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Week 56

Week 56
I had a good week this week! We saw so many miracles happen and God was so good to us! We are continuing to find more prepared people! We met Stephen and Tihisha who are so amazing! They are both wanting to turn their lives over to Jesus and find a church that suits them and their family. We are having our first lesson with them on Saturday, so please pray that that will go well and they can feel of the truthfulness. I'm excited for them!
We were also walked in a grocery store and this kid stopped us and asked if we were from Utah haha! He said he just moved here from Idaho and all his friends are members! We gave him our info and hopefully he will reach out!
We had a lesson with some friends and it was interesting. So we walked in and Terry had set up a table with 4 chairs, a notebook, pen, and huge Bible on the table lol. It was an interesting (and long) visit... they asked us how our church is set up, and Pat asked us what we usually teach people when we're trying to convert them lol. Terry said he knows a little about our church. They explained why they believe what they believe and Terry was flipping from Bible verse to Bible verse, not really sure where he was going with it all though. We have a lot of similar beliefs, but one difference is that they don't believe in modern revelation - they believe God only speaks to His children through the Bible, no other way. Imagine if that were true.... After talking with them, I am So grateful for modern revelation. I would be so lost without it. I am so thankful that we have a prophet to clarify doctrine and commandments that way we don't have to guess the "correct interpretation" of the Bible. People can be lost and confused, and all of that confusion is cleared away with revelation! I'm grateful to know that God still speaks to his children today.
We are teaching this old lady named Rachel (the one I took a Pic with) and her eyesight is starting to go away, so she can't read the book of mormon ever. I am convinced that she will accept the gospel so quickly in the next life. She's basically waiting to die any day now and can't remember much of what we teach her. She remembers the feelings she gets, but not the doctrine we teach. She is the sweetest old lady and I don't want to leave her!
On Sunday we attended a baptism for a girl named Destiny. She and her sister (they are both in high school) were being taught together and were SO excited to be baptized together. But tragically, the sister was killed in a car accident last week, so Destiny was baptized by herself. It was a very neat experience, because Destiny is going to go the the temple this week to be baptized for her sister. It is the sweetest thing and it makes me so grateful for temples and the perspective that they give us. This life is a speck of time! We have no need to fear anything in this life because we have a Savior who overcame everything so we don't have to be sad or have regrets for eternity. Man, I just love this gospel. It's kinda the best;)
We've done a lot of walking around trying to talk to people or knock a few doors that we feel drawn to and I've met a lot of cool people. Its almost overwhelming how many people there are in this world that I don't know. Like, I've met more people in the last year than I have my entire life. Its addicting getting to know strangers, but then it's hard leaving them. Transfers calls are this Saturday and I am 110% confident that I am leaving Hixson😥😔 this place has my heart, especially the ward. This will be my last full week here in Hixson/Soddy Daisy. I'm definitely gonna come back and visit.  I've been treated too well here❤️

I hope yall have a great week!! 🤟


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