It was an incredible miracle week for us!! we taught way more lessons than usual, had 2 church tours, and had 5 people at church!! (we hadn't had one the whole time we've been here). the Lord has blessed us with many miracles! i can't remember if i told you what's going on with O. i think i mentioned him to you one of my first week...kind of an eternal investigator. our mission has been struggling a lot in the past couple months. a couple weeks ago, president larkin wrote an article in our weekly newsletter with a bold promise in it. he promised that if we had the faith, each companionship could still find someone to be baptized in july. this was a big promise since there were only a few weeks left. i read this article right before our lesson with O...i was very impressed by it and felt it was true, but no one specific came to mind. as we were watching "special witnesses" with O, i had the idea that O could be baptized on july 31! he's been to church enough times and is keeping all the commandments, he just can't come to sacrament meeting. we want him to be able to come to church and be active before he is baptized, but the thought kept coming to me to ask him to prepare to be baptized on july 31! i kept praying silently and felt that it wasn't just my idea, but coming from the spirit. we invited him to be baptized on july 31 and he said yes! we then began fasting and praying that his boss will change his schedule. this past week, we went over the baptismal interview questions with him and he is ready! BUT still no change in his work schedule. but at that lesson this week, again i felt strongly that if we have the faith and do all we can, that he could still be baptized that day! we are fasting today and i'm trying to think of anything else we could do. so anyway, we MIGHT have a baptism on saturday :) we will see what happens.
other miracles: we met this man named R tracting on Thursday, then took him on a church tour on saturday. it was a sweet experience, he was very emotional as he prayed. then he came to church yesterday! i think he had a good experience, and we're teaching him again on tuesday.
We had another church tour set up on tuesday with a guy in his twenties, and we had a girl with us from the singles ward who is thinking about serving a mission. then it was sad cuz he wasn't even home (oh yeah i told you about C huh? he was so solid but he bailed). so then i was just hoping we could still find something for H to do with us so she could have a good experience. then we saw this teenager wandering around the apartments we we asked if we could teach him and he said yes! we sat down in the grass, prayed, and taught R the whole restoration! he said he would read the Bof M and come on a church tour. he's 17 and a really sharp kid. THEN on thursday, we went to his door to get him for the church tour, and he was asleep! (teenagers) but his dad said we could come in and wait and he'd get ready. so then we started talking with his dad and he decided to come along!! his name is R too. it was a wonderful church tour and the spirit was strong! they committed to come to church too. they didn’t end up coming because of some crazy family situations right now. i hope we can get in touch with them this week!
anyway, THEN some members brought their neighbor and her 3 kids to church yesterday! she's super cute and sat by me in relief society. we're hoping to start teaching their family!
so yeah SO many miracles happening here!
i love you all!!!
sister gibbons
hey ps! not that this is that exciting for you, but this is the kind of news that gets us excited here. we just found out we're getting another sister next transfer!! we are very surprised because our cap is 8 and we are at 9 this transfer. we assumed with sister G leaving next transfer, they'd keep us at 8. anyway, her name is sister M and she's from Lehi! Anyway, it was just a surprise so it will have a big effect on what happens with transfers in two weeks. i'm pretty sure i'll stay here the rest of my mission, but you just never know! especially since pres larkin seems like one who would mix things up a lot! anyway, random tidbit of news!
pps - you should check out Pres Uchtdorf's article from a past conference: "we are doing a great work and cannot come down!" it's awesome.
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