Hey y'all,
We had some pretty amazing experiences this week. On Wednesday night we invited Sister Holley to start taking the discussions. We have been meaning to invite her for quite awhile. Since she has been coming to church every week for the past couple months. But every time we were about to. It just never felt like it was right until the other night. She accepted the invitation. So we are looking forward to starting to teach her this week. We met a man named Dexter this week, and we are really excited to be able to start teaching him. He grew up in Memphis, and had an LDS friend. He had heard of the Book of Mormon but didn't understand what it was exactly. So we introduced the Book of Mormon to him as another testament of Jesus Christ. His interest was caught in the fact that it talks about the Resurrected Christ coming to the America's. He is very interested in reading the Book of Mormon. My prayer is that he reads it with a sincere heart so that he can come to know the truth of it.
We have also started to re-teach a Less Active named Sister Sanders. She amazes me when we talk with her because she has a great desire to make her life right. We first came into contact with her on Tuesday, and she asked us to reteach her the lessons. We went over Wednesday and re-taught her about the Restoration. She even had a nonmember sister-in-law there, and was testifying and explaining things to her. Sister Sanders came to church yesterday, and I was ecstatic! I am so happy for her. She has true Faith in that she is acting upon the desires of her heart.
Right now Sister Tu'ifua and I are continually trying to work on ways to show the members that we Love them. We feel that that is what is going to motivate them to do missionary work.
This week we had a pretty interesting experience. We went to see Riley for our return appointment, and were greeted by a very clever sign. It read, "No Soliciting. We aren't buying and we already have God in our hearts." I thought that this was pretty smart on their part. They have everything covered...;)
This morning I was given a really neat insight by the Spirit. I was reading Alma 12:6 and was reminded of 2 Nephi 1:15. In Alma 12:6 It tells us that the devil encircles us about with chains. While 2 Nephi 1:15 talks about how the Lord encircles us about in the arms of his Love. How grateful I am to know that all the Lord wants for us is to be happy. He wants to save us from sins, pains, and weaknesses. We just need to accept the atonement, and rely completely on him.
My hope is that we all can let the atonement fully encompass us. That we come to understand it more daily. That we strive each day to understand more about our Savior. May we always Remember Him.
Love,
Sister W. Williams
Monday, August 25, 2014
Monday, August 18, 2014
Hey y'all!
Hope everyone has had a great week. This week has been pretty good-very up and down though...;)
Things picked up a little bit this week. We were able to find quite a few people, and had some pretty amazing experiences. We came back into contact with Tawanna this week. She admitted to us that she has been avoiding us. She says that she doesn't want us to give up on her though. The problem is that temptations have a big hold on her right now. She is moving backward rather than forwards. We committed her to coming to church, and when I asked if we could text, call, or knock on her door. She said that we could be persistent and do all three. So we ended up texting, and knocking on her door yesterday. Unfortunately, she didn't respond to either of them.
Things with the Hodges are picking up. We had a great visit with them this week. Sister Hodges mentioned that they want to get the grandkids into scouting. We are hoping that this will create a desire in them to start coming to church on Sundays.
Yesterday we invited the Nelson family to re-take the discussions. I feel that there is a lot of potential with this family. They haven't seen missionaries in 17 years, and one of their sons isn't a member. I am looking forward to teaching them, and rekindling how they felt when they first joined the church! :)
Sister Tu'ifua and I are doing great. We are just working on serving the members and developing Charity. We feel that that is what needs to happen to increase the work here.
We had a very unique experience this week. We felt prompted to knock on a certain home. After knocking we realized that mosquitoes were all over the door. So we weren't sure what was going to happen. After a few minutes a woman came to the door, opened it up, and then immediately slammed it shut because of the mosquitoes. Sister Tu'ifua and I weren't sure what to do so we just stood....She then asked if we could come over to the garage. We then had a really great discussion with her. She was very open into reading the B.O.M. We gave her a Book of Mormon app pass along card, and explained that she could actually listen to the B.O.M. in the car. She responded by saying that she would plug it in, and listen to it through her stereo. She missed our return appointment though. We believe though that she is out of town.
I learned quite a bit from my studies this week. I have continued to study from Preach My Gospel. This morning I liked how it says that, "Reading, Pondering, and Studying the Book of Mormon are critical for an enduring conversion." This statement is very powerful to me. It's amazing how the word of God can do so much for us in our lives. Not only does the B.O.M. convert, gives us knowledge, and empower us. But it deepens our conversion and continuously brings us closer to Christ.
Have a great week!
Love,
Sister W. Williams
Hope everyone has had a great week. This week has been pretty good-very up and down though...;)
Things picked up a little bit this week. We were able to find quite a few people, and had some pretty amazing experiences. We came back into contact with Tawanna this week. She admitted to us that she has been avoiding us. She says that she doesn't want us to give up on her though. The problem is that temptations have a big hold on her right now. She is moving backward rather than forwards. We committed her to coming to church, and when I asked if we could text, call, or knock on her door. She said that we could be persistent and do all three. So we ended up texting, and knocking on her door yesterday. Unfortunately, she didn't respond to either of them.
Things with the Hodges are picking up. We had a great visit with them this week. Sister Hodges mentioned that they want to get the grandkids into scouting. We are hoping that this will create a desire in them to start coming to church on Sundays.
Yesterday we invited the Nelson family to re-take the discussions. I feel that there is a lot of potential with this family. They haven't seen missionaries in 17 years, and one of their sons isn't a member. I am looking forward to teaching them, and rekindling how they felt when they first joined the church! :)
Sister Tu'ifua and I are doing great. We are just working on serving the members and developing Charity. We feel that that is what needs to happen to increase the work here.
We had a very unique experience this week. We felt prompted to knock on a certain home. After knocking we realized that mosquitoes were all over the door. So we weren't sure what was going to happen. After a few minutes a woman came to the door, opened it up, and then immediately slammed it shut because of the mosquitoes. Sister Tu'ifua and I weren't sure what to do so we just stood....She then asked if we could come over to the garage. We then had a really great discussion with her. She was very open into reading the B.O.M. We gave her a Book of Mormon app pass along card, and explained that she could actually listen to the B.O.M. in the car. She responded by saying that she would plug it in, and listen to it through her stereo. She missed our return appointment though. We believe though that she is out of town.
I learned quite a bit from my studies this week. I have continued to study from Preach My Gospel. This morning I liked how it says that, "Reading, Pondering, and Studying the Book of Mormon are critical for an enduring conversion." This statement is very powerful to me. It's amazing how the word of God can do so much for us in our lives. Not only does the B.O.M. convert, gives us knowledge, and empower us. But it deepens our conversion and continuously brings us closer to Christ.
Have a great week!
Love,
Sister W. Williams
Monday, August 11, 2014
Hi y'all!!
I hope y'all have had a great week. This week was quite the roller coaster. Full of lot's of ups and downs. But most importantly Hannah was Baptized!!!
Hannah's Baptism went AMAZING!! Her Mother and Grandmother ended up attending. There also was a large support from the Ward as well. In fact, some young men had to sit out in the hall because the room was so crowded. Hannah gave her testimony at the end of the program, and many hearts were touched because of it. The spirit was remarkable during the whole service, and everyone who came really enjoyed the service. I was able to play the Violin for interlude while she got dressed, and it was a remarkable experience for me. I could feel the spirit very strongly as I played. Other than Hannah's Baptism our week was pretty rough. We had some amazing experiences, and then ended up being dropped. It seems as though our investigators aren't wanting to keep commitments.
Sister Tu'ifua and I are currently trying to come up with new finding techniques. Specifically new door approaches. Spiritual Harvesting isn't working right now so we are going to the "drawing board". My prayer is that we are able to come up with something that will really work for this area.
Hannah told us some very exciting news this week. She is strongly considering going on a mission. What's remarkable to me is that she really wants to do the Lord's will in all things. She looks to the Lord in every thought, and fully rely's on him. What a remarkable example she has been to me of doing God's will.
This week in studies I have started to read Preach My Gospel from the beginning. As I have done this my knowledge has increased greatly. I feel that I am getting a better grasp of missionary work as a whole. My understanding is increasing of every phase of the work. I hope that as I continue to study PMG my missionary work will improve, and I will become the missionary God intends for me to be.
My prayer is that we increase in understanding and wisdom everyday. From our studying of the scriptures daily.
Have a great week!
Love,
Sister W. Williams
I hope y'all have had a great week. This week was quite the roller coaster. Full of lot's of ups and downs. But most importantly Hannah was Baptized!!!
Hannah's Baptism went AMAZING!! Her Mother and Grandmother ended up attending. There also was a large support from the Ward as well. In fact, some young men had to sit out in the hall because the room was so crowded. Hannah gave her testimony at the end of the program, and many hearts were touched because of it. The spirit was remarkable during the whole service, and everyone who came really enjoyed the service. I was able to play the Violin for interlude while she got dressed, and it was a remarkable experience for me. I could feel the spirit very strongly as I played. Other than Hannah's Baptism our week was pretty rough. We had some amazing experiences, and then ended up being dropped. It seems as though our investigators aren't wanting to keep commitments.
Sister Tu'ifua and I are currently trying to come up with new finding techniques. Specifically new door approaches. Spiritual Harvesting isn't working right now so we are going to the "drawing board". My prayer is that we are able to come up with something that will really work for this area.
Hannah told us some very exciting news this week. She is strongly considering going on a mission. What's remarkable to me is that she really wants to do the Lord's will in all things. She looks to the Lord in every thought, and fully rely's on him. What a remarkable example she has been to me of doing God's will.
This week in studies I have started to read Preach My Gospel from the beginning. As I have done this my knowledge has increased greatly. I feel that I am getting a better grasp of missionary work as a whole. My understanding is increasing of every phase of the work. I hope that as I continue to study PMG my missionary work will improve, and I will become the missionary God intends for me to be.
My prayer is that we increase in understanding and wisdom everyday. From our studying of the scriptures daily.
Have a great week!
Love,
Sister W. Williams
Friday, August 8, 2014
Hi y'all!
Everything with Hannah is continuing to go well. Her eyes are fixed on her Baptism this weekend. She told her parents and Grandma this week about her Baptism. Her parents aren't too supportive. But her Grandma is completely behind her. We just keep telling her to love her parents, and to lead by example. I have learned a lot from Hannah. The number one thing is that she completely wants to do God's will for her. She keeps telling us that all she desires is what God desires for her. What a great mind set to have!
We had a great first lesson with Tawanna this week. She asked us a lot of questions. Which was neat because she really wants to understand everything. She accepted the Baptismal Invite of August 23rd. We were disappointed when she didn't show up at church yesterday. Since she had texted us the day before saying that she would hopefully be there. I am praying that this week we are able to get her to come to church.
Yesterday I felt strongly prompted to knock on the house next door to the church. We knocked 2 times, and heard the Television's volume turn down. So we walked away. But as we were walking down the street a man called us back. His name is Levar, and apparently his wife is a former investigator. We gave him the Restoration lesson. Since he talked about how in other churches he has noticed the "misconstrued" doctrine that has come up. He eagerly asked for a copy of the Book of Mormon. I am excited to teach him more this week. I can tell how prepared God has made him for our message.
We had another interesting thing happen to us yesterday. A policeman called us over, and started asking us questions. He didn't realize that sisters come out on missions just like the elders. At first it seemed as though we had found a new investigator. However, that thinking was changed when he told us all the things he knew regarding the church. What was sad to me is that even though he knows a lot. He doesn't know the truth. He knows about all of the "deep doctrines" of the Church. But a lot of the information is incorrect. I hope that at least he gained some reliable knowledge from us.
This week in studies I was enlightened upon the doctrine of Tithing. I studied Tithing in both the Gospel Principles manual, and Preach My Gospel. Since that was one of the lesson's we taught Hannah this week. As I studied I was rebuked by God. I came to the realization that I need to pay tithing not only on income. But on every increase of money I receive. I am glad that God gave me more knowledge regarding the commandment of Tithing. So that I can live this commandment fully. What a relief that came over me as I was able to pay what I owed yesterday. I know that the Lord will bless me as I desire to keep all of the commandments fully.
My prayer is that all of us live the commandments fully. That we really study the commandments, and learn how we can live them to the best of our ability. Have a great week. My prayers are with you!
Love y'all!
Sister W. Williams
Everything with Hannah is continuing to go well. Her eyes are fixed on her Baptism this weekend. She told her parents and Grandma this week about her Baptism. Her parents aren't too supportive. But her Grandma is completely behind her. We just keep telling her to love her parents, and to lead by example. I have learned a lot from Hannah. The number one thing is that she completely wants to do God's will for her. She keeps telling us that all she desires is what God desires for her. What a great mind set to have!
We had a great first lesson with Tawanna this week. She asked us a lot of questions. Which was neat because she really wants to understand everything. She accepted the Baptismal Invite of August 23rd. We were disappointed when she didn't show up at church yesterday. Since she had texted us the day before saying that she would hopefully be there. I am praying that this week we are able to get her to come to church.
Yesterday I felt strongly prompted to knock on the house next door to the church. We knocked 2 times, and heard the Television's volume turn down. So we walked away. But as we were walking down the street a man called us back. His name is Levar, and apparently his wife is a former investigator. We gave him the Restoration lesson. Since he talked about how in other churches he has noticed the "misconstrued" doctrine that has come up. He eagerly asked for a copy of the Book of Mormon. I am excited to teach him more this week. I can tell how prepared God has made him for our message.
We had another interesting thing happen to us yesterday. A policeman called us over, and started asking us questions. He didn't realize that sisters come out on missions just like the elders. At first it seemed as though we had found a new investigator. However, that thinking was changed when he told us all the things he knew regarding the church. What was sad to me is that even though he knows a lot. He doesn't know the truth. He knows about all of the "deep doctrines" of the Church. But a lot of the information is incorrect. I hope that at least he gained some reliable knowledge from us.
This week in studies I was enlightened upon the doctrine of Tithing. I studied Tithing in both the Gospel Principles manual, and Preach My Gospel. Since that was one of the lesson's we taught Hannah this week. As I studied I was rebuked by God. I came to the realization that I need to pay tithing not only on income. But on every increase of money I receive. I am glad that God gave me more knowledge regarding the commandment of Tithing. So that I can live this commandment fully. What a relief that came over me as I was able to pay what I owed yesterday. I know that the Lord will bless me as I desire to keep all of the commandments fully.
My prayer is that all of us live the commandments fully. That we really study the commandments, and learn how we can live them to the best of our ability. Have a great week. My prayers are with you!
Love y'all!
Sister W. Williams
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