Ok. So this week has been a week of 5! So, to keep the pattern rolling, I tell you 5 things about my week!
1. This week we had our Mission Leadership Meeting and decided on our mission baptismal goal for the year. (We ended last year at 470.) After looking at all the patterns and stats for the mission, we decided to help change 500 people's lives! To make this a lasting goal for the whole year and to not let it die, we turned it into a theme/ culture for our mission! #faithfor500 We have been spreading this faith like wildfire around the mission in our zone trainings! We will see miracles this year by enacting some faith in these 500!
2. As part of this faith for 500, our zone made our personal zone baptismal goal of 5! To help with this goal of 5 and 500, we came up with an Hour of Power! This happens every day at 5:00 (500, get it?) and we invite at least one person to baptism during that next hour! (It could be in a teaching appointment or even a stranger on a street. Doesn't matter.) The results have been incredible! By that first day, miracles were happening like crazy! So, the next day, we brought it to the second zone we are over in Huntsville. Even more miracles were happening with both zones joining in! And on this second day, I got to witness a miracle from this Hour of Power in the Athens area on an exchange! Because of the success of this Hour of Power, Sunday night on a conference call, it was brought to the rest of the mission. So now, every day at 5, you know that everyone in the Alabama Birmingham Mission is inviting people to be baptized and seeing miracles!
3. Hour of Power Exchange Miracle: It was about time to go, but we decided to knock on one last door for this Hour of Power. A girl opened up. We invited her to come closer to Christ and one of the ways is through baptism. She accepted! We came in and she, Codi, told us how her and her fiance have been having a really hard time... he has lost some family recently and is having a hard time with the loss. She also has been feeling a need to get back into church and has yet to find one yet. We proceeded to teach her. The Spirit was very strong there. She already was recognizing the spirit. Over the lesson, she really opened up and Codi asked about church. Before we left, she made us Christian CDs. haha. It was so sweet. (I popped it into the CD player and it's Christian rap. So funny. I'll just tuck it away for another time. haha.)
4. We are still teaching Marcia! Things are going so well with her! She came to dinner in a member's home with her boyfriend, Josh, whose an atheist. I can't remember if I mentioned before, but he is starting to warm up to us and joining us for prayer. Anywho, when they came to the dinner appt, it was really good. Everything went so well and we talked about our Heavenly Father and who he is to us. As we shared 1 Nephi 1:1 "I, Nephi, being born of goodly parents..." and how that is true for us and our Heavenly Father, he didn't look up and kept reading. He seemed to be sucked in a bit. After a little bit, he looked up and pretended not to have been reading. (Good sign!) The night went well with lots of laughs. They are doing great and we are excited to see what's in store for that family. :)
5. Lastly, last week we received a referral for Chris and we went and taught him with Elder Smith and Elder Wright. They are the zone leaders we work with and needed some elders to help us with the job since we are female. After meeting with him last week and him really feeling the spirit, he has been in touch with the elders and trying to do his "research." Sadly, he texted the elders with some anti he got from a friend. They called us asking what to do since he is technically our investigator. Chris wanted to meet with this knowledgeable friend, aka a bible bash... We told that we're up for it. We want to clarify the lies and we know that if we have the spirit, there is nothing to fear. Chris so felt the spirit. That much we know and we don't want to give up with something so small. However, just yesterday, towards the end of our hour of power, we were led to just around the corner from his house. Since Chris texted the elders and didn't know that we knew about the situation, we decided to stop by. It was a success! Chris was there and talked to us on the porch. He mentioned some of his concerns and we encouraged him in what he was doing and heeded him to continue to read, pray, and pay attention the spirit he feels. After a few minutes, it was evident that his heart softened and asked if he could meet us somewhere this week before his meeting with the elders. We agreed. We'll be seeing him Thursday and clarifying more concerns without the contention that can drive away the spirit. It was such a blessing. Please pray for us so we can be led by the spirit in what to say to help ease him and his concerns. D&C 100:6
I love you all and thanks for your support! Wish us luck!
Love,
Sister Salmond
1. This week we had our Mission Leadership Meeting and decided on our mission baptismal goal for the year. (We ended last year at 470.) After looking at all the patterns and stats for the mission, we decided to help change 500 people's lives! To make this a lasting goal for the whole year and to not let it die, we turned it into a theme/ culture for our mission! #faithfor500 We have been spreading this faith like wildfire around the mission in our zone trainings! We will see miracles this year by enacting some faith in these 500!
2. As part of this faith for 500, our zone made our personal zone baptismal goal of 5! To help with this goal of 5 and 500, we came up with an Hour of Power! This happens every day at 5:00 (500, get it?) and we invite at least one person to baptism during that next hour! (It could be in a teaching appointment or even a stranger on a street. Doesn't matter.) The results have been incredible! By that first day, miracles were happening like crazy! So, the next day, we brought it to the second zone we are over in Huntsville. Even more miracles were happening with both zones joining in! And on this second day, I got to witness a miracle from this Hour of Power in the Athens area on an exchange! Because of the success of this Hour of Power, Sunday night on a conference call, it was brought to the rest of the mission. So now, every day at 5, you know that everyone in the Alabama Birmingham Mission is inviting people to be baptized and seeing miracles!
3. Hour of Power Exchange Miracle: It was about time to go, but we decided to knock on one last door for this Hour of Power. A girl opened up. We invited her to come closer to Christ and one of the ways is through baptism. She accepted! We came in and she, Codi, told us how her and her fiance have been having a really hard time... he has lost some family recently and is having a hard time with the loss. She also has been feeling a need to get back into church and has yet to find one yet. We proceeded to teach her. The Spirit was very strong there. She already was recognizing the spirit. Over the lesson, she really opened up and Codi asked about church. Before we left, she made us Christian CDs. haha. It was so sweet. (I popped it into the CD player and it's Christian rap. So funny. I'll just tuck it away for another time. haha.)
4. We are still teaching Marcia! Things are going so well with her! She came to dinner in a member's home with her boyfriend, Josh, whose an atheist. I can't remember if I mentioned before, but he is starting to warm up to us and joining us for prayer. Anywho, when they came to the dinner appt, it was really good. Everything went so well and we talked about our Heavenly Father and who he is to us. As we shared 1 Nephi 1:1 "I, Nephi, being born of goodly parents..." and how that is true for us and our Heavenly Father, he didn't look up and kept reading. He seemed to be sucked in a bit. After a little bit, he looked up and pretended not to have been reading. (Good sign!) The night went well with lots of laughs. They are doing great and we are excited to see what's in store for that family. :)
5. Lastly, last week we received a referral for Chris and we went and taught him with Elder Smith and Elder Wright. They are the zone leaders we work with and needed some elders to help us with the job since we are female. After meeting with him last week and him really feeling the spirit, he has been in touch with the elders and trying to do his "research." Sadly, he texted the elders with some anti he got from a friend. They called us asking what to do since he is technically our investigator. Chris wanted to meet with this knowledgeable friend, aka a bible bash... We told that we're up for it. We want to clarify the lies and we know that if we have the spirit, there is nothing to fear. Chris so felt the spirit. That much we know and we don't want to give up with something so small. However, just yesterday, towards the end of our hour of power, we were led to just around the corner from his house. Since Chris texted the elders and didn't know that we knew about the situation, we decided to stop by. It was a success! Chris was there and talked to us on the porch. He mentioned some of his concerns and we encouraged him in what he was doing and heeded him to continue to read, pray, and pay attention the spirit he feels. After a few minutes, it was evident that his heart softened and asked if he could meet us somewhere this week before his meeting with the elders. We agreed. We'll be seeing him Thursday and clarifying more concerns without the contention that can drive away the spirit. It was such a blessing. Please pray for us so we can be led by the spirit in what to say to help ease him and his concerns. D&C 100:6
I love you all and thanks for your support! Wish us luck!
Love,
Sister Salmond
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