CHECK IT OUT!!!! GOT THIS IN THE MAIL THIS MORNING!
Julie
I
hope I've got the right lindmeir. My name is Julie Plyler. If you are
serving in the Carlsbad CA mission then I do have the right guy. You may
not remember me, but I am related to Rosie Carbajal. You met with Rosie
weekly to help her start coming back to church and I was there one day
during your meeting. You asked me to sit in with you for the lesson.
Anway, what I'm trying to say is thank you! In case you hadn't heard, I
was baptized in April (Easter Sunday). Thank you so much! I'm so
grateful for you and elder Board. I just wanted to let you know the work
you do is amazing. My life has changed so much and I owe it to you two
elders.
As for Rosie, she has started to go to church as well. Not every Sunday but she is getting there.
Hope everything is going well!
Julie Plyler
I
remember that day as if it was yesterday and that was about 13 months
ago, me and Elder Board stayed up later than 10:00 and we could think
about what we would teach Rosie ( wich is her cousin or something and
she was a member) and as we were thinking and praying on what to teach
Rosie we just felt super strongly to teach her the restoration and when
we got there and when we were ready to sit down and have a lesson we saw
Julie walk in the room and she had all her soccer gear on and as she
was walking out the door we just felt to invite her to listen and so I
remember we stood up and invited her as she was walking out, and then
she just turns around and starts to cry. and she told us " I have been
waiting for someone to ask me that, ive been waiting for so long." and
then we tought her the Restoration and soon after that we gave her the
the YSA sisters and now what do you know shes emailing me this.
its
nothing special that I did or that my companion did, I mean at the time
we were both new missionaries and we had no clue what to do, but as I
look back on my mission the lord really I mean really has placed some of
the greatest and wonderus miracles In my path. and if you think about
just this one simple invite we gave her led to such a big change in her
life, if you think about it how many people are around us who just are
waiting for someone to reach out and open there mouth.
this
week was legit and I am not as tired so ill write a little more. me and
my comp have been getting up extra early so we can have extra time to
read the book of Mormon and do the small things that we need to do so
that's why im always tired now. but this week!!!!
#1 thing
that happened is after church yesterday we had both of our investigators
there and we set up a lesson after church and we tought the
restoraration and a little background on these kids. there in a group
home either because of drugs or stealing or criminal fraud and they have
been in there for the last 5 plus years because there just having such a
hard time changing, until now!!!!! so when we tought the restoration
they loved every minute of it and we really focused on the Apostacy
because they have been through the personal Apostacy and we talked a lot
about forgivness and about baptism, and these two kids are just so
excited to make the next step to be baptized they have been clean for a
long time now and are ready just to be free from the past. so we are
stoked about them right now! its awesome to see just what a hope this is
going to give them in there life for the future.
#2 trunk or treat!!!!!
it
was legit we had our whole ward come out and do the trunk or treat and
we met a bunch of non members and invited them all to take the lessons
and most of them said " ill think about it" so that was a big step for a
lot of people to see, so that was sweet!! I have a good friend in the
ward! I forget his name but he has downcindrum and everytime I see him
we do our bro hugs and I tell him that hes my body guard and I put my
name tag on his suit and this kid just gets so happy and excited its the
greatest thing in the world especially because you don't realize as a
missionary how many people look up to you and not even that but what
power and authority and responsibility it is to be a missionary to carry
around the name of Christ. its amazing and this mission means
everything to me.
#3 bussy bussy bussy, but I love everyminute of it.
family
I love you all so much!!! keep it up!!! and have fun but always share
what you know to be true because theres someone just waiting for you to
invite.
well family peace out!!!
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