This week, we were able to go to the Nashville Temple! (Which is actually in Franklin). It's been over 7 1/2 months since I've been able to go to a temple. The Nashville temple is incredibly small. It is so cute! I hope that one day, they will renovate it and make it bigger. There was such a wonderful, peaceful feeling in the temple, especially the celestial room. The whole experience reminded me of the time when I used to work at the Boise temple before coming on my mission. And to top that experience off, David Archuleta decided to slip into the endowment session as well. All of the sister missionaries were talking about it afterward. It was funny.
We also saw Suzanne this week. She is the family friend of Robyn and Louis, who own the creepy house I talked about tracting into last week. We did some service for her by moving some heavy boxes around her apartment and other small odd jobs. She asked us to throw away a leftover box of old books and when we looked at the books, we saw that they were a set of
Harvard Classics! She was going to just toss them out because they'd been in a house fire and smelled smoky. They are some pretty cool old books. Sister Miller asked for them Suzanne happily gave them to us. So now, Sister Miller has 23 old Harvard classic books sitting in a box, waiting to be shipped home. I flipped through the books and found some really cool old things, like an old train ticket and a post card. The various small blessings one receives when serving others! Suzanne took us to dinner at Longhorn steakhouse afterward and we invited her to come to church on Sunday. She was planning to come but then backed out last minute due to other commitments with grandkids.
On Sunday, we were finally able to meet the members of the Sunset and Old Hickory wards! There are so many families and names and faces to remember! It'll take me a while to get them all down. The members are so wonderful. I'm also kind of excited and nervous because President Stone and his family are in the Old Hickory ward! The members here love sister missionaries. One little girl came up to us yesterday and said that she'd been praying for
Sister missionaries to come to her ward and our arrival was an answer to her prayers. I am excited to work with the people here to encourage and help them in their member missionary work.
We actually received two referrals yesterday. One of which, is from the bishop. We had dinner with Bishop Facer and his wife last night. Whilst conversing, he asked us if we had any plans on Wednesday night. We told him we didn't have any set plans, which was great because he proceeded to tell us that earlier that day, a man came up to him and asked to speak with him. The man told Bishop Facer that he had a dream 25 years ago that he was ill or injured and that a boy came up to him, touched him, and he was all healed. Many years later, he received a back injury which prevented him from working for a long time so he was laid off his job. He asked for help from his Mosque but they said they could not do anything for him. He then had the same dream again. The boy looked exactly the same. He touched the man's back and healed him. When the man asked the boy who he was, the boy answered and said, "I am Jesus Christ." The man went back to the doctor and told him he'd been healed. The doctor re-examined him and said that he was indeed healed. Now, the man is searching to find out who Jesus Christ is. Of all the many Christian churches he could have gone to, he came to ours. It's so fascinating. Bishop told us the man said he was just driving along, looking for a church and saw our building and was drawn to it, and went in...and we happened to be there, having our services. And so...we now have an appointment to see him on Wednesday. I hope he actually shows up. Like...whoa! What an amazing miracle to be a part of! This is the kind of thing you hear about in the Ensign or read in books or hear about from cool RM stories. This is so surreal! It is such a testament that God is in charge of this marvelous work and a wonder and I am abundantly blessed to serve in a small part of His vineyard.
I hope y'all have a blessed week:)
Sister Ririe
Sister Ririe
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