Wow what a week!! This has been a week of miracles! I don't even know
where to start! 😀
My new companion is Sis. Broadhead! She is amazing! I love her so much!
😊 She is from Layton, Utah. She is the third oldest in her family,
five of her siblings are adopted. She is super amazing and has gone
through so much in her life already. She has a wonderful testimony.
The great thing is - I get to be her companion! 😆
Both of us are super excited to do missionary work! We buckled down
and got right to work, and the spirit of the Lord poured down upon us.
I have seen so many miracles, and I am so grateful for the help we have
received.
We had many lessons this week- Sheena is doing well, we had two
lessons with her this week. On Tuesday we taught her about the
sacrament and of the Atonement, and yesterday we taught her of faith
and prayer. I hope she will have the strength and the courage to try
new things and have the faith to believe in God. She has come so far,
and I am so grateful for your prayers on her behalf.
We had a powerful lesson with Vivian, she's a less active member who has come through
so much in her life. She feels like she has been given another chance
to do good, but she is struggling a lot with health issues. We had a
very powerful lesson on the Atonement and how Jesus Christ can help us
overcome our shortcomings and how we can rely on Him to help us. I
love her so much!
We had a stressful week as well... An investigator, Paola, has many
concerns. We had three lessons with her, and after two of them, we
were so stressed out that we called President for help! He told us
to 1) state our purpose 2) that we are representatives of Jesus Christ
and 3) teach the restoration. On the second lesson with her, she told
us so many concerns she had about the priesthood and receiving the
Holy Ghost. We tried our best to answer her questions, but it ended up
becoming belief against belief. But, we had dinner with her the next
day, and so we prayed all day long that the lesson would go well.
And it did. Dinner was delish ( Empanadas! She's from Mexico!) and
afterwords, we testified of the Book of Mormon and that if she truly
reads the book, and sincerely asks God, in the name of Christ, if it
is true, she will receive a testimony of its truth and divinity from
the Holy Ghost. The spirit was there. She quietly held the book in her
hands and said: " that is a powerful statement." I smiled and said:
"well, because it is true." It has been so interesting to note how she
has changed this week. There is a light about her and her home that
has grown so much.
We taught gospel principles yesterday and taught about honesty. The
spirit was so strong there as well, as I testified of the Atonement
and how as soon as we are honest and turn ourself over to the Lord, we
are set free. It was amazing!
Sorry for the long email. But I wish to impress upon your minds of the
great work we are all involved in. The work is the Lord's, and the
Spirit is such a key part to it all. But imagine, you are blessed to
have a member of the Godhead with you always. He will never lead you
astray. So as hard times come, first turn to the Lord in prayer. Then
listen. Do those things that will bring the spirit, and as you center
your life on the Savior, I promise that everything will work out for
your good.
I love you all!
Sis Alldredge
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