
excited to be back and attending church. When we walked into his home, he had a
roommate that was sitting at our table. I invited him to join us and he loved
the lesson too! Brother Herzog was perfect at answering their questions and
invited them to go on a temple tour (that Bro. Herzog runs!) within the next
couple days. They were all for it and went!!! Rosemond’s roommate also asked if
he could sit in our lessons with Rosemond... which of course we said,
"Yes!!" He's great. Rosemond was also able to get work off again this
Sunday which is a great miracle. Disney is NOT nice when it comes to getting
work off for church... another miracle!!! Brother Herzog picked and dropped
Rosemond off for church on Sunday. Later, Brother Herzog called us and said
that as he was dropping Rosemond off at home, Rosemond was practically in tears
because he was so happy to be back :)
Wednesday was a super busy but awesome day. We had breakfast
with a recent convert, Singh, from Guyana.... he LOOVES spicy food... hahaha He
fed us a super spicy breakfast with fish.. not exactly what I would call
breakfast food…It's an experience that will go in the journal! Haha! He is such
an example of one that has been changed by the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Last
year he was very depressed and had soooo many problems with his life... but
when he found the missionaries and the church... it changed his whole life
around!! He went from being one that was probably more a burden to society (I
mean that the nicest way possible!) He just didn't work and was into bad
things...and now he works, serves regularly at the Bishop's Store House, and
attends every church event. He is awesome! I love him.
After breakfast, Sister Welch and I taught a lesson through
Facebook to a woman that lives in Apopka, Florida. We taught her the first
lesson... and committed her to be baptized... THROUGH FACEBOOK!!!! Crazy Cool
right?? We are experiencing so many miracles. I couldn't believe that we had
done that! She was soaking in everything that we had to say and wanted to learn
as much as she could. We were able to talk to her more yesterday over Facebook
and got her information and are sending the Apopka missionaries her way to give
her a Book of Mormon and teach her :) :) :) Amazing, right? It's so cool to see
how the Lord really is hastening His work. My testimony of sharing the gospel
online is growing more and more all the time. It's so weird to think that we
have this great relationship with this lady... but we still have never met her
before. haha! Maybe one day :)
We also taught Dave again on Wednesday. We felt impressed to
teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ next and it went really well!! The spirit is
always so strong when we are there teaching Dave. We challenged him to a
baptismal date in July and sadly he said no...but it's because he is the kind
of guy that will follow through with his word. I’ll be honest, usually when
moments like that happen I get kind’ve nervous about investigator’s
progression... but both Sister Welch and I felt very at peace with it. He is
studying and praying so much! This past Sunday was a test of faith for Dave to
see if he would come to church because his wife was out of town. On Wednesday
we invited him to church on Sunday but he was pretty noncommittal. On Sunday we
didn't see him when we first got to church. The 1st Counselor in the Stake
Presidency gave a talk in our Ward Conference and related fitness to a
principle of the gospel. In the middle of his talk, he gave a shout out to
Dave!!! Sister Welch and I spun around in our seat to see Dave!!!! He came to
church without his wife! He had a big grin on his face :) He is so awesome. We
are continually praying hard for him that he will receive the answers to his
prayers and recognize those answers :)
This weekend was super crazy because we had two back-to-back
exchanges. Yeaaahhh…I went to the Windy Ridge Spanish area and guess what...! I
bore my testimony in Spanish!! =D I was so proud of myself. I said it pretty
well too :)
Saturday, I was on exchanges with Sister Bracken and Sister
Salvesen (from South Africa) in the YSA ward. I went there with Sister
Salvesen. We were able to teach a lesson to a kid that Sister Hoyt and I found
on the street a whole year ago!!! It was such a miracle when we found him last
year. He had just moved from Spain and was about to let go of the church...but
we found him and past him off to the YSA and he is active and doing great!! It
was sooo cool to see him a year later and see how he is doing. The Lord truly
does put you where he needs you at the right time.
There are so many other great things that happened this week. We
are working super hard! 24 lessons and 78 contacts total last week! Ok… numbers
don't mean everything but…Seriously, you feel it after having so many exchanges
in one week as well.
I love this work and am so grateful to be serving here in the
Olympia ward!!!
I love you!
Love,
Sister Kirkham
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