Marissa - Week 7

Hi everyone!

This week has been so great. My companion and I have seen so many miracles this week, it has been crazy. Zach, one of the 33 ward mission leaders that we have, asked us and the bishop and his wife to all fast for Lansing, who is our investigator. She has been really pondering on the things we have taught her. She has a lot of questions about who Jesus Christ is, why he died for us, and why baptism is essential. My companion and I went without water and food from 5pm one day to 5pm the next day. It was the hardest thing ever! Especially since we walk everywhere in the hot sun, so we were so thirsty. At a point we even gargled water and then spit it out because our mouth was so dry. I'm am so happy we fasted though because we had a great discussion with Lansing and Zach. She said she still has a desire to be baptized and that she can see now how she can rely on Jesus Christ for comfort. I love Lansing and I've seen her faith grow so much, it is amazing. But sometimes she is so stubborn, haha. 

Fun stories of the week:

- We had 6 lessons with a member present last week and this week we had 19 lessons with a member present!! By Tuesday we already beat all of last week. The lord works miracles, and I have seen it so much this week.

- My companion is a quarter Tongan/samoan/Fujian and she heard some Tongan construction workers talking and went over with me and began to talk to them. They both were so nice and friendly and then pulled out $20 bucks each and handed them to us. We both said no, that is too

much, but the Tongans didn't budge and gave it to us. They were so nice and they said they loved the missionaries here.

- We went to the Logan temple this week! It was so peaceful and I felt the spirit so strongly there. I know that the temple is a holy place and the house of the lord.

- Our lesson with Andy was amazing this week. We had him role play what he was going to say to his mom who is Korean Buddhist. He began by telling her he wants to be baptized because he knows this church is true and that he knows it will bless his family. He was sobbing

through the whole thing and couldn't stop crying. The spirit was so strong there and I'm so happy for him.

- I learned this week to never judge. We met this guy named Pablo last week who is a member,  he kind of gave us a hard time and was testing us as missionaries. We shared a scripture and he said he would write a thankful note to someone everyday that week if we would follow up next week. On this Saturday, I really didn't want to go because he kind of gave me the creeps and was weird. We went anyways because we did tell him we would come back. He did our challenge and then handed us some treats which had a card on it. We read the card and he put $10 in saying "treat yourself to a treat," once I read the card I knew never to judge again because you never know who people are really inside. Well a lot more happened this week but I don't have much time to write about it. I love this gospel so much. It brings so much happiness and joy to me and I would be nothing without it. I love all the emails I read throughout the week and love you all:)

Sister Lowe