Goal Setting & Miracles

[Note to Reader:  The email servers for the church have been out of whack.  Leaving a majority of us mother's without an email from our DD's.  Hence the no blog update last week.  All we received was this amazing photo of Katelyn showing her finished painting.  I'll take it!]

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Dear Friends and Family,

Well the mission has been crazy with goal setting and I believe it is inspiration from our Heavenly Father!

We have seen so many miracles that I know either effect our area or other missionary's as we have talked to everyone. We had a goal of 95 people for this last week and we talked to 101! :D your right,

president, the effect of talking to everyone and having control over it has given such great motivation to keep working hard and it has

completely impacted our teaching pool. One thing that happened yesterday while we had about six more people to talk to. There was a man he was walking along the side of a church and we were quickly approaching where he was at but I knew that because he was on another church property we couldn't speak with him. As we stopped (we were

about to cross the street) I promised Heavenly Father I would talk to him if he would get away from that other church's property (haha).

Just as I was waiting there (I'm sure Sister Ferrell thought I was nuts for sitting at a cross walk and not crossing) he stopped and literally turned around and walked back the way he was coming from and I wanted to scream with joy! We talked to him and he quickly said I am willing to talk just as long as it's before seven pm. He gave us his address and phone number and we set a return appointment, so COOL!

That woman I told you about that we served, we set a baptismal date with her! Yay! She is super nervous about everything but our biggest goal for her is getting her to church. She wants to read the Book of

Mormon and really find out if it is true!

This week we made the effort to continue to talk to everyone and amongst God's children we found the ones that may seem like outcasts but are amazing in their own special way! One we walked up and this

black man was using his very beautifully decorative truck to move things. We asked if we could help then I begged them to please let take a picture with it! He has probably dug through the truck one day and

decided to super glue EVERYTHING! And I mean everything, the was a one dollar bill that was ripped apart and glued to the dash board! So funny! Then we shared the gospel with them and they were referrals for the elders! Yay! I love that it isn't like we are passing them off to another church! After that we were walking home for dinner and these three guys were helping a mans video game into a trailer and we started talking to them. One of them his stage name is Frack, is a circus performer! Haha he had the hair and split tongue prove it! Freaky! But it made laugh

so hard! Then he said he wanted a picture with US to put on his Facebook page! Heck yeah! 5,000 contacts please! ;)

We got to see finally one of the less active members that we have tried for weeks to get a hold of. She attended church last week and we stopped by Saturday morning to see her and she started crying! Yay! She was humbled enough to realize that she needed to come back to church and especially that God loved her! Amazing! Heavenly Father is

watching over his dear children. 

So we ended up celebrating at five guys with good ole' Saint Anthony potato fries! ;)

Also this last week we met a less active member who is from RIGBY! I know right!?! Of all places! His name is Bruce laval Jensen! If anyone knows him, let me know so I can mention you! It was so cool to find him and talk about familiar things! Yay! Blessings!

We are doing very well, we are trying to work hard each day and accomplish our goals and come home tired each night. It is probably the most fulfilled I have ever felt on my entire mission. I feel like

I am making my Heavenly Father proud and I feel more in tune with the spirit and that I hear Him more clearly each day. I hope to continue to be this way after I am home ( six more weeks) but I know it works the same way as on a mission, by keeping myself and life worthy of the spirit and seeking Gods kingdom in everything.