Hello all!
From the very beginning of my arrival, I've been told that this transfer is the miracle transfer, and this area is full of miracles. And I'm beginning to see that.
One amazing thing which happened this week, was when we were out tracting, we accidentally missed the bus stop we wanted to get on, to get to the street we wanted to tract. Turning around, on the way back, a couple in our ward were driving by and they stopped and asked us if we wanted a ride. We gratefully accepted and were dropped off on the street, 2 minutes before the bus would have picked us up. The first door didn't answer and the second, we knocked and the dog started barking. The woman who lived in the house was angry because her baby had woken up and told us to stop "knocking on random doors."
A little down because of that chiding, we continued on. It was cloudy, raining, and really cold outside. We finished all the houses on the street, with no success, and were about to either move on to a new street, when we decided to talk to this one young man, we had passed by earlier. He was not the owner of the house. He was simply painting the bathroom tiles while the owner was away. We knocked on the door of the house he was working in, after Sister Peyton pushed me to work up my courage to go talk to him. He answered and was really open to the message we shared with him. Michael has been going to different churches to experience what each are like. We gave him a Book of Mormon and the number for the area the missionaries over the area he lives in. He promised he'd call them with questions later and seems to be a golden investigator!
After that amazing moment, I realized we were meant to go to that street, that day, to teach that man at that exact hour, and the Lord helped us get there through small miracles. We might have missed him if we had taken the bus instead, or if we had given up too soon. He mentioned he was just finishing up, when we spoke with him. Even our maps app, incorrectly guiding us to walk past the bus stop we wanted, was a miracle because the couple driving by probably wouldn't have seen us or might have turned down their offer. God works through small means to bring about great things.
Another fun thing which happened, again when we were out tracting during an evening. (Finding and tracting is pretty much all we do in between appointments.) We knocked on a door and introduced ourselves as the missionaries. The man who answered, immediately motioned for us to come inside. Surprised, we step inside and go to the kitchen and there's a group of women gathered. We'd tracted into a Bible study! The man invited us to say whatever we had to say to the whole group and then I got really nervous. Thankfully, Sister Peyton was of sound mind to actually start talking and eventually, I joined in. I bore my testimony of Christ, the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith. We taught the whole Restoration lesson to that group and they were open to listen to us (they even offered us food :P). Afterward, we left a Book of Mormon with them. That was such a cool experience! We'd been praying for an opportunity to find someone receptive and to give away a Book of Mormon that day, and it happened!
Great news! Elder Bednar is coming to our mission next Saturday for a mission-wide meeting. I am so excited!!!
Anyhow, these are just a few of the many small miracles I've experienced this last week and I look forward to the times ahead.
Take care!
Sister Ririe
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