1- I was street boarding a week or two ago and wasn't having tons of success, but eventually felt a strong prompting to stop a certain woman walking towards me. She was probably in her early 30's, and I stopped her, asked her a few questions, and told her we had a message about Heavenly Father's plan for us. We had a decent 5-minute conversation or so, but in the middle she starts to cry and proceeds to tell me that she had a strong feeling as she was walking by that she needed to stop and talk to us and that she was so thankful that I stopped her. She had had a recent death in the family, so I was able to testify to her of the power of the plan of salvation for us and how she needs the gospel in her life. I haven't gotten ahold of her yet but we should be able to this week! It was truly one of the coolest little miracles I have seen on my mission.
2- We commited our main progressing investigator, Ani, to stop smoking almost 2 weeks ago. She smoked a pack and a half (about 30 cigarettes) a day, and has smoked since she was 13-ish (she's in her late 20's) just because everyone else was doing it. She really wanted to stop, and has stopped once or twice before, so we knew she could do it. My companion and I have just never had to deal with this type of situation before, so we didn't know quite how to handle it. We asked her to smoke 5 cigarettes less by the weekend (about 4 days away) and we would call her and check up/help out every night. Well, to make a long story short, she went from 30 to 8 in one day, 2 after one week, and 0 the day after that. As of today she hasn't smoked at all in 5 days! She is so amazing and so prepared! We had no idea she would be able to quit so quickly, and she testified to us that neither did she- she thought it would take her 1-2 months. And her testimony of the Word of Wisdom is already so strong, as she tells us that she already feels so much better, more free, peaceful, and hardly any cravings or temptations at all. The effect of the gospel on her life has changed her so much, and she and her family are already so much happier. She truly is our miracle investigator! (She has a baptismal date for Dec. 7th currently).
Thanks for all of your help, especially in our interviews this week. It was great to see you and great to get some new insight into our work here in Arad. I am loving it!
Monday, November 10, 2008
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