Time to Step Up!

Tennessee Orange Shades!

Last full week with Sister Tomlinson... :( It was a good one! But I am sad to see her go. I'll be getting a new companion on Wednesday, and I am training! woot woot! Rumor has it that it will be a Spanish-speaking sister which will be a blessing :)

We were blessed to have Elders Christofferson, Soares and their wives speak to us. We were taught to be childlike, but to put away childish things and become a better representative of Jesus Christ. Elder Christofferson did a question and answer session and left us with some pretty amazing blessings!

We received a referral from mormon.org about a week ago for a guy named Doug. We then got a text from a member about the same Doug. He had done an internship in Utah with him and told us a little more of his background. Doug had been out of town with surgery, but we were able to meet with him this past week. He has already started reading the Book of Mormon and knows that it is true. It just makes logical sense to him. He wants to finish it before he gets baptized though. But he is well-versed in the bible and a well-educated person. He understands what the message of the restoration means. He already knew a lot about Mormons (that's what good member friends can do!). At one point he started teaching the next point in our lesson! ha!

We decided to tract that same apartment complex that Doug lived in and we found Levi who, at first, was not very open, but as we began talking, he warmed up to us. (generally that's the case... ha!) We found out that he had a very close friend who was Mormon who passed away. He had given Levi a Book of Mormon, but he couldn't find it anymore. He was curious about the book now and wanted to read it. He still keeps in contact with his friend's sister who is also an active Latter-Day Saint and was excited to tell her that he was going to read the book and that he had found Mormon missionaries. Sometimes as members, we never know what impact we can have on people - how it will affect them in the future. He was prepared because he had good examples of members in his life.

Tori is doing well as a new member. She still receives opposition from her family, but she is being a missionary already! She sent a copy of the Book of Mormon to her mother and wrote her feelings about it in a letter asking her mother to just give it a try. New members have a fire about them in doing missionary work! We love taking her on team-ups with us.

Jon is officially in SLC, Utah. He is going through a lot right now.... He sees a lot of trials around him, but we see the Lord's hand working in his life. God is removing temptations from his life in preparation for his baptism.

Have a good week everyone! Hope all is well!