I hope y'all are prepared & safe in case a natural disaster ever comes your way. Always better to be safe than sorry! We evacuated to Statesboro this morning and after Beaufort lifted the evacuation we drove back.
Anyways, this week we had exchanges! It felt odd to me to lead our area, usually the missionary being trained will lead her second transfer. But that's okay! As always, God knew what he was doing. Earlier that week, I had a dream about a man named Ted. It was so strange haha I woke up around 2 and went back to bed. When I woke up again at 5 I completely forgot his last name, so I grabbed something to write "Ted" on & then went to bed again.
Curious me decided to check our area book for a man named Ted. Sure enough, there was one in there! We planned to see him Wednesday night, so we went to go see him but he was not home. As we walked down the trailer park, I noticed a man outside & all of me felt very awkward so we kept walking. I had this overwhelming feeling that we needed to talk to him, so we turned back & walked over to him. He looked like he was cleaning his car, but when he saw us he stood up and walked over. We asked him if he knew his neighbor Ted & he didnt. So we asked him what his name was & introduced ourselves. When we asked him if he has a belief in God, he told us he has a soft spot for religion. Realizing that was not the word he was looking for, he corrected himself with sour*. Haha, we asked him why & he told us something about the way he grew up. Then he told us he does believe in God though! He has been through the 12 step program 3 times and hopes he doesn't have to go through it again. Woo! Open window for conversation, I asked him what his favorite step was & he said 9!
Step 9 is to make restitution. He said he loves it because its important to make things right with other people, including ourselves. I loved that because that really is so important. It reminded me of the unique message we share with the world, how God has restored truth through a modern day prophet. He was awesome! We were about to leave when he invited us back! He said if we couldn't find Ted, we could come back & see him. He would even help us find him! People are awesome. We asked if we could follow up with him about the pamphlet and he said absolutely. :)
The next morning Sister Going & I had about 40 minutes before our ride came, so we prayed about where we could go. We felt good about a family down the street. We got in the car & when we got about half way there, a car passing us kind of stopped. I rolled down my window & she asked if we knew where the apartment manager lives. Seriously two days before then, a different man asked us the same thing! When he asked us, we went inside to write down the address but when we came back out he had already left. Funny enough, I had a feeling I should keep the note and it was sitting on our desk. We told her we could give it to her, so she followed us back and when we came back out we found out she actually lives right next to our church building. We invited her to church & she wanted to come! She is looking to move next to us :)
On Friday we followed up with the man by Ted. A woman answered the door, she told us that he had read the pamphlet several times! She came out at that point and shut the door behind her. We talked with her and she really wanted to read the Book of Mormon! We shared our favorite scriptures with her & she invited us back :) she was super sweet!
On a less spiritual note, this week I experienced an "unpickled" pickle. Not entirely sure what you would call it. I left some cucumbers in my water bottle over night & ate one in the morning & I now know what a pickle without salt, vinegar, and whatever else goes in the jar tastes like. It was missing the flavor, but the texture wasn't too bad.
I wonder if that is what it would feel like when we are ressurected if we haven't kept the promises we make with God in this life?
Not too bad, just completely missing our flavor. #Illpass
Luke 14:34-35
"Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear."
I love y'all! Be safe this week.
Sister Morrill
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