Week 16 Cold, Cold, and a Little More Cold in Paradise!

February 23, 2015

THIS WEEK HAS BEEN SOOOOO AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND COOLD! Highest we got was a whopping 24 degrees!

OUR CAMO CAR

 This whole week has been SUPER AMAZING! We have been able to see so many of our investigators! There have been SO MANY MIRACLES! People have basically been falling into our lap! It's so crazy! We would go and see a less active member and there would be someone there that would want to learn... so... yeah... God is great and amazing and I feel alot like Amulek in Alma 26. I think this is my new favorite chapter! And I would invite everyone to read it!

 

Sister Sperry and I are so alike.... it's really weird! but so fun! She is such a hard worker and loves being out! She has been on her mission for 10 months... and was Sister Schow's trainer (Sister Schow was one of the sisters that was in my MTC district!). She reminds me of Shaini and Saundra :) which is good... cause they are my friends and I miss them. It is so interesting seeing who people remind me of here. :)

 

This week has been a whirlwind. We have been going nonstop and have been getting home around 9-9:30 and then plan and go over our day for the next hour-hour and a half.... To say the least I am a little tired but it is amazing the energy I have during the day! God is blessing me so much and I am so thankful!

 

Some GREAT NEWS! Moose is going to be baptized on MARCH 14! He is so excited and is progressing SO MUCH! He is such a sweet old man! We have lost contact with Joe :'( which is super sad. We haven't given up yet but we will keep trying! We have quite a few new investigators. J, who has had a really rough past and life is still very rough for her but she wants to learn and is basically bringing her whole family with her. She came to church sunday with her 4 kids and a guy (C) that her family (grandma and brother who she is staying with) has opened up their home to. He came and stayed and is going to sit in on the lessons... so... don't know about that one yet... :) and then there is B and B- the Elders had taught them a little and because we are in Centralia we are going to teach them now. They have been reading and keeping the commitments that we have left... except the whole come to church part. Then there is J! We are teaching him again! It is so wonderful and he really wants to learn and is pretty open! And then a few others but I am running out of time :/

 

MIRACLE OF ALL MIRACLES ON SATURDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We were in Salem and we were waiting on a member to come and pick us up so that we could go and see a less active recent convert family. We had like 20 minutes and so I said that we should try to go and see a less active a few blocks down. And so we got out in the freezing cold (like 8 with a windchill of -5 or something like that) and walked. We got there and she was super busy but we just said that we wanted to stop by and say Hi and so she decided to let us in and talk to us for a bit... We prayed and then we talked about life and then she INVITED THE SPIRIT INTO THE CONVERSATION! and then her son came out and said that they wanted to come back to church! They didn't come to church but that was a HUGE STEP!

 

Sunday was so amazing! We had several investigators at church! J came and she LOVED it! She brought her niece (8 years old) and she loved it too! She was so sweet and said that she liked our church because it was longer and was not boring... lol :) We might be able to teach her too! Moose came and was awesome and amazing as normal! We taught him about the Word of Wisdom yesterday and he had already stopped the smoking, coffee and alcohol because the Hs had basically taught him it all, but we had an official lesson and he got a blessing from the Elders and he has committed to quit chewing! He has been chewing since he was 4 years old! So that's 72 years to work against so he really needed that blessing! He is so excited to be baptized! And S & J came to church which was awesome! They have had a lot of struggles in the whole coming to church thing... which is super important but they have chosen to come... so it was a big step for them!

 

This week has been GREAT and it's only getting better! I have had so much fun and the time is flying by! I want it to slow down because I don't want it to end but I know that there is so much more to come that is even better!
 

Love you! so much!

Sister Brimley

Scripture: Alma 37:43-45 my favorite is 44. I love this analogy! It is so true that we are the ones that choose if we are worthy to receive revelation and we are the one that determines how straight our path is!