Well if you remember me saying last week was pretty rough and it seemed like no one was home and we didn't find a whole lot of new people. This week was pretty much the opposite. It seemed like everyone was home and we were able to see a bunch of miracles and find some amazing people! The Lord truly blessed us this week!
I turned out to have a really awesome birthday. We ended up going to IHOP for lunch and as we were eating, some members came in and sat right next to us. They ended up paying for our meal and having the everyone else in the restaurant sing happy birthday to me. Haha it was kind of embarrassing but it was fun.
We were able to see Humberto and Marta almost every single day this last week. His baptismal date for the 20th is coming up fast. But they're both doing really great though. At first Marta wasn't really all that interested. But now she's progressing a lot they BOTH came to church yesterday. We're planning to have a lesson at their fellow-shippers home this week and we're just so excited for both of them. We're really praying that we will be able to set a baptismal date for Marta soon. And she also said that she may have some trouble giving coffee. So please keep her in your prayers!
We also had another one of our investigators come to church, Noe. He's a part-member family we've been meeting with for a while and he expectedly came to church! Which is super awesome because he's working swing shift right now so he doesn't get home until very late at night, but he still came. And we have an appointment with him and his family tonight that I'm really excited for.
We were able to see a miracle yesterday at church during sacrament meeting. We had branch conference and the place was packed. I've haven't seen that many people there before, so that was really cool to see. So when Elder Schaefermeyer and I were preparing the sacrament, we usually have two trays with each tray partially filled and a couple slices of bread. We noticed yesterday how many people there were so we put a few extra cups and another piece of bread to make sure there would be enough. As we were sitting at the table waiting to bless the sacrament, the people just kept coming in. And we realized, there was no way that there was going to be enough for everyone. So I just started praying that there would be enough. And if we would have to bless some more water, it wouldn't be a big deal, but I kept praying. As the two young men started to pass the sacrament, I noticed after the first two rows of people, the water appeared to be almost gone. I was thinking that we probably needed double the amount of what we had. But then something interesting happened, the young men kept passing the trays and people kept taking of the water. Once everyone had partaken, the two young men came back to the table and between the two of them there were five cups left. Just enough for the two young men, Elder Schaefermeyer, me, and one left over. I couldn't believe it.
As I looked at that one lone cup sitting in the tray, I thought of the Savior's miracle of feeding the five thousand. Once everyone was fed, there were still 12 whole baskets left over of bread. And during our sacrament meeting, there was still one cup leftover, even after everyone was fed. The miracle that happened yesterday in sacrament is no where near to what the Savior did. But it was a small tender mercy from the Lord. It also helped me to realize how essential and important it is to take the sacrament. I love that sacred time each week to remember Christ and His Atonement. Because he truly is the living water and the bread of life.
Here's my scripture for this week, I can't remember if I've picked this one before, but it's a good one: 1 Nephi 3:7
"And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father: I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them."
I love this great work. There's always ups and downs and always good times and hard times. But when you see those small miracles and tender mercies it's just enough to keep you going.
Love you all! Have a great week!
Elder Scott
Elder Scott
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