Many Miracles

Dear Sweethearts,

It was a great week here in Las Vegas. We saw many miracles. Here are a couple stories:

Robert and Barbara:

A couple weeks ago we went and knocked on their door pretty late at night. Robert came to the door and said he was not feeling well and asked us to come back in the afternoon sometime. We kind of took it as somewhat of a brushoff. Elder Goold felt inspired to go and see them on Friday afternoon. We knocked on the door and we heard from inside Barbara say, “yeah I really wanted to go to their church.” Robert came to the door and one of the first things that he asked was, “When is your next mass? I want to come.” We were definitely a little bit shocked haha. Robert is an older man that is fighting Leukemia right now. He has a very weak immune system and has been sick for the last couple of weeks and was not able to make it to church Sunday.  Because of that as we talked to him at the door and he asked if we would like to come over and have a discussion with him over lunch some time. He was quite nervous as he asked that so it’s kind of funny. I guess members and some missionaries helped them move from California and they were touched by that!

Lomax:

Once again a great week for Lomax, she honestly is sooo awesome! She is a sweetheart haha. We taught her not on the street corner this week but we were able to go to our Ward Mission Leader’s house and teach her there. She is getting a ton of pushback from her family which is quite hard on her. We testified and talk of the power of the Book of Mormon and invited her to gain a testimony, for herself, of its truthfulness. As we read and taught the Spirit was very, very strong and my testimony was strengthened.  I do know the Book Mormon is true as Nephi states and I believe the third verse in 1 Nephi as he tells us that he knows it is true.  I know, just as sure as Nephi, that the Book Mormon is true as well. The Book of Mormon definitely does change lives.

A new investigator:

The other night we went to potential investigator who hadn’t been contacted in about six months. We knocked the door twice with no answer as we walked away we heard the door open and so we ran back and met the potential investigator. We started talking to her about her first contact with missionaries and found out they had given her a Book of Mormon.  We asked her if she had read it and she said yes.  We then asked her if she would like to learn more and she said absolutely. And then she asked where the church was.  Once again we were shocked. It was a big miracle.

A different Robert:

We went and knocked on a former investigators door and Robert answered. Robert spent 41 years in Salt Lake City. He doesn’t know too much about the church but he does know little bit obviously. He is super, super nice and let us in right away. We think there’s a lot of potential with him.  He has a daughter and grandkids that live right across the street from him. That would be sweet be able to baptize the whole family. There’s a lot of work between now and then, so we’ll see what we can do haha.

We survived Valentine’s Day with only one group of girls driving by and screaming at us. So you could say it was definitely a success. haha.

It was a solid week here in the snowy weather. Stay cool.

Love,
Elder Call

So, this week we did a challenge to see who could eat an entire Little Ceaser’s Pizza the fastest. haha  You better believe it, I won. I smoked ‘em all.