The INFINITE POWER of the SPIRIT

Miracles in the Making this week!!

But we'll start with the sort of boring stuff first...

On Tuesday we were supposed to have an exchange with District Leader Lopez but we basically waited to trade in our old van for the new van all day. It was pretty bad!!

On Wednesday we continued the exchange and went to the Food Bank to help pack boxes in trucks. It was a good time. The rest of the day we spent handing out Easter Miracle Celebration cards to everyone we saw. 

Thursday we spent most of the day trying to find new investigators and giving out Easter Miracle Celebration cards. We talked to so many people and it was awesome because people weren't as scared of us as they usually are. Whenever we try to talk to someone we would only get in a few words before they would 'run away.' But while we were passing these cards out people were way more reseptive to what we had to say. I know that was the power of the spirit working through us as well!!

Friday we had a really cool miracle happen!! We were trying to decide where to go for some lunch so we went to taco bell. Right when we walked in one of the employees approached us and just started talking to us. We got into a huge conversation with him about the gospel and it turns out that he has had lessons before and now he wants to jump back into it. Please pray for him, his name is Gavyn. 

That night was the first public night of the Easter Celebration. There weren't a whole lot of investigators but all in all it was a good time. In the Atonement room we watch a video where a little girl sings "Gethsemane" and the spirit hit me so strong every single time. It also made me think of my little sis Gretchen. 

Saturday was just awesome!! We had part 2 of the Easter Celebration and one of the lady's that me and Elder Frandsen personally invited in Walmart actually came. It was so cool to see her. She started to talk about how much she felt the spirit there and how she also was looking for a church to go to. So we got her info and now we will be having a lesson here this week!! Another miracle in the making!! Please pray for her, her name is Erin!

Later that day I was also looking in my old notes and stuff and I came across my setting apart stuff. I remember reading that way back in the MTC but I basically forgot it all. That letter got me so pumped up!! I also found a quote from Winston Churchill in there that my cousin Tal quoted when I was about to leave. It says...

"To every man there comes a time when he is figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered to do something that is special to him and fitted to his talents. What a tragedy it would be if this moment found him unprepared or unqualified for that which would be his finest hour. Let us therefore bind ourselves to our duty so that for a thousand years, men will say, this was their FINEST HOUR." 

What a blessing it was to read those words again. When I first read them in the MTC I thought it was pretty inspirational but I didn't really think anything of it. But now that I have been a missionary for a bit I appreciate those words so much!! I am so grateful that I as well as the other 65,000 missionaries around the world were prepared for this last reaping in the field, for it is white and ready to harvest. I know that I am one of the last called in this dispensation to labour in the vineyard with my might. How great a responsibility that is, but how wonderful it duty it is as well!!

Love yall!! Have a great General Conference and Easter!!

Elder Northrup

FAITH TESTED

a kid named Mathew Wilson that everyone in the ward says is the 'little me."

It's been a mighty fine week, but I don't think I am going to say much because it is raining outside, and I don't feel like it....

I think the most interesting and impactful thing that happen this week was at a 'lesson' with a previous slightly progressing investigator named Steve. My comp really really likes Steve because he is a really chill guy and he works for the Fire Dept. In Lessons previous he would ask questions about the Book of Mormon and we would answer them. But this time all he had questions about was anti instead. That was not fun at all! He just kept on bringing up anti back to back and we didn't have any answers. Walking out of his house that day I just felt a dark feeling in me. A feeling of fear and doubt. When we got back to the apt we talked about it with the AP's. That didn't really help at all. I went to bed that night just wondering what my purpose was here, I started to doubt everything I believed in. When I kneeled down to pray that night I pleaded with God to increase my faith, to give me an answer to why that had happened. Then as I sat pondering the situation I remembered words coming to my head. They said, you asked for your faith to be tested. I remembered that for a week or so I had asked in my prayers for miracles to happen according to my faith. But the night before we had the anti experience I changed it up and asked God to "Test my Faith." Well, He definitely answered and fast too!! After those words came to my head the spirit also bore witness to me of the reality of the one thing that is important to remember from the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ. That is the testimony that I have of the Book of Mormon. Because I know that the Book of Mormon is true, I know that Joseph Smith was a Prophet called by God. I know that the Church was Restored. I know that Families can be together forever. And most importantly, I know that Jesus Christ suffered and died for me. How incredible this Easter season is to worship God and His beloved Son Jesus Christ!! How grateful I am for this knowledge!!

Thursday we had interviews with President and Sister Foote!! I really enjoyed this one more than any other. I know how inspired both of them are, I love and appreciate the work that each of them do for us!!

Sunday we had an awesome Easter Miracle Celebration!! Basically the church building is decorated to depict the Life of Jesus Christ starting at His Birth and ended at His Resurrection. It is a really great event, and we are having open tours to the public this upcoming Friday and Saturday so we will see how that goes. Us Missionaries are the tour guides so it is also a great finding opportunity. 

I love yall!! Keep being member missionaries!! That is the only way anything ever gets done in missionary work!!

Elder Northrup

All us Homies

After eating at the Lester family (received this via text from Sister Lester... THANK YOU!)

OBEDIENCE

Well, lets get to the meat shall we...

Last PDay we went with the other Elders to the Peachtree city church building to play sports and stuff but while we were playing scatterball Elder Elsholz (AP) destroyed his ankle so we rushed to the urgent care. The rest of the pday was spent playing munchkin so I can't complain. 

The AP's had zone conference 3 days this week so we were loaded with the car miles. Thank goodness for that...

Wednesday we had a great dinner with the Brown's and their non-member friends. They were pretty open to gospel conversation so it was a great learning experience on both sides. 

Thursday we had the best Zone Conference ever!! Most of the conference was about having Faith to find and also being exactly obedient. While I was on exchanges with Elder Elsholz he shared with me a quote from Pres. Eyring. I probs already shared this last week but since I can't remember we'll do it again...

"We must do everything in our power to qualify for the spirit of the Lord..." 

it went on to say more about missionary work but just this one little line changed my whole perspective about the spirit. I don't think I knew I was doing this before but I realized I needed to change my perspective. It was almost, "I will do the bare minimum to have the spirit with me." As I have been out on my mission I know how important it is to have the spirit with you at all times and in all places, what a wonderful thing missions are. 

Stake Conference was Saturday and Sunday, it was so awesome!! A member of the seventy named Elder Baheshty (that is definitely spelled wrong) came and gave wonderful talks. The Saturday night one was interesting and frankly sneaky...I'll explain. He got up to speak and his first motive was first to depress us by showing everyone what was happening during the apostasy, then before he built everyone up by presenting the Restoration, he first chastised to show how important Temples are and missionary work. It was incredible!! HAHA

Also, random sidenote but David Archaleta (spelled wrong again) came to the Sunday session. It was super funny because all us missionary got up after the prayer and Elder Elsholz just said, "hey look its David A." We all thought he was joking, he was even joking but it turned out to be him. He is super short, like 5'2" maybe. Elder Ashcraft asked him for a pic twice and he was turned down both times, he was pretty depressed about that. HAHa, I know I don't have a pic or vid but y'all will just have to take my word for it on this one. LOL

Sunday afternoonish to eveningish we were biking in the town square and while we were waiting at the intersection a guy from the corner pub bar opened the door and yelled at us to come inside. He wanted us to listen to him do open mic so (and since it was raining and we were just going to do tracting) we agreed and it was actually a great finding opportunity. I know we are supposed to avoid the very appearance of evil but when we told peep's that we didn't drink coffee or beer it sparked up a lot of interest. It was so funny!! I will never forget that experience!!

Two kinda spiritual thoughts before I end this email...first one is a quote from Elder Holland. 

"An obedient missionary (member, disciple,etc.) by definition has the spirit of the Lord with Him ALWAYS."  That is so crucially important to understand!! I will just leave it at that. 

While we were with the Browns for dinner, Brother Brown shared a really cool thought that I expanded on a little bit. He was talking about while we are grasping onto the iron rod, we sometimes see people wandering in the darkness. They are too far away from us to grab them and pull them to the rod so instead as members (and missionaries) we link arms to bring them back to the light. That can be applied to missionary work so well! As a missionary and his companion are walking down the strait and narrow path holding to the rod, we may be able to get someone prepared for the Gospel message every once in while (at least in the Georgia Atlanta Mission). But when members are involved, and we can all link arms, that chain becomes longer and longer and we are able to bring a lot more people into the Church! That was kinda cool thought!! 

Love y'alllllll!

Elder Northrup

FAYETTEVILLE

Well, I am now in Fayetteville living with the AP's!!! WHOOT WHOOT!! It is actually such a good time!!

BUT, lets start from the beginning shall we....

Tuesday we had dinner with Kevin Anthony and it was such a good time!! I love that family and I am going to miss them a ton!! After dinner we launched fireworks in my departing of Centerville!! It was definitely a spiritual time!!

Wednesday we had transfer meeting!! I love being at transfers, it is such a fun time to see all your missionary friends!! That night we had a friend burrito thing with mushrooms and a bunch of other stuff in it, it was heaven. Also, I almost dropped to the ground when I saw the apt that we are staying in. It is seriously a PALACE!! HAHA, we live in luxury!!

Thursday was super rainy and we forgot our raincoats/umbrellas so we got soaked. But it was super funny, while we were walking on the side of the street, a thought came to me that someone would help us out somehow and Elder Frandsen thought I was kidding. We were standing at the stoplight waiting to go when an older lady leaned out of her car and gave us an umbrella!! I love the South!!

Friday we got the car (we are a fully bike/walking companionship) because the AP's had to go to MLC. That was super nice since our area is almost as big as the Atlanta area. We visited a lot of people that day, it was NICE!!

Saturday we went on Exchanges with the AP's and I went with Elder Elscholz!! While we were having comp study he told me the reason why he and Elder Ashcraft had requested me to come down to Fayetteville to work with Elder Frandsen was because he was struggling. Elder Frandsen and his last comp who was also his trainer didn't get along very well. So I am kinda like the cleanup duty here...pretty much!! But it is all good cuz me and Elder Frandsen get along very well!!

Sunday was an awesome time!! Our ward is the most missionary focused ward of any ward in the mission....at least thats what I have heard. We have multiple events every week just for investigators and the members fellowship so well! We had an investigator come to church that we didn't even invite and the Ward just homed in on her!! It was great!!

Anyway, that was my week!!! I love it here!! I love being a missionary!! Amen, Hallelujah!!!!!!

GOD SPEED

ELDER NORTHRUP

p.s. just a little sidenote!! I am actually so happy that we are biking full-time because the land here is actually flat!! Centerville/Snellville was the hilliest place ever and this is amazing!!

The Tanner West of Georgia

"YOU'RE GOING TO MISS THIS"

WOWZERS!! WHAT A WEEK!!!!

Last Wednesday we had a great exchange with the ZL's, I went with Elder Tuttle!! It was a good time and I learned a lot from him!! We also had a cool experience that night when we were walking out of our apartment complex. We saw a lady packing up here car so we went over and talked to her. We got into a really deep conversation about the Gospel and she actually didn't believe in the Trinity (being one God)!!! AAHHH!!! I am so thankful for that, this doesn't happen very often!! That was a miracle in and of itself!!

Elders Tuttle and Kerren (ZL's)

Early on Thursday morning we had a lesson with a guy named Lem that we found weeks ago!! The spirit was very strong and it turns out that he didn't believe that the Trinity (being one God) was true either!! WOW, lightning strikes again!! The spirit was very strong in that lesson!!

That night we helped Brother Page in the Ward move his Exercise equipment cage thingy!! I swear I ruined by back after that but it was worth it!! They are the best family!!

Friday was MY 6 MONTH MARK BABY!!!!!! Crazy how time flies!! We had a really cool miracle that day as well!! While we were biking we kinda sorta passed this lady that was walking on the Sidewalk. After I peddled a bit, the voice came to me to go back and talk to her. As we were talking we found out that she happened to be the girlfriend of one of our potential investigators that we had found. She was so ecstatic and asked if we would come by and share a message with them!! Even if nothing happens with this girl, that was still a miracle and we know it!!

That night I got to burn a tie in honor of 6 months in the Mission!! It was a good time and I got a video of it!!

Saturday was a LIT time!! HAHA JK!! In the Afternoonish we followed up with an older investigator named Gary!! It was actually a great time!! It was one of the few times when I said to myself, "yep I am in the South." He was letting a guy named Xander and his girlfiend live with him because they were homeless. We got talking for a while about the Book of Mormon and why we had it!! It was awesome!! Then afterwards, Xander hit us up with some Guitar jams!! Most of which were songs I had on my Spotify Playlist back home, so I kinda felt like I was breaking some sort of White Bible Law, but it was awesome nonetheless!!

That night we got Transfer calls!! I will be transferred this upcoming Wednesday and Elder Braun will be staying in the Area!! It was a very sad time saying goodbye to the members of the Centerville Ward! I have been serving with them for a quarter of my mission and now it has finally come to an end!! Many of the members expressed that they were sad to see me leave, but I am just glad that I was able to establish a bond and friendship with these wonderful peep's!!

Bro. Wardle (ward mission leader)

Also on Sunday, Jody came to church and he loved it!! He said he felt like it was where he belonged!! Like the ward was his own family!! I hope he gets baptized in the coming weeks!!

Scripture for this week is similar to the scripture for last week...

1 Nephi 19

22 Now it came to pass that I, Nephi, did teach my brethren these things; and it came to pass that I did read many things to them, which were engraven upon the plates of brass, that they might know concerning the doings of the Lord in other lands, among people of old.

23 And I did read many things unto them which were written in the books of Moses; but that I might more fully persuade them to believe in the Lord their Redeemer I did read unto them that which was written by the prophet Isaiah; for I did liken all scriptures unto us, that it might be for our profit and learning.

I have found that my scripture study is much more profitable when I try to liken the words of the prophets to myself!! My challenge for all y'all is to read 1 chapter in the Book of Mormon and pray to be able to 'liken' it to yourself!!

-Godspeed

Elder Northrup

"The Power of Everyday Missionaries"

Elders Stephens, Skinner, Braun and yours truly

Sorry for not emailing yesterday, or PDAY was switched to today because of Presidents day!!

This week has been pretty aight!! Haha just kidding, its definitely been a hardworking and enjoyable week of Missionary work!!

Tuesday was a very interesting day. We will start off with the cool experiences before we get to the weird ones. There have been too many cool experiences to name one right off the bat, but I think the most important thing that we have been doing is talking to everyone. That is something that I definitely needed improvement on, and Elder Dorioux helped me with that!! There are always miracles when we put forth the effort to talk to everyone.

Now we will get to the weird stuff. We were supposed to have 4 teaching appointments back to back with investigators but the 2 people that we were really needing to teach dropped their appointments. So instead we went to the other 2 lessons and had a.....good time?!? The first guy we met with was Bipolar and we didn't know that at the start. His mind was going 1 million miles per hour and we were just there for the ride. Basically he spilled the beans hard and we didn't really know what to do but listen. When he got done we chimed in and started to teach about the Restoration but when got 5 minutes in, he switched on us and told us we needed to leave. So we went on to the next appointment. This guy I just didn't feel comfortable with at all. As soon as we walked in his house there came a weird feeling into my heart. Not a feeling of danger but a feeling of darkness. We ended up teaching about the Book of Mormon for a few minutes just to say that we did, then we got the heck out of there. He said he would like us back buuuuuut I think I will let Elder Braun decide on that one when I am long gone. 

Wednesday was incredible!! Up to this point we had been seeing Jody (from last Sunday) just about everywhere!! Just on Tuesday we gave him a Book of Mormon and by Wednesday Morning we got an email from him (because he doesn't have a phone so he has to use the computers) saying that he had a spiritual experience with the Book of Mormon. It turns out that day that we gave it to him, he went home so that he could have enough daylight to read it. He read up to 2 Nephi and fell asleep. He said he dreamed that a 

"man in a white robe came to him and handed him a Book that was bound by rings, and the man told him that he needed to read it." When Jody woke up, he immediately started reading the Book of Mormon again. He said the Book has already answered many of His questions and he already knows that it is true, that was so powerful!!

Friday was many much service day. We went to the Horse Ranch for a couple hours, then we went to help Brother Watkins fix his motor wheelchair, then we chopped wood with Kevin Anthony. We did all of this and by the time we were done it was about 5pm. That night we also followed up with a referral that a member gave us and we have an appointment this coming Thursday!! So so exciting!!

That night we also visited the Page Family in our Ward. Man, I love going to families that have little kids because they always peak through the window and when they see us they just are overjoyed. When we knocked on the Pages door, their little kid named William threw open the door and yelled, "the missionavies" while giving me the biggest squeeze on my leg!! I love our members!!

Saturday we finally had another lesson with our Progressing Investigator Jeremy Patrick Lacy!! We taught about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the spirit was very strong. At the end it felt like we needed to extend the invitation for baptism. He said that he wanted to gain a testimony of the Book of Mormon before he commits to baptism. He said that he saw the love that we had for Jesus Christ and for the work that we were doing, and seeing that wanted to have that same love for the Book of Mormon. Much respect for that man!!

Sunday we had a lesson with another referral named Amanda!! She is the girlfriend of one of the members in the ward and she expressed that she really would like to be baptized. But we ran into some difficulties. She wanted to be baptized because she saw how great the community of 'Mormons' was and wanted to be apart of it. We expressed to her that baptism was more than just being dunked to join a Church, but instead it was a lifestyle change, a change of nature. She also was having a hard time believing in the Book of Mormon. The way she put it was, "I just can't find myself believing in a Book that was written by a man thousands of years ago." This made it clear that she didn't really know much about what the Bible was about either, let alone the Book of Mormon and it's history. So we committed her to read, ponder and pray about the Book to know for herself. We will see how that goes!! 

Later that night the ward had a missionary fireside for all of the youth. At the start us and the sisters gave a little training/role-play on the Restoration lesson, then the youth were split up into companionship's and were shipped off to different ward members houses to role play with them. It was such a great idea!!

And finally to the title of the email. Our mission has really been pushing working with members more effectively and over the Christmas Zone Conference the Foote's gave everyone a copy of the book, "The Power of Everyday Missionaries." This book shows the importance of member missionary work and gives many examples of how to share the gospel in a non awkward sort of way. Just in the past few weeks as we have been applying the principles from this Book into our missionary work we have been strengthened. The Lord is hastening His work, but in order to do our part we ALL have to work together. Not just the Full-Time missionaries!! I challenge all of you to buy this Book to study over in your families!! It really is a blessing and all of the proceeds go to the Missionary fund. 

Prophets have told us countless times to liken the scriptures unto ourselves. While I was going through my Book of Mormon to see what things I had marked while I was studying I came across Jacob 1:18-19. Initially this is talking about Jacob and Joseph but I switched the names around so that it could apply to me personally!

18 For I, (ELDER NORTHRUP), and my brother (ELDER LUSKO) had been consecrated priests and teachers of this people, by the hand of (PRESIDENT FOOTE).

19 And we did magnify our office unto the Lord, taking upon us the responsibility, answering the sins of the people upon our own heads if we did not teach them the word of God with all diligence; wherefore, by laboring with our might their blood might not come upon our garments; otherwise their blood would come upon our garments, and we would not be found spotless at the last day.

What a privilege it is to be a missionary at this wonderful time!

God Speed-

Elder Northrup

This is Elder and Sister Collins serving in my mission. They are actually the parents of a family that my brother Reg served with in the Rainier in Washington. Cool Stuff!!

2nd Chances

Kevin Anthony and his son William

Before starting off the week, I just want to say how thankful I am for everyone that has emailed me about their mission calls. It is such a wonderful thing to hear all y'all have the desire to go out and serve the Lord!! Thank you!!

A lot has happened so hopefully this doesn't drag on too long!!

I had forgotten to say this, but a few Sundays ago our ward mission leader was teaching Gospel Principles. The lesson was incredible. We were initially talking about Agency, but towards the end he said that he knew there was a special reason for me to be out here in the Georgia Atlanta Mission. That statement didn't apply to the lesson whatsoever, but I knew it was from the spirit because at that time our missionary work was really struggling. It was hard to see my purpose as a missionary, but because of that one statement I felt re-energized!! God is Powerful!!

PDAY was pretty coolio!! We went down to Conyers and did same old same old Chair soccer, sports, etc. Later that day, me and Elder Braun were trying to figure out where to go finding. We both had the desire to tract down a street near our complex. When we did so we found 3 people. 1 of the 3 we have followed up with and have had some great lessons. I have gained a testimony of the power of prayer and how it should be used properly. Many times before going out to perform a labor we would pray for guidance and set to out to go do something. But this time, after we prayed we both sat there thinking about where we should go. I know the spirit leads and guides us as we seek His inspiration.

Tuesday we taught the Restoration to Jeremy with our team-up Isaac Sheets!! The first time we taught the Resto was on His doorstep when we first met him, so we felt the need to go over it again. The spirit was present and the lesson went great!! Please pray for him!!

Wednesday was an interesting day to say the least. It was raining really hard so we decided biking probably wouldn't be the best option. We started walking to our appointment and about 30 minutes in we came across a drunk guy on the side of the road. He was carrying a 12 pack of Corona Light in his jacket just weeping, and completely soaked by the rain. We decided to walk the guy home and just cancel the appointment. While walking we flagged down a good Samaritan that was able to give us a ride to his house. The guy was actually on his way to college as well, what a man!! 

After the drunk man thing, we still had time to get to our appointment that we had with Hilaria. When we got over there she was so happy to see us. We had found her last December but she went out of the country shortly after and didn't get back until just barely. We retaught the Resto and she loved it, she even said she had believed all of her life that Jesus Christ and God the Father were separate. WHOOHOO!! We also noticed that she had a bit of trouble understanding us (being more affluent in Spanish) so after the meeting we referred her to the Spanish Elders. It sounds like it is going really well and she should be baptized very soon!!

Interviews with Pres. and Sister Foote were on Thursday. That was a good time, I love them to death!!

We had exchanges with the TT's on Friday and I went with Elder Derioux. He is from France and is one of my favorite people. He was good friends with Elder Bay before he left, so we were able to talk about him as well. There was one point in our exchange that just cracked me up. While we were outside the Library we came across a guy named Ashton that was pretty sad because his mom called him dumb or something like that. He was willing to listen to our message so we shared the Plan of Salvation right then and there. It was all going really well until he asked me "do you believe in space?" We won't get too into details but basically where he was going with that was he wanted to convince us that the World was flat. He got really into it and kinda started to attack us, that was a weird experience. HAHA while we were biking away Elder Derioux said, "Wow, I can understand why his mom called him dumb." HAHA that was kinda mean, but I laughed. I laughed hard!!

On Saturday the Snellville Sisters had a Baptism for their two investigators Kristen and Carter. The whole story about how they were found is quite remarkable but I will try to make it as short as I can because I know this letter is dragging....

Kristen felt sad. She wanted a church. An LDS friend sent her a message on facebook. She met up with the friend. They ended up dating. She moved into the Snellville ward. She attended relief society and talked to the Sisters. She was baptized along with her son. The end!!

After the baptism we went to do service for Kevin Anthony splitting wood and building a wood holder thingy. It was a good time!! 

Sunday we got a referral from a member about her soon to be daughter in law. She wanted to be taught and baptized. Right now I am kinda feeling that she is wanting for the wrong reasons, but I guess we will just have to see in the coming weeks. 

Now, to the title of the email. Last night we were trying to figure out where to go finding. For some reason I felt we should really go to Walmart. This is quite unusual because little to no success is found in store contacting with Elders in Georgia. But we went nonetheless. When we got to the front of the store we saw a white dude just chilling on a bench. When we went up to talk to him he was excited to see us, "For the First time in Forever!!"His name is Jody. We really hit it off with him and had a great conversation. He then began to explain everything that he was going through. His wife died last January on his birthday, he has cancer in 3 parts of his body, he is losing his home at the end of the month and he has no job because they fired him from not being able to show up (cancer treatments), also he hasn't eaten in 3 days along with his passed wife's dogs and cats. At the moment he said he was ready to give up, that there was no point for him anymore. He only had one family member still alive, that being his brother who was in and out of jail. He said he was there because he was able to find 1 more dollar and some coinage in his couch to pay for some old bread and cat food. In a nutshell, this guy was going through more than anyone else that I had ever met before (besides Christ). He then mentioned that he had seen us behind the library on the benches by the lake a few weeks prior. Now, a little rewind. That day me and Elder Braun were trying to decide where to go for our studying. We ended up going to the lake behind the library and while we were there I saw a guy strolling past the lake. I felt the impression to go talk to him multiple times, but I kept pushing it away saying to myself that I was supposed to study. We left that day not thinking to much about the guy walking around the lake. It wasn't until last night that I found out that the same man was Jody, and that impression that I had, that didn't heed was the Holy Spirit. Now, back to last night. We continued to talk to him until he decided he needed to walk back to his house. As he left all I could hear was the spirit tell me to pull out my wallet and give the cash to him. But every time that impression came, I pushed it away saying to myself we weren't allowed to give money. This happened many times until it got to the point where the Spirit basically said, "you prayed for my power, now exercise your faith." We ran full sprint to catch up to Jody, and I gave him everything that I had. The expression on his face when he received the money will be engraved within my memory for the rest of my life. It changed me. He immediately started to weep and gave me the warmest hug. I can only feel love for that man. This was a big learning lesson for myself. But in the end I am grateful that the Lord gave me a 2nd chance to Act. 

I encourage all of you to heed to the promptings of the spirit, especially the first time. 

Love yall

Elder Northrup

 

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