I've Got a Front Row Seat!

Today at 1:07 PM

What an insane week. I think I say something like that every week. But man, this week was pretty crazy. We saw so many miracles happen and so many incredible people were prepared and were put in our path. 

 

One crazy thing that has happened was last Monday we had two set appointments that night and they both fell through. And to make matters worse, Elder Shugart hurt his ankle during p-day and he could barely walk. So it was shaping up to be a pretty unsuccessful night. We decided to try another potential, and they weren't there. We had no idea what to do. But then this potentials neighbor came out and sat on her front door step. So we went and talked to her! Her name is Nikki and she's one of the nicest people I've ever met! She's living with her mom and she's pretty new to the area and she told us specifically that she wants to find a good church to go to! We had a really good lesson with her on her front door step and we set up a return appointment for the next day. Then as we were walking back to the car (at this point I was literally carrying Elder Shugart), Nikki's other neighbor was sitting on their front porch! So we went and talked to them. It was a super nice family, Erica and Daniel, that have met with missionaries in the past. So then we had a great lesson with them too! So what was looking like an unsuccessful night, turned out to be just amazing! Our return appointment with Nikki went very well too. And now she's on date for baptism! And our return appointment with Erica and Daniel went very well too.

Then it doesn't stop there! A few days later, we received a media referral for a girl named Dharma who lives here in College Place. It was her dad who referred her, he lives in Tennessee. He was telling us that she was living in Spokane for a while but just recently moved back here. And while she was there in Spokane, she was meeting with the missionaries and was being baptized on the 23rd of May. He was also telling us how she has had a very rough upbringing and has been involved with some pretty bad things. We first met her last Thursday. And she is so great. We asked her if she still wanted to be baptized on the 23rd and she said, "Well, of course!" We realized that was in less than a week and a half. And it seemed like she already knew a lot so we were just going to trust in those Spokane missionaries;) She came to church yesterday with her grandma who she's living with. And she had a great time! she already knew a lot of the young women in the ward. We also were able to see her last night. We planned on going through the baptismal interview questions with her. And after that, it's definitely not going to happen this Saturday. We've set a new date for her for June 20th. It's already been such an amazing blessing to teach Dharma. She told us a lot last night about her troubled past and about how much she wants to change. And Christ is going to help her do that! We have another lesson with her tomorrow and we're so excited for it!        

The Zone Leaders we live with got a call the other day from one of the teachers at Walla Walla Valley Academy (this is the  Seventh-Day High School) and asked us to give come to his class for an hour. So tomorrow morning us and the ZL's are going to teach two classes full of Seventh Day Adventist's! We're all so excited! He's given us about 15 minutes of sharing what we believe and then 45 minutes of Q&A. Pretty crazy. The teacher though has very good intentions. He told us that he'll definitely make sure that it won't get out of hand at all--so we'll see! 

There was a non-progressing recent convert in our ward named Robbie. He was baptized about a year ago and he pretty much went anti right after he was baptized. We've been meeting with him a few times within the last few weeks and we had an amazing lesson with him last Friday. We started to teach from the very beginning: The Restoration. He realized that he needed to make changes. His life has really taken a turn for the worse. But he definitely wants to gain that happiness back. We asked him to say the closing prayer. After he addressed his Heavenly Father, he could barely speak. The Spirit had overcome him so strongly--something that he hadn't felt in a long time. After his prayer we all gave him a big hug and he was so grateful for us being there for him. And then he came to church yesterday! Which made it even better!

Lots of so many amazing things happened this week. We've been so blessed to be able to teach all of these people. We have been seeing so many miracles every single day. And I've got a front row seat! 

I love you all so much! 

Elder Scott