What has been the best part of your week? I hope and pray that you are all doing well and enjoying each day and enjoying the blessings God has given you! I sure have been trying to look at things more positively and it has helped out so much! This week has been an excellent one and we have been able to get out and work hard! We did 10 hrs of service on Wednesday and we found another 3 investigators this week! It has been a great week! I could go on and on about all the things I'm learning and doing but I've narrowed it down to three!
The first experience was early on in the week after knock a good 30 doors, it doesn't seem like that many but that usually takes us 1.5-2 hours! So you know our knuckles are sore and our patience had been tried! We were pretty tired and were about to leave but had a feeling to keep knocking a few more doors! You know the routine...first door nothing. Second door nothing. Third door and a lady named Christina opens the door! We teach her a brief restoration and she explains her back story! She moved from Michigan after countless years of searching for the right church! We were able to testify to her of the power of the priesthood and Christ's restored church! She wanted us to come back later in the week and discuss the pamphlet we left! Unfortunately she is a care taker and her client had to go to the hospital but we will see her this week and follow up on what she read! It was another amazing experience and testimony builder! As we follow the promptings of the spirit we will always be lead to the situations at can help us and other grow!
The second experience happened on Saturday while I was on exchanges with Elder Adair! It was his first time leading out his area but he did a great job! We had a lot of cool experiences! Just before the sun started to set we decided to knock an apartment complex! We knocked about 90% of it, having talked to many people and having offered service to them all, when two men came walking down the street towards us! We knocked one more door and the lady flipped out and yelled at us to get out of their no soliciting neighborhood! Then the two men, the property managers, told us to get out! We tried to explain we meant no harm and weren't selling anything! After trying to be very peaceable we bid them a good evening and started heading over to our bikes! One of the men walked with us and on our way he asked, "So where are your ancestors from?" Hahah I was taken a back and then instinctively started teach him about family history work and explained family search! Hahah How ironic is that!!! God sure works in mysterious ways! Sometimes he sends us right into a dead end so on the way back we could find everything we are looking for! Simply Trust in God!!!
Lastly was one of my favorite experiences! The Zone Leaders had a baptism scheduled at the same time as the Stake Missionary Correlation Meeting! Elder Larson and I were asked to take their place! There was so many amazing things that I learned but my favorite was a little quote by the stake mission leader! Elder Lopez was explaining why there aren't as many miracles! "People are afraid! People don't have enough faith! If people had true faith they would not ask How or Why, but when do you want it done! Then with faith diligently give all they have to accomplish the task! Excuses are for losers! We need to do more" and then I came across another quote at church describing all that the pioneers accomplished! "With vision, with labor, and with confidence in the power of God working through them, they brought their faith to reality!" These few quotes have me so fired up! No matter what are goals are if we have faith and then diligently do all we can do! Our goals and dreams will become a reality! Let us all have more faith, trust in God, and follow the promptings of the spirit! We will then undoubtedly see miracles daily! I love you all so very much!!!
Your son, brother, nephew, cousin, friend, who loves you!
Elder Tracy
The Winter Garden crew!
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