What a good week! We saw a lot of miracles. It also didn't rain as much! We met a lot of cool people this last week and the best part is some of them were families. This next week is transfers, I hope that President let's me stay here.
The first miracle happened this last Thursday. We originally planned on going a ways away to visit a couple of investigators at a college, but at the last second one of them cancelled, so we decided we would stay closer to our house and contact people. We had nothing going on that whole afternoon. I kind of just thought we should go to the college, because we had nothing better to do. However, I felt like it was the Lord's will that we didn't go. Finally, I found out why we didn't go! We were waiting at a red light, heading off to lunch, when a 16 year old kid biked up to my side. I started talking to him and asked if he wanted to go to lunch at the place we were going. He then told me that he was planning on going to that place to eat lunch anyway! So we ate together. He told us that he was a christian, so while we were eating we decided to share the restoration with him. He seemed to really agree with all the things we were sharing, so much that he invited us to come and visit his family the very next day. So the next day we went over to his house, and we met his mother. Immediately she was frantic. She started to 罵her son in Taiwanese. However, because she was a nice lady, she decided to let us in anyway. We shared the restoration with her too. At first she was very stubborn and refused to listen. However, the spirit began to soften her heart. It was especially when we shared the first vision with her. Right before we shared the first vision, she kept bringing up these small problems. Then as we began to share the first vision, the room got really quiet. After that, she just listened. In the end of the lesson, she gladly accepted a Book of Mormon and she told us she really would read it because she really wanted to know if it was true. It was such a spiritual lesson. It also made me wonder how many people would accept the gospel if they just gave it a chance. It was such a cool miracle!
Then another great thing that happened was with our investigator 吳. He is a student at the college and we met him a while ago because a missionary contacted his friend and his friend wrote down his number instead as a joke. But he was super willing and he started coming to church. However, as he was getting ready for baptism, his family came out and antied him getting baptized, so he started to abandon his baptism goal. On Saturday, we invited him to come to church and he said he really didn't want to come, because he didn't want to go against his family. We persisted and even asked if he would fast with us. Finally, he was willing. He came to church and fasted. During sacrament meeting the spirit was strong. The speakers were talking about faith. Finally, he opened up the pamphlet we have about baptism, read through it again, bowed his head, and he prayed. Then he leaned over to me and asked "What do I still have to do in order to get baptized?" We explained it to him and he may just be getting baptized this week! We will have to see though... I know that faith is so important. This gospel is true and anyone willing to live it will be blessed with a way to live it. 1 Nephi 3:7. God will provide a way!
It really was a great week!
I love you guys,
Elder Quist
Thank you so much Elder Quist for sharing your miracles with us, it helps me to strengthen my testimony and work harder on listening to the spirit and waiting for guidance even though I may not understand at the time. Your an amazing missionary. :)
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