March 24th, 2014

Ok this has been the craziest week.

I can't even decide what happened, but it was such a miracle week! People were coming out of the woodwork...we found 12 new investigators and there are some really solid ones. I actually just realized why it has been such a good week. It's because transfers are coming up and I am probably leaving. It always works that way.

We find out about transfers on Saturday...which will be crazy. I am SO ready to leave this area and yet I don't want to go at all. I love it too much. We are having a ward BBQ on Saturday though so I'll be able to say goodbye to everyone there. Yeah don't worry they were planning on having it closer to Easter but when they found out when transfers were they scheduled it to this weekend so I would be there. Haha. It will be good though to leave- Sister Onorato is doing well in the area and I think she is ready to lead it without me. Plus the Neiders told us they are going to start putting Sister Training Leaders together so hopefully that will happen. I have loved training but it gets pretty tiring after a few months. 

We had a few miracle finds this week. I think I sent a recording about John, but he went to the LDS chapel one day to pray and we showed up later that day. Love it when that happens. We had a follow up lesson with him and taught him how to give a formal prayer and he prayed at the end of the lesson! It was so beautiful. Afterward he looked up and said that was the first time he had ever done that. THIS is why I'm on a mission

 We taught Sheryl again- the one who is a minister/ theology major and oh boy was the spirit strong in our lesson. I just love teaching her because she gets it! She understands the restoration and the Priesthood and what it would mean if the Book of Mormon actually were true. When we got there she had invited her neighbor to sit with us and had brought her husband and they all had their books out and had been reading 1 Nephi 1-2. She loved learning about the visions and compared Nephi to Joseph of Egypt which I thought was an interesting comparison. She studied more on the Melchizedek Priesthood and said "It just makes sense. If the Apostles had this priesthood and then gave it to Joseph Smith, the Mormons must have the authority!" It was so cool.

Gotta head..we have a date with some older ladies in the ward later. We are going thrift shoppin! Can't wait :)

LOVE YA!
Sister Stoker