Miracles!
--Last Thursday...how to even begin..Well, it'd been a long week with lots of appointments falling through and nearly all the investigators we were working with weren't really going anywhere, at least not very fast (afraid to make commitments, not coming to church, difficult to meet with) So that afternoon, Sister Mayfield and I were at the end of ideas.  We just didn't even know where to go or how to find people to teach! We'd been trying to follow up with some potentials we'd tracted into and others in the ward but nothing seemed to be going anywhere. We stopped to pray and ask Heavenly Father to place those in our path that were searching and prepared for the gospel. At 5:00 p.m. we met up with our splits and I was to go tracting with Sister Bo Chambers (a recent convert of last fall) and she just LOVES missionary work! Her energy and enthusiasm is just what I needed! We decided to knock doors in an apartment complex. We set up a church tour with the first person we talked to, and the second door we knocked on became the next best thing to happen to me (well, really, to them!) while in Skyline .. We met Marcel and his granddaughter Alexcia (11) and great-granddaughter Destinee (9) (Three generation family!) The two girls were so excited about coming to the church that when we asked if they could come right then they said "Let me get my coat and put on my shoes!" They got in their car and followed us to the building where we were able to teach them about the gospel of Jesus Christ and they committed to baptism. A recent convert family in our ward used to live in their apartment complex so the girls had been to our church for some activities before but the family moved and the girls missed going. Marcel and the girls came to church yesterday and had a really great time. Bo (my split that night) sewed the girls Easter skirts. Marcel and the girls picked Bo up for church Sunday morning and their coming to church actually brought the whole recent convert family out to church! (They didn't all usually come) Many miracles just by Marcel's family alone! I know that Heavenly Father hears and answers our prayers, whether they be for ourselves or for others close to us or those that we do not yet know. It is usually through another person that He answers our prayers!

Mosiah 8:18
"Thus God has provided a means that man, through faith, might work mighty miracles; therefore he becometh a great benefit to his fellow beings."


--Ted (baptised on Mar 26) got hired for a job about two weeks ago and was ecstatic! He had been unemployed for over a year and his life was kind of tumbling down until he found the gospel and got baptised and changed his life. The blessings that I've seen in his life alone are such a testament to me that true joy is found in following the Savior. Now he has a great job and is happier than ever. His new job flies him out to Arizona during the week and back to Washington for the weekends so he's able to come to church..it's perfect!

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Love you all!
I'll write more next week.
Sister Luke