Specific Prayers

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Last transfer, we were driving and we saw a lady taking her daughter on a walk in a stroller. We were heading to another appointment but felt super prompted to creepily stop and talk with her. So, we whipped around and started talking with her. She was super nice! But...not at all interested in The Book of Mormon. She did say that we could stop by her house and that she would like a visit from us. We were so confused – but why would the Spirit tell us that we needed to talk to her!? Then, we realized that maybe all she needed to know from us is that somebody cares for her. Well, a couple weeks later we were driving past her house (last week) and we decided to stop and just see how she was doing. We knocked and she recognized us and immediately let us in. We got talking with her, had a good trust-building time, had the Spirit there, and then when we pulled out The Book of Mormon she shut down and wouldn’t even accept it. What!? She wanted to have a study session with just the Bible so we left still wondering what it was that she needed. The next morning during personal study, we felt prompted to just text her and ask what version of the Bible she studied from. She responded and that was that. Then, 20 minutes later she texted us and asked, “Actually, could I get a copy of that Mormon book?” Of course! We dropped it off on our way out of town. Now, a couple of days ago we went over for the little “study session” with her and boy did she study! She had pages bookmarked in The Book of Mormon and pages written in her study notebook. We started with a prayer and then she went through everything that she had gone over. She went on for 20 minutes going through every “anti” thing that you would find on a Google search. She just kept talking and would reason her way through why it might be alright and then she would move on. We didn’t even have a chance to talk. But, it was the coolest thing ever! Because no matter how much she tried to disregard “The Book of Mormon”, the more she would contradict herself – I can't even explain it! At the end she said, “I’m not going to lie, you guys scare me. Now, I am not saying that this book is true because I don’t believe that it is, but how can you get so many people to follow you? You guys are so young and intelligent (if only she knew) and good at what you do. But for some reason it fascinates me. Don’t give up on me!” My heart was pounding the whole lesson and we didn’t really say much – the Spirit did everything. We are so excited for her and the power that The Book of Mormon has – it is true! Also, she was so excited for the visit that she even made us brownies.

Miracle Family #2: The Salina sisters texted us the address and number of a member’s sister that lives in Dodge. We didn’t know much about her, but why not, right? We gave her a call and she wasn’t freaked out by random gals calling her so we met with her and her 3 kids at the church the next day. Talk about a prepared family! They absorbed everything that was said and loved it! For about a week, we have been praying specifically to find a family of four, and then this happened! The other question that we had was that the youngest daughter was not baptismal age so was this the family of four!? For some reason (slept in – lame excuse), they didn’t come to church. So later that night we went out to their house in the country – love it! Their mom wasn’t home but their kids were there with their grandma. We brought over a pie that we had received from a gal earlier in the day, and thank goodness, it was a good way to get involved with the grandma and have an actual lesson with her. The grandma didn’t open up at first but I guess the little spice of sugar with the pie really opened her up. We had the coolest lesson with her and were able to figure out a lot of questions and concerns that she has. She even got to the point where she asked, “How much did Rea tell you?” The real answer is that we had no idea that the grandma even lived there with them so we didn't know anything. What a miracle! Now, it is the family of four (four that can be baptized). Specific prayers are real – you just have to have the faith to see.

Sisters Conference

We had a sweet Sisters Conference with all of the Sisters in the Kansas Wichita Mission (about 75 Sisters). We did Zumba, sweet trainings, and an amazing speaker from Texas that came and shared her conversion story. One of my favorite quotes from her talk was when she was telling us about a time that she was in the doctor’s office. Her daughter found out that she was a Mormon and the doctor warned her that if she kept with it that she would go to hell. Her response to him, “In your church I’m going to Hell and in my church I am going to Heaven – have a nice day!”

FYI – I learned how to dance Bachata and Punta – watch out world!

Misionera Amor!
Siempre Una Aventura
Hermana Adams