So today the other missionaries were very sneaky and set up a surprise party for me at the church. They even brought Peach Nehi, my favorite soda, and Oreos and Carmel apples, so it is a pretty great party. I was thoroughly surprised, I am impressed.
For the month of November we are striving for 100 baptisms in the mission, and we are sacrificing a lot for our goal. We have seen a lot of miracles already this month. One of the miracles is a guy named Edwin. We met him a couple weeks ago, he and his family just moved in and don't have a "church home" yet, so we went back to see them. We knocked on the door, no answer, then were headed back to the car. He was driving up and was going to keep going, but felt he should talk to us. We had a great lesson about the restoration. He loved the gospel library app and downloaded it right there. He has been to a few churches but hasn't felt the spirit. He wants to go some somewhere worth his time and where he feels the spirit. HE asked US to come back twice a week and teach his family. And he wants to feed us dinner, he's practically a member already! He is really ready to change his life, I'm so excited to see his family grow in the gospel.
There is another lady named Virginia, the other sisters found her number in their phone, texted her, then she came to church. We taught her a great lesson and she wanted to get her family involved too. She talked to her family, then texted us and said that her family is going to continue searching for a church home elsewhere :( We had a lot of people drop us over text this week, and it is hard. Yesterday we watched a Mormon message called "You Never Know" about a mom who is so busy helping everyone that she misses out on what she wanted to do. At the end it shows how much good she did that she didn't even know about. We as missionaries try so hard and still have disappointments, but we have done our part in sharing God's word and helping people on the path to accept the gospel. We might not see the fruit of our labors now, and some people may use their agency to reject the message, but what we do is still worthwhile and the Lord is still pleased with our efforts. He is here to support us every step of the way.
Love you all very much! Have a blessed day!
Sister Nielsen
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