I can't describe the Spiritual Impressions the Holy Ghost has left on my heart just in the last week!!
Last
Pday we had a great time as always playing some Scatter ball and all
that kinda jazz! Later that night we had the most incredible miracle
that I have ever been a part of on my mission so far!!
The
Sisters in our District needed some help transferring their paper Area
Book Records into the Online Records so we decided to do that when it
got really dark. The first and only person we called was a lady named
Terri!! Right when I said we were the LDS Missionaries she got super
excited that we were calling! She went on to say that she had been
thinking about us a lot over the last week or so (the last time she was
taught was almost 2 years ago) and she knew that it was inspired of us
from God to call her at that time. Her husband has basically been on his
deathbed for weeks now so out of what she thought was her sheer
conscience (the spirit) she decided to pick up the Book of Mormon and
read it to her husband. She had the most overwhelming spirit come to her
to witness that it was true. She also said that she always saw a light
in the faces of every Mormon that she had ever met, that she knew it was
because the church was true. I began to bear testimony that I knew we
needed to call her for a reason and it was because she was prepared to
receive the Gospel of Jesus Christ into her life. She also said she knew
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter~Day Saints was the only true
church on the earth and Jesus Christ was at the head of it!! I have
never witnessed a miracle like this before. It impacted my whole frame
and I even felt a glowing sensation as I listened to her bare
testimony!! I am so grateful for that experience!! I pray that the will
of God is aligned with her own, that she may come into the one true fold
of Him who created us! Please Pray for Terri and her husband!!
On Wednesday
we had a morning comp study with a bunch of missionaries in the Zone at
the Mission Home with Pres. Foote!! We had a powerful meeting as we
each bore testimony about the reality and power of Jesus Christ's
infinite Atonement!!
Later that night we
teamed up with Pres. Foote to visit some less actives and progressing
investigators!! It was a powerful and humbling time being with my
mission president!! I heard the power in his words and also felt the
love that he had for everyone that he met with!! One of our progressing
investigators named Gregory doesn't speak much English, but speaks French
fluently so because Pres. Foote went on his mission to France they were
able to chat for a while!! It was pretty cool!!
Thursday
we had Exchanges with the TT's in our zone!! It was probably one of my
top days in the mission!! I felt spiritually and physically drained but I
was so joyous by the end!! We had so much fun and worked so hard at the
same time!! It was a great exchange!!
Saturday and Sunday was Legit!!!
We
went over to the Meier's house to watch the first and second session of
Conference because we were expecting Terri to come as well!! But she
couldn't find anyone to watch her husband while she was away but she did
watch it later that night!!
To me the most
spiritual filled part of conference was at the beginning with the Solemn
Assembly!! It was powerful to stand up, to sustain Pres. Nelson as the
Prophet of the Church here in these latter days!! I began to weep
knowing that the Lord is truly Hastening his work!! I am so grateful to
be a part of it here on the front-lines!!
I was
going to write down some of my favorite quotes from Conference but I
left the notes at home!! My favorite talk by far was Elder Bednar's on
Meekness!! Y'all could probably guess that already, he is the man!! I
didn't even write one note from his talk because I was so into it!! But
maybe next week I will be able to look at the talk and pick out bits and
pieces!!
Love yall!!
Elder Northrup
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