well i loved reading your emails this week! it's a big week for the gibbons family! i got kind of emotional reading about it. big changes...josh ordained an elder and a move to san antonio. i can't wait to hear about the start of all these new adventures. i love you all so much!
i picked up sister M at the mission home and she is just a delight! she is from lehi, utah. her dad is pakistani (although he has passed away) and her mom grew up in the church in california. she is an amazing person...being the only active one in her family. she is very fun and outgoing and is picking up the work very well. i haven't been with an american for a while so it's kind of fun. we don't have to deal with the challenges of learning english so it's kind of different! I'm really excited because I get to go on exchanges with all the sisters this transfer for training. So i'll get to check up on sister H, G, and L and make sure they are doing well :) it will be fun.
We have had an AMAZING week here in Dash Point. We had a lot of success on the finding end! We had one miracle after another while tracting. We met a girl who was baptized in her teens but has hardly been active since. she's had a hard life. As we sat down to teach her a lesson, I felt prompted to ask her what she was searching for in life. (I'm not always so blunt as that). She simply said "purpose." We shared some scriptures and bore testimony that the Lord loved her and that she could find purpose and happiness. She kept saying "really?" so sincere. She told us she wants to come to church with her boyfriend and 3 kids, and that her sister, boyfriend, and kids would come too. They couldn't come yesterday but they are planning on coming this sunday! Then about 5 doors later, we taught a girl who is A's friend. She has been reading all kinds of religious books but not feeling like she was finding what she needed. Turns out her mom is LDS! We gave her a BofM, set up a return appointment, and she committed to come to church with A! Anyway, there are all kinds of stories like that this week. We've been talking to everyone we see and we meet the most amazing people. Also, we were supposed to teach C the Restoration yesterday (the one we had dinner with last week) but then she got really sick. I was a little discouraged, but then I spoke with her next door neighbor (the member who referred her) and he told me of some amazing spiritual experiences she's had over the past 2 weeks. She told him that at first she was coming to church because her kids were interested, but now she's coming for her. I felt the spirit so strong as I talked with him, I know C is prepared. I felt such love for her and I can't wait to teach her when she gets feeling better.
well that's about it! oh hold up, one funny story for the week. we always try to pray with people and teach a lesson when we meet people tracting. we were talking to this girl named L (In high school) about prayer so we asked if we could pray with her. she had told us her name was L and her dog's name was G, but i mixed it up and thought HER name was G. so i said the opening prayer and kept praying for G! sister M was laughing and i had no idea why until i closed. sister M put her hand on my shoulder and said, "G's the dog" haha we laughed pretty hard. other highlights were tracting in 90 degree weather and making up limericks. good times.
also random, i don't know if ryan told everyone, but he knows a family in the ward here! he served in their ward in chile! small world huh??
well that just about wraps up another edition. i love you all so much and i can't wait to hear about texas!! i'm so grateful for the gospel...the constant in life. when you're built on the rock of Christ, no matter where you move, your foundation is the same. and it's the little things that keep us built on that rock. LOVE YOU ALL!
sister gibbons
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