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| Medford Oregon Temple |
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| Sis. Lunt and Sis. Alldredge @ Meford Oregon Temple |
Medford temple is small, but it reminded me a bit of the Oquirrh
Mountain temple. It was totally needed! Since being in Sutherlin, I
have felt a bit lost and confused, but I'm not even sure why or for
what reason. I figured that Satan just really doesn't want us to be
here, and really tries to use discouragement to get us to doubt
ourselves and forget who we are. But as we were in the temple, I just
felt so much peace and comfort. I'm where I'm supposed to be, and God
is on my side, there is nothing to worry about.
Some more great spiritual things happened this week:
1) A young man named Adam just converted to the gospel about 2 years
ago. He is preparing to serve a mission, and we are helping him out
with that. He and his family live very humbly, a shack and tents in
the middle of town. The father earns a living by selling wood and wild
mushrooms (welcome to Sutherlin!). When we got to their house, we felt
really good about the family, knowing that maybe, because of their
son, they might be willing to change too. We knocked on the door, and
there was no answer. So we got back into the car, and I started to
name off people we could go see- we had about an hour before dinner. I
stopped mid sentence and said to Sis Lunt: "you know, I feel like we
should just wait." Sis Lunt: " Me too!" So we waited. And waited. And
waited. 5 mins go by...10 mins go by.....30 mins go by...the whole
time we are waiting, we prayed probably three times trying to figure
out what to do. It felt more like a suggestion, nothing too strong,
just: wait. After 40 mins, we decide to leave. Right when I put the
car in drive, the family pulled up. Such a miracle! It was good we got
to meet them, they are such kind people. They invited us to garden
with them, or even come by later in the evening to their fire to relax
from the day. We might bring marshmallows one day and share a
spiritual message. 😉
2) We were driving down a street that we had tracted the first week we
were here. I felt, suddenly and strongly, that we were to go see
Brian. The last time we saw him, he talked about unrelated things and
also how his life is going downhill. So, we knocked on his door and he
answered, and told us to come back the next morning. We did, and he
came out in a bathrobe to smoke, drink and talk "religion" with us. He
was basically falling over....but he didn't even let us talk he was so
energized and jumping all over the place. Eventually we left, trying
to figure out why we felt so strongly to see him. Later that day, we
saw him at the soup kitchen we volunteer at, and overheard his friend
talking: he said, "when I was as depressed as you, the only thing that kept me
going were friends that knocked on my door." We feel like we may have
saved his life. Or maybe not. We may never know.
Yesterday, we had a powerful lesson with an investigator named Mike.
He is an older guy who LOVES old cars (see picture). He has so many
questions about life and religion in general. The lesson was super
spiritual and I felt such love for him. The lesson reminded me of a
story of the conversion of a Catholic. He said "here they were, 18 and
19 year old adults, who knew the answers to the deepest, most profound
questions of all time. They knew the answers. And they knew them to be
true. And they knew I could know them to be true too."
We have Lorettas baptism this week! She is amazing! Whenever we have a
lesson with her, the Spirit just lifts all of us up! I love her so
much! And yet, us being here is just a small part of a bigger plan.
If nothing else, please read: The Light of the Perfect Day in the
March 2016 Ensign! Love you tons! Thanks you for your prayers!
Sis Keilee Alldredge
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| Mike's Classic Car |
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