Another amazing week has come and gone, oh so very quickly! It has been raining a lot with Hurricane Hermine hitting the other side of the state! I'm sure you know what I'm about to say, but I have loved it so incredibly much! It's like happiness falling from the sky! I don't think many other people in Florida enjoy it too much but it's one of my favorite things ever! No crazy events happened this week so it was so nice to just get to work and start teaching people!
Sarah texted us early this week about her scripture study! She reads a chapter every single night and sent us all these questions asking about the doctrine! She then went on telling us about all these lessons she is learning from the scriptures! She is doing amazing and I'm so blessed to have such a good investigator. We have taught a lot of less-actives and some lessons were kinda weird! I feel like I am learning way more than they are... Hahah! It's just a testament of the scripture: D&C 50:22 where it talks about how both the teacher and student are edified by the spirit ! I have really been taught about gratitude and trusting our Lord and Savior! First we need to trust in Him! He has a plan so chill out and rely on Him. Second, He is there helping you through that plan so stop and say thank you for all the blessings that are continually poured down on you! Anyway, it's awesome that I can learn so much from the people I teach! I love this church and gospel but most of all my Savior!
This week Elder Hill and I have been digging through old general conference talks and they are AWESOME!! Bruce R McConkie, Ezra Taft Benson, and James E. Faust in particularly! It blows me away with the spiritual power they use! It left me with a new goal...I want to be a faithful disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ! I want to have a rock solid, shake the earth when I talk kind of testimony and knowledge of the gospel! I want to be like the apostles and prophets and have the faith they have... I know it's kinda a long term goal but honestly we all could reach that point! It just takes effort and dedication and then do your best each day to live the gospel with all your heart! Dig into it and live it!
There is a huge shift in the ward mentality and everyone is hyped about missionary work! Miracles are about to happen in Bunnell and I am so excited to be a part of it!
On Thursday we did so much! Moving from one great investigator or less-active to another! We did a lot of good today and it is a great feeling and I love it! We taught 2 less-actives and 3 investigators. One of them being Frank Phillips! This man is so prepared and open to the gospel it blows my mind! The new ward missionaries, Brother and Sister Barrington came with us. We would teach him and he'd full heartedly accept it and then be like I know this is what God wants me to do and so we'd move on but basically he has so much faith and is going to do whatever God asks of him! We tried to put him on date and he said he would be baptized when God tells him it's right but he wasn't totally excepting of the specific date... Yet... We will get him there!
I started memorizing scriptures this week and I am up to about 13 scripture masteries memorized. Another awesome thing that happened this week was a ward dinner and movie! Elder Hill and I and the Sister missionaries did most of the work and organized it! We had an amazing turn out. Probably 100 people came and we got a pop corn machine for the movie! There was tons of good food and I think people really enjoyed themselves! There were a couple of miracles, one is named Sarah and the other Sharon! Sarah is so amazing and surprises me over and over again. She came alone and brought a really yummy pasta dish, she sat down and started talking with people! I love how she is just diving into it all! We talked to her and said we needed to come by and answer her questions and she was like, "Actually I don't have any questions anymore. After I talked to you I decided to go back and reread it again, but highlight it this time and it answered all my questions".... LIKE WHAT?!?!? She is like a perfect investigator! Brother Hale invited her to come biking with ward members and she said she would come! I am going to pray with all my heart and soul that she will have a good experience Monday! She is amazing! The other miracle came to Sharon Jones! After we watched the Restoration, we asked our ward mission leader Abe Mills to bear his testimony! It was so great and I guess it was exactly what Sharon needed to hear! She felt like she needed to go talk to him after! She felt that she needed to now come to gospel principles and to church! She has a new desire to come to church! We are going to reteach her and get her baptized! The ward dinner was a hit and I could see the trust in us by the members increase! It feels good when something you plan comes out right and blesses other people's lives
Another awesome miracle happened as we tracked the next day, we didn't know what street to go on so we prayed and asked for help. We sat and stared at the maps on our iPads and we narrowed it down to a smaller section, picked a few streets and prayed to know if it was where God wanted us to go... After that we proceeded there. Both of us feeling good about that choice! We walked up to the first house and told the man we had been prompted by God to come see him and asked if we could share a scripture with him and he accepted. We talked a lit about his religious background then read Helaman 5:12 and testified of Jesus Christ and set up an appointment to come back and teach him more! We prayed with him and went on our way! I was kinda in awe a little bit! Pray works! I know it does! We were inspired to go there and I'm hoping we can really get him to progress, but I know God answers our prayers!
We just got back from mountain biking in the jungle so that was awesome! Elder Hill and I talked to this one member and planned it out and word spread like wild fire! There were a ton of people that came including Sarah and her boyfriend! Well, this is the life of your missionary! I love this gospel and I have come know the amazing power of this gospel! The power it has to change lives, bring people to repentance, and to bond families now and for all eternity! It's powerful stuff and I'm a part of the greatest work in the history of all man kind! I get to be apart of it! I'm so blessed! Well, I'm doing great and stayed clear from the hurricane!
Sorry for the long email, there is just way too many miracles I what to share!
Much love,
Elder Tracy
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