Seek Guidance From The Lord

Holaaaaa! I'm emailing a little early because we're going to see kangaroos today!!!! Transfers are actually this week and we went to the temple last week!! We had interviews with President this past week.... I could just tell he was vibing me out and receiving revelation to where I'm going..... I think I'm amen this transfer... probs going to the bush or something...

Anywho this week was seriously miraculous! Our whole zone has been down in morale for some reason and even members in the branch are depressed and the work has been going pretty slow as well.... and I had just read a talk by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland from ages ago... about 1999... He talks of the exact situation we're in now.... Right before things get good.... the adversary strikes... Such as the First Vision.... not long into Joseph Smith's prayer.. the adversary had held him bound... seeming he would be doomed for destruction... but then exerting his strength to call upon God... a pillar of light came down..... Another example... Moses... He saw God face to face... and saw the whole earth and every spirit as God could see.... then Satan came and impersonated Jesus saying he was the only begotten and to worship him..... Moses began to fear and called upon God as well.....And then Satan was commanded to depart..... Satan ALWAYS knows when the most good is about to happen and will do everything within his power to stop and discourage whoever it is... whether you are preparing to go on a mission or anything... Likewise for this week.... we realized our teaching pool was super low... and there's either 2 ways you can react from realizing you have no one to teach... #1.... Be depressed and let the adversary work on you and fall into a hole of self pity..... or #2.... Seek guidance from the Lord.... And I picked #2 :) So I was making calls to try and set up appointments when I realized we had no one to teach... so I prayed and asked what I should do.... The thought came into my head "Well don't just sit there... go out and do something..." And so I prayed to know where to go!... And the distinct impression came.. "ELIZABETH STREET!"... So I told my companions, "GET UP, WE'RE GOING FINDING!" And mind you it's like 8:40pm... we only had like 20 minutes... so we all went and 5 minutes in... I found this Japanese guy that wanted to come... so I was pumped as, like WOOOOOOO!!!!! As he was writing his number down... I got a text from our Golden Investigator- ... She basically texted us she didn't want to meet anymore... So with this bittersweet moment I just wanted to cry hahahah. It's like... great.. my prayer was answered... but now our baptismal date just bailed on us... But it didn't phase me I still had faith we would get her back... later during the week... long story short.. we met with her and...... SHE AGREED TO KEEP MEETING WITH US! Yayyyy!!! The spirit really worked on her and even though her natural man didn't want to meet with us... she searched herself and realized this has been making her the most happy she's been.... Miracles!!! And I even had one crazy experience....

We were finding for about 2 hours at UTS and then came to Chinatown... I was standing at a stoplight and straight across the street was this girl that stood out and I felt I should talk to her.... but as I waited for the light my companions told me to come another direction so I couldn't talk to her..... now about an hour later I stood at that same stoplight... AND SAW THE SAME EXACT GIRL STANDING THERE!... I was like... :O.... Deja Vu!.... And so I quickly went to talk to her once the light turned green and it turned out she was keen as!! She grew up in a catholic school but hated it and felt God was somewhere else... and was still trying to find Him... So I got her number and we set up an appointment later this week...

Later on during the day... I met this guy!!! Straight from saying "Helllo" to him we just hit it off... he was so super friendly and just awesome!! And so I invited him to come and see the church and we gave him a tour around... and we had a lesson with him and during it we taught the whole restoration.. introduced the book of mormon.. and committed him to be baptized.... Without even hesitating.. he said "I really don't have a choice.. If Jesus told me to follow Him... I must do that... And I would love to!" And he even already believed in the Book of Mormon! Hahaha it was just miraculous!... And so this whole past week everyone was depressed and going through trials... Satan knows how to work with people... but if you call upon God and keep working and pressing forward... that's when the good happens! Remember that ;)You have to overcome the bad first before you can experience the good... that way Heavenly Father knows he can trust you.... Love you byeeeeeeee!!!