How are you all doing? I hope everyone is doing so very well this week. :)
Sister
Pace and I have had an amazing week! It all started out with Bob. We
felt like we needed to take a step backwards a little bit and emphasize
the Atonement a little bit more. We were able to create such and intense
spiritual environment in that teach that we were able to help him
realize what the Spirit feels like. It was GREAT! :) As we were
teaching, Sister Pace and I both had the opportunity to bear testimony
about the Atonement and after that, it was just silent... The first
person to talk was Bob and he told us that he felt his faith in Jesus
Christ growing. It was so funny because we asked him what that made him
want to do. He paused for a minute. (See, we had mentioned earlier in
the teach that the way that we accept the atonement is through baptism.)
And the he said, "Keep the 10 commandments..." And we just kept sitting
there quietly... Then he added, "And be baptized." BINGO! :) He was
feeling the Holy Ghost in all kinds of ways and it was so great! :) So
right after that, we had him pick a day to be baptized. He chose the 8th
of September. (Happy Birthday to Kelsie! Ha ha!) I know it's kind of
far out, but we have a solid plan to get that moved up sooner. Just
gotta give it a little bit of time. It worked with Agnes, Brit, and
Marita in Trondheim, so I know it will work for Bob too. :) He is out of
town right now, but he will be back on Friday and we will get back to
teaching him. :)
We have seen some amazing miracles as far as finding
people goes. We have been given several referrals. President and Sister
Evans were in town and they found this girl at the restaurant they were
eating at and gave her info to us. Daniel is a young adult who has been
taught before, but got dropped because he wasn't progressing, but he is
still coming to all of the activities even though he is an atheist. He
wanted to come out and see what it was like to be a missionary so he
came with us on Friday and we were able to talk to him about his faith
and what he wants. He said that sharing the Book of Mormon with people
really made him want to really read it and find out. He is super cool
and we want to start teaching him. Saturday, we had 2 first teaches- one
woman named Geralyn from the Philippines and an African man named
Dennis- and both went absolutely amazing. We were able to help them
recognize the Spirit, have the desire to read the Book of Mormon, and we
committed them both to baptism. It was so amazing to watch how we taught
them the exact same lesson, but we were able to tailor it to their
specific needs. That is how both teaches were so successful! :) Then,
yesterday, there was this girl in church and she randomly asked us to
start teaching her and so we are! Wow! We have people popping out
everywhere! I feel so blessed! This city is amazing!
On Thursday, we had the opportunity to fly to Oslo
for a training meeting with all of the trainers and new missionaries. It
was really fun! I love flying and I love being in Oslo and I love being
with President and Sister Evans. They are such amazing people! :)
Yeah... That's about all I have to say about that. Ha ha! I turned in my
paperwork about flight information. I'm coming home to SLC. I hope
that's ok... You guys better tell me quick if it's not! Ha ha! :)
Well, thanks for the great emails- I loved everyone!
:) Well, one of the computers in broken, so I can't take anymore time.
Sorry- no personal emails! :( Just know that I love and miss all of you
very much! :) Have a great week!
♥- Søster Jessica Taylor
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