I want to start by sharing some tracting experiences that we have had!
-Last week we tracted into a baptist minister! He was so nice! He told us how he loves Mormons and that he loves to defend us when people accuse us of being a cult. He says he loves what we believe in and then he told us to be safe! I just love when people are kind. It reminds me that no matter what religion we are, we worship the same loving Heavenly Father, and His son Jesus Christ. We should all strive to be more like them.
-We were tracting a street and EVERYONE thought we were Jehovah's Witnesses because apparently they tracted the street the day before. I was a bit hesitant to tract the street, but Sister Stapelman had a prompting that we should knock at a small apartment complex at the end of the street. We tracted into a guy named Noah. He said he took a religious studies class at UW and we asked him what he learned. I was obviously not shocked when most of the information was incorrect. We bore powerful testimony of the priesthood and of Joseph Smith. We even got a return appointment!
-We also ran into a basher this week. We did not engage. It was a good reminder that if you have a hardened heart, you will not be able to feel the convincing power of the spirit.
On Wednesday we had interviews with President McMurray! I can honestly say that he is a man of God. I feel blessed to serve with him. We also got to go on exchanges with our sister training leaders this week. I went with Sister Sperry. That girl just radiates the spirit! I learned so much from her. We were able to meet with their investigator, Tammy. We were going to teach The Gospel of Jesus Christ, but Sister Sperry felt like we needed to show her the talk by Elder Holland "Be Ye Therefore Perfect- Eventually." You could feel the spirit so strong! Tammy said that she wanted to be baptized and we put her on date. I am thankful for Sister Sperry's example of showing faith and fearlessly acting on promptings! I love her.
On Tuesday, we went to have a lesson with Jody, and when we got there we asked if she was excited for her baptism that weekend. She said yes, but that it was too bad that Mikey (her boyfriend) had gone out of town. I selfishly wanted to have the baptism anyway so that I could see the fruit of my labors before transfers happened. I know it was more important that Mikey was there, and that he would be really sad to miss it so we pushed it back for 2 weeks. Then by some miracle, Mikey was back in town and Jody called us Wednesday night to tell us that the baptism was back on! It was really last minute, but our amazing ward really helped pull it together. It has been amazing to see Jody grow closer to her Father in Heaven. I have truly seen her blossom into a happier and more outgoing person! She popped out of the water and gave a huge thumbs up to everyone who came! I am thankful that I was able to be there. It was a testment that exact obedience and hard work brings to pass great things.
This week I felt like we needed to go through our former investigators and see if any of them needed following up on. I saw someone named Cody, so we texted him and asked if he would be interested in meeting with us. He said sure. We asked what time, and he said "What time are services on Sunday? I'd like to come." Guess what? HE CAME! It was great and we will be meeting with him this week.
I just really love you all so much! I love being a missionary and wearing the Savior's name on my heart everyday!
I hope you all have a great week!
Love,
Sister Gish
Sister Gish and Sister Sperry
Sister Gish, Sister Stapelman, and Jody
Sister Gish, Sister Stapelman, and Elder Mitchell
Sister Gish with "the best district ever"
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