This week was a great one! Even though I got the dreaded news on Saturday that I'm getting TRANSFERED!!! :(
I am so sad to leave Belfair. Belfair has become my Zion! I have come to truly know my Savior Jesus Christ as I have served in the blessed land!! I have seen his Atonement work in so many lives and have been able to see many of God's Children come unto Him through the waters of Baptism.
Freddy Villareal
Jimmy Kaylor
Crystal Kaylor
Lillia Blanco
Randy Bittner
and most recently (Feb 1st)
GRANDPA RICH DENT!!!
Grandpa Rich is such a miracle!! He has shown me the power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ!! I didn't realize how precious the story of meeting him was until he told the story the other day. On a dark Belfair night of tracting we knocked on a house....no one answered and we started to walk away...then a car pulls up, we awkwardly stand there deciding if its weird to go talk to them bc they aren't getting out of the car, we turn to walk away and a little girl says, "WHO ARE YOU?" we tell her we're the missionaries and she says...."Oh....ok" then runs off, we decide to talk to the man in the car and we find out he's from Bremerton and not interested. We turn and walk away, this is the 3rd time, and then he says, "Girls, why don't you introduce them to your Grandpa?"....she says, "Ok" and takes us over to an old beat up trailer on the side of the house we just knocked on....YEP it was purely the spirit that lead us to him, we would have NEVER knocked it!
Now goes to his perspective he said,
"I was just sitting on the couch minding my own business, in the middle of something, and Angel runs in and says Grandpa there's some girls here to see you. So I got up and came to the door, and I don't know why, because I never talk to religious people, but maybe since you were girls it made me nicer and I listened and it sounded good so I agreed to meet again. The Rest is History!"
I was crying as he told this story because I realized how inspired it truly was, even down to the fact that an "Angel" came and announced we were there. God's plan is so detailed. The fact that the granddaughter that introduced us was named Angel? It's just so precious!
So he got baptized on Saturday and it was so awesome!! He has overcome so much to get to this day, the most awesome thing was after he was baptized he came out of the water and he let out a big breathe, and just sat and took it all in!! The spirit was SOOOO STRONG!!!!! I love the Gospel!!
Oh, I never told you, I'm getting transferred to Tenino which is in Centrailia stake, which is south of Olympia, so I'm in for a change I think!! My new companion is Sister Stevens who came out the same transfer as my baby Sister Downs!! Who by the way is doing so good in Brazil!!! YAY!!
So yesterday as you all know was the superbowl, THE SEAHAWKS WON!!!! WOOHOO!!! Yeah, I always pick the best teams! :) We, the missionaries, were stuck in a church as a zone, and got to have a scripture bowl football style, it was actually WAY FUN!! We ate and played the game, and it came close, unlike the actual superbowl. My team lost by 1 point because we went for the two-point conversion!! Just shows that greed never wins!!! haha!!
Well, that was about it for the week!! Just AWESOME!!!!!
Well, I hope you all have a great week!!
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!
Love,
Sister Thomas
ps I'll get you my new address as soon as I get it!!! Love you!!
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