January 25, 2022
Please read this week's email. It's a good one!!
The past couple days have been FULL of miracles. I know now more than ever that this is the Lord's work. He is preparing people for us to find and teach.
It all starts on Sunday. The day started out just like every other day. We went to church and did all the normal missionary things. Sadly, none of our friends attend church this week... or so we thought. While we were passing the sacrament, we saw a man walk into the chapel and sit in the very very back. That was interesting but nothing too abnormal. We didn't recognize him so after the sacrament was over, we went over and sat by him. We introduced ourselves and began talking. This is when things get crazy. He tells us that he was walking by the church building minding his own business and he felt a "nudge" tell him to go check out that church. He walks into the parking lot and met a member that told him that sacrament meeting was starting right now! He walked on in. He said that right before he came into the chapel he had another thought. He thought "maybe I shouldn't, everyone will judge me for not wearing nice clothes." He came in anyway and I'm so glad he did! We introduced him to our ward mission leader and bishop. We brought him to elders quorum too and he was soaking everything up. I think he really enjoyed his time at church. Before we left, we got his phone number and set up a lesson for Monday. That's only the beginning...
Yesterday we had a lesson with him. We brought our ward mission leader and it was sooo good. This lesson was special and one I will never forget. We gave him a church tour and taught the restoration. We took him around the majority of the building and then we see our mission president in one of the classrooms!! We take him over to him and they had a way good conversation. I couldn't believe president metts was right there! There are no coincidences. President asked him about his daughter and family. He then gave a sweet testimony on eternal families and the spirit was so strong. We said bye to president and walked over to the baptismal font. We taught about baptism and he said he was ready. We put him on date for February 6th!!! He is so sincere and I'm so excited for him!! Isn't that crazy!? That's basically the whole story.
We met a man on Sunday and put him on date the next day! Miracles are real. One part of the story I haven't mentioned yet was on Saturday night. Me and Elder Stanger both said in our personal prayer to find someone to.teach this week. I've been studying a lot on prayer and how I can be better. This was TOTALLY an answer to prayer!
The rest of the week was good too. We had a zone meet and greet with the stake president. I had to conduct which was a little nerve-wracking. It all worked out though. We did a TON of dot hopping for a neighboring ward because there a lot of homeless people in that ward. They had us visit like 300 people in 4 days. We split it up between 4 different companionships so it wasn't too bad. Such a great week!
Love you all,
Elder Macfarlane
Pic 1: Last day of last transfer
