Hey everyone!
This has been a long and crazy but wonderful week! It was a little hard to get back into the swing of things after 5 days of doing no proselyting, but we have been able to do a lot of planning, goal setting, and praying and are finally back into the swing of things! The hurricane has both made the work here easier and harder! We have received more referrals than we ever have before, but unfortunately we had to take our investigators off date! The hurricane has really messed up some schedules! We have a goal this week to go from none on date to having 5 with a baptismal date! We are testing our faith a little but I know if we give all that we have and pray with all that we have, our father in heaven will help us reach our goals. So, fun fact, we met the Governor of Florida last Monday! We got a call from our Bishop telling us to go to the airport so we could all get a picture with the governor! Well, we went early and nobody there knew what we were talking about! Well, we just stood there by these huge army trucks where they were handing out food and water to residents! While we stood waiting this guy came up to us and we had a full conversation with him and as he turned to leave he said something about being governor and we felt pretty dumb! He left before anyone else got there so now we always joke about how we met the governor! Anyway that was pretty cool! Hahah
We had interviews with President Clark this week and it was really inspiring! He talked about faith and quoted 2 Nephi 27:23
"For behold, I am God; and I am a God of miracles; and I will show unto the world that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever; and I work not among the children of men save it be according to their faith."
It was a good reminder for me to have faith! If we don't have faith miracles can't happen in our lives! So the next day we decided to give it a try! We stopped by the home of a less active who has never answered the door or our calls! We said a prayer expressing our great desire to see a miracle! We got out and for the first time ever she answered the door! She came out and and opened her heart to us and expressed how she has been waiting for a moment to start making a change in her life! I know that this would have never happened if we didn't have the faith and we didn't ask God for help! Always, always, always rely on our Father in Heaven! I am just starting to understand the power of faith! Faith precedes miracles! Ahhh I love this gospel!
We have had many experiences this week that have really strengthened my faith! On Wednesday night we had a few hours free up and we wanted to see some less actives in our area that we haven't met yet! We knocked on door, after door, after door and there was no answer! We prayed asking our Father in Heaven to lead us to who he needed us to go see! After two and a half hours of trying to follow the spirit with no one home we decide to try one last door... we knocked and no one was home! As we were about to leave to our next appointment the neighbor drove up into his driveway! We got out and had a great conversation with him! He wasn't interested... yet! But I know that it is exactly who we needed to see! When we surrender our will to our Father in Heaven amazing things come of it!
So many experiences like this have happened every single day this week! It is kind of blowing my mind! I prayed for experiences that would help me strengthen my faith and I have had too many experiences to count! Ask and ye shall Receive! I can testify of the power of Faith! The power that comes as we ACT in righteousness! Our father in heaven loves us and cares about us and our concerns and desires! Ask in faith and your prayers will be answered! Well sorry if my letter has been all over the place! We had another district Pday today so I have been writing this email throughout the entire day! We carved pumpkins, went bowling, and played some basketball! I LOVE my Mission! I LOVE serving our Father in Heaven! I love him and I love you all! Remember to stay strong in the Faith!
Your Faith seeking missionary,
Elder Tracy
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