"Therefore, dearly beloved brethren, let us cheerfully
do all things that lie in our power; and then may we stand still, with the
utmost assurance, to see the salvation of God, and for his arm to be
revealed." - D&C 123:17
So, everything cancelled this week. 90% of our appointments
fell through, many investigators fell off the map, and even the baptism we'd
planned for this past Sunday didn't happen at the last minute.
But, of course, life goes on, in a fruitful and happy way.
While doing service for a recent convert we noted that there
was a stray kitten hiding in her bushes, and the sister we were helping asked
us to catch it for her. We never would have been able to find it in there
except that, whenever we said "Meow," it would meow back at us. It
was like some kind of inter-species game of Marco Polo.
Elder Fisher was the one who caught the kitten
when it lost its cool and made a break for it. He soon discovered that it had
claws and hurriedly passed it off to Elder Arnold, who was wearing
the gloves. The kitten is now living happily with its new family.
We had just barely sat down in a lesson with a less-active
last week when all of a sudden he got a knock on his door. He answered it and
then, turning to us with a slightly puzzled expression on his face, he said,
"It's for you."
I went out and talked to the man standing outside. His name
was Guillermo, a member of the Church from Matagalpa, Nicaragua, who has been
in the United States only a month. He had been wondering where the local church
unit was and he was driving down the street when all of a sudden he saw two
missionaries walk into a house. He immediately stopped his car in the middle of
the road and left it with the emergency flashers going so that he could come
and knock on the door of that house and catch us.
It was a good lesson for me in devotion. Guillermo stopped
the very instant he saw us so that he could talk to us. Shows that the Lord
needs us to respond quickly to things He sends our way.
I guess I'm at a loss as to what to say more. It's just been
one of those weeks. But the Church is still true! And the work is still
wonderful!
Love you all. Hurrah for Israel!
Elder Fisher
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