"Sheep and Goats" - Letter, September 8, 2014

This week has been wonderful!!!! There have been some really hard moments, and there have been some WONDERFUL highs!!! I am so blessed to be a missionary at this time of the Hastening of the Work. It is obviously the Lord's work that I am doing, and I am privileged to be in His service.

We have an awesome couple that we are teaching! Their names are Brittany and Travis. They are so elect! We had a great lesson with them on Thursday night. It was the second time that we taught Travis and it was powerful!!! We taught about the Book of Mormon and then afterward, we asked him to say the prayer. Brittany asked if he knew how to pray, and he said yes. She told him that she asked because she didn't know and we had to teach her. He began to pray, and at first, it was the normal prayer, and as he prayed, he started stumbling over his words, and saying things such as, "This is weird," and, "I don't know what to say," and, "I don't know what's going on..." Finally, Brittany whispered to him to say, "In the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen," which he then did. Afterward he told us that he had never felt that way before, and he didn't know what it was. We testified to him that it was the Holy Ghost, and that he would come to recognize and search for the feeling that more that he had it. We committed them to read and pray about the Book of Mormon together. They are not married but are engaged and have a date for the November 2nd. She has an almost 3 year old daughter named Emily, a 5 month old named Denver, and just found out that she is pregnant again. But they have a huge desire to be a strong family and to have the Spirit in their home. Both of them are 21, so they are really young and it's so amazing to see how much they are absorbing. When we told them about the Word of Wisdom, it didn't really even phase them. I was amazed! Like I said, they are elect, or did I say that? Well, they are elect, or 'golden' as some of you might say. It's a great time to be here as a missionary!!!

Tonight, I get to go to a Reds v. Cardinals game, and I am STOKED!!! Wahoooo!!!!

Ok, so, I love you all dearly!!! I know that my Savior lives. He is my master, and He has called me to be His servant. I know that He loves each of us and that He is looking out for us. I say that in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Love, Sister Worthen