So, I'll start out with the BAD news. Saturday night we had 2 missed calls and voicemails from President Weaver, at 10 pm, who checks their phone then, anyway. We knew it was important so we called him back. If only we had avoided it....jk, but it was sad. He told us that Sister Hall was getting transferred out of Belfair and going to Bainbridge Island :( and she was going to be leaving on Monday, today, aka My Birthday! apparently someone broke into the Bainbridge apartment and it freaked Sister Scott out and she can't stay in that apartment so she's coming to Belfair with me. It was devastating!! BUT we both know that this is what God has in store for us at this time, and so we are at peace spiritually, our natural man is still pretty sad though. In case you're wondering why its so tragic, we're in week 2 of a 7 week transfer, so it was 1000% unexpected!
Now on to the miracles!! So this last week has been incredible, one of the highlights was for sure being able to Skype with you guys!! I loved seeing you, and that you've done so good on Avery knowing who I was, I felt like she really knew me, it was awesome!!
Yesterday was AMAZING!! We had 5 investigators at church!! They are all so awesome. Tom and Michelle Werdall, Bryan, Mauriella Hernandez, and Brad Baselt! They loved it! Mauriella is the daughter of a LA member that we knocked into a week and a half ago! She was at the point to come back, and now Mauriella is at the point to learn! It's so exciting. Another part member family miracle is we were ward listing the other day and we went to this family the Schmidts!
They are the SWEETEST family!!! She's a member and he's not, but he wants to take the lessons. They have been talking about getting back to church but just hadn't done it! We're now being able to be the instrument God knows they need to not only get Jasmine back to church, but to get Don baptized and their 3 kids raised in the True and Everlasting Gospel!! They are so special to me. Jasmine called us angels yesterday as she was in tears from feeling the spirit!! I love when you see your part in God's plan!!!
We also got to go to the Kaylor's yesterday!! I love that family so much!! Crystal was crying so hard that Sister Hall was leaving that it gave her a migraine after church, and she had to have us over!! She also made us the most incredible Pork Chops and Rice....YUM!! They have a goal of being sealed in the temple in 2014!!! I love seeing the light of Christ in people!! They are incredible!!
The Belfair Ward is exploding right now!! If I could explain the difference between what it was when I first got here to what it is now you guys would flip!! It went from no trust to the missionaries, to these missionaries are trustworthy, give them your friends!! And they have, they have been so good at fellowshipping each of our investigators!! We could have not been at church yesterday and our investigators would probably have never noticed because members were befriending them and showing them around!! That is what you LOVE to see!!
Well, that was this week! Oh, funny story from the week before Christmas....
So we were tracting in Lakeland which is a golfing community and all of a sudden we see this lighted golf cart drive by, and then they keep going.....and they were all yelling MERRY CHRISTMAS with Christmas music blasting!! It was AWESOME!! We actually were able to allow a woman to see it because we knocked on her door just in time. We thought it would make her like us more, but no, she did NOT want to hear more.
Then, we're in Lynch Cove's another little community and we see siren lights, so we pull off the road. 2 ambulances and a fire truck are coming and we're expecting to hear "Amber Alert a child is on the loose" or something like that, but no, instead the say. "MERRY CHRISTMAS!!" and then just drive by.....WE got to see 2 random parades, and we had to have been in the right place at the right time to see them, just more proof that God loves us, he led us to those places to be filled with Christmas Cheer!! :)
Well, that's all this week!! thank you for all the birthday wishes!! I love you all!!
And make good Goals this year!! If you can believe it, then you can achieve it!! :)
Happy New Year!!!
I love you!!!
Sister Thomas
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