Hey, this week has been pretty dang awesome! And I mean that
in a few different ways. We had a rainstorm that lasted for a couple of days,
and it wasn't a light one either. It was pretty intense. There was a lot of
lightning, and we actually went running in it one morning. Well, when we left,
it wasn't raining, but by the time we got back it was. hahahahaha It was an
experience. We saw some great miracles this week too!
We have and investigator Brittany who is 20, has 2 kids, and
is looking for a church. Sis. Smith and Sis. Dennison found her a couple of
weeks ago, and she is golden!!! She accepted the challenge to read the Book of
Mormon, and was really excited about coming to church...but didn't. We met with
her twice this week, and she told us at our second appointment that she had
told her fiancé about us and that he wanted to come to church as well. Well,
they didn't come to church, but still! We have a great new person to teach!!! YYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am super excited, if ya can't tell. Hahahaha
Also, we got to help out a less-active member clean out an
abandoned house. She owns to properties right across the street from her. One
of them is condemned and she wanted us to help clean it out as much as
possible, salvage what she can, and then she is going to have a rummage sale
inside where people can buy pieces of the house along with other miscellaneous
stuff she will bring in. We got there at about 12:15 and this Sister had been
looking for the keys to the house for a while. It took us a good half hour to
round up tools, shovels, keys, and a can of lemonade for me. And then she told
Sis. Smith that she wanted to go down into the basement and collect as much
stuff as possible. Well, Sis. Smith finds the basement door, opens it, sees how
black it is, and decides to wait for a flashlight. When we got the flashlight,
we went back to the door, opened it, and found that the basement was completely
flooded. You could see the water and all the stuff floating in it. It was
pretty gross looking. And then Sis. Baugh came over and wanted to look, and we
had her 7 year old grandson who is special needs and is almost completely
blind. I am holding him back because he wants to go to, and he is freaking out,
and all of a sudden I hear Sis. Smith yelp. I look up to see Sis. Baugh holding
her up. She went to stand on the first stair, thinking it was concrete, and it
broke out from underneath her because it was in fact wood. Oh, man! If she'd
gone down, I would have had to go down after her, and we told that we can't
swim. Hahahaha. Actually, I was really glad the basement was flooded because I
didn't want to really go down there at all. Condemned house, creepy spiders, no
lights...get what I'm sayin' here? But, it was great because after about an
hour, her husband got home from work and he helped us out. It was really good
because he isn't a member and this way, we can really help him become involved.
I really want to teach them as a couple, but they have such weird schedules,
it's hard to do. Oh well, I'll figure it out.
Also, we had a less active come to church for the first time
in over 50 years!!! WAHOOOO!!!! We have been working with him and it's great
that he's finally doing something about the promptings he's been getting. We
have this member who is having a spiritual crisis, who is his Home Teacher. He
has been working on him for 15+ years, and there were others before him. This
member hasn't come to church in 3 weeks, and so when we told him that Bro. King
had come to church, he was SHOCKED. We had been told several times that Bro.
King would never come to church because people have invited him for years and
years. But we told this member that we didn't do it all by ourselves. We were
only able to help him come to church because of the years spent by others
consistently working with him, including this member. It was our Sunday
miracle!
Brothers and Sisters, there is a lesson to be learned here. There
are people who we have to love consistently and constantly. The fruits of our
labors won't always be immediate. God doesn't work that way, and neither should
we. If we go in by the Spirit, then we will see the fruits eventually. Faith
can move mountains, but sometimes, it's only one shovel-full at a time. I know
that to be true, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen
Love, Sister Worthen
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