If you read anything in this letter
read the second paragraph and miracle number 3 (and the paragraph after) Wow
I'm still dying from how crazy that was.
Well, y'all are in for another week jam
packed full of miracles!!! And these are like for real miracles not just
"We didn't die while watching movies" miracles. Wow. Last night me
and Sister Sumbot were just naming off all the miracles that happened this week
and wow...it's just been incredible.
Oh first...y'all need some background
information because a lot of it revolves around one thing: Our prayer list and
fasting. So last transfer me and Sister Sumbot started a prayer list that we
wrote on our window with white board markers of specific people we want to pray
for a specific thing we need for them - because specific prayers get specific
answers. So every night as our last prayer together we pray for all those
people or things. Also, this transfer, we have been fasting once a week and we
decide on 3 specific things or people we want to fast for that day....oh yeah
and we do it on Thursdays. Except when we had fast Sunday then we just did it
then.
Okay so now to the miracles:
Miracle #1: This week we had 2 freezing
days. Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday we had the car but Thursday we didn't.
All of our members kept telling us the weather and so stay inside because the
wind chill was like in the negatives and stuff. But obviously we still
have to go out because you know...obedience. So on Wednesday we were talking
about Thursday and about how cold it was going to be and we were like,
"Okay so it's going to be so cold but we will not go sit at a members
house or anything like that! We will walk around as much as needed and we will
be obedient! Obedience over death!!!" That was our theme for Thursday.
Don't worry...it wasn't THAT bad so we wouldn't die but it was really cold. So
then we were like, "Well if you are prepared you shall not fear!" So on
Thursday
we put on about 12 layers. I had 2 long
sleeve shirts on, 2 jackets and my coat. And on the bottom I had leggings,
fleece lined tights, wool socks, then fuzzy socks, then boots and my warmest
skirt. I actually don't know what skirt is warmest but it really doesn't
matter. Then we got hats, gloves, and I was wearing 3 scarves. Yes, 3 and we
had little handwarmers. Haha it was so funny because we couldn't even hardly
lift our arms!! I had to put Sister Sumbot's hood up for her because she
couldn't reach up there!!! And then, that was on Thursday and so we were
fasting and we actually fasted that we wouldn't freeze. So Thursday afternoon
the other sisters had someone go out with them and so we actually had the car
for the afternoon so that was good. But then in the evening they took it back
and so we just had to walk. We were at the Tuckers for dinner and then we were
out. In the freezing cold. In our 5000 layers. And guess what? At one point we
were both HOT!!! It's like a wind chill of 0 and we were hot!!! And we stayed
out the whole evening without a hitch! No crazy miracles happened that
night but oh just you wait.........
Miracle #2: One of our less active
recent converts is completely smoke free as of a week ago yesterday! She just
quit cold turkey and hasn't even had the desire to smoke!! We were over there Thursday
night and she was like, "Hey will you guys get rid of my last 4 cigarettes
that are in my robe pocket over there?" So we got them and took them
outside and stomped them and cheered and it was way more fun than it probably
should have been but yeah she is doing sooo awesome. And she's really getting
back into church and she is studying the scriptures so much! It's awesome!!
Tonight we are celebrating with her!! :)
Miracle #3: This is THE BIG
ONE!!! ("Extremely dangerous. Keep out of reach of
Children"..."COOL!" (name that movie!!!)") Sooooooo
remember Keesha?!! She is the lady that we met at Walmart with the really hyper
child that was really interested in learning more and we went to her house and
the address didn't exist and we couldn't find her! So we put her on our prayer
list and we have just been praying that we would find her. Well, here's some
more background: so like a week after we couldn't find her we were looking for
a less active and we were driving down the street and this truck passes us and
we looked at the driver and it was Keesha!!!! So we tried to turn around but we
couldn't fast enough so we lost her. Then later that day we saw the truck
again!! (it has this really unique sticker thing on it so that's how we
identified it). Again we couldn't follow it and then like 2 weeks later in the
middle of December we saw her driving again!! Again we tried to follow but
still no success. Probably would have been way to creepy anyway. So anyway, we
would look for that truck whenever we were up there or at Walmart and stuff
trying to find her. Then we added her to our prayer list when we started it and
have been praying to find her! So then on Saturday, during companionship study
we were deciding on what we were going to fast for on Thursday (we were going
to just pray extra hard for that leading up the fast or whatever) and we
decided to fast to find Keesha as one of the 3 things. So then at lunch, we
actually got out late (yeah we weren't obedient) but it's actually because we
were making a sign thing for someone and we really felt like we needed to do it
for them and so we did and we got out like 3 minutes late or something. So we
were walking to town and all of the sudden Sister Sumbot pretty much yells at me,
"Look!!!! It's THE truck!!!!" Pulling into the gas station like
100 yards down is what looks like Keesha's truck!!!!!!! So we hurry really
fast IT WAS HER!!!!!!!! So we talked to her and it turns out that they had
just moved and so that's why we couldn't find her and so she gave us her new
address AND her phoen number and she said we could come by any time!!!! WOW!!
After a month and half of praying and searching we finally found her!! Wow!!!
Wow. Wow!! WOW!!!!!
I just think it's so crazy about how everything
worked out. Yes we were late but we really felt like we needed to do this
service for someone and had we been on time then we would have been past the
gas station when she drove in and we would have missed her!! Also, it's not
normal for us to walk all the way into town because usually the sisters drive
us but they were doing something else...I don't remember what and so they
couldn't drive us in and had they driven us we would have missed her!!! (And
it's funny because they drove past us like right after it happened and picked
us up and drove us to our next appointment). Also if we hadn't seen her
truck so many times then we would not have known that it was her!!!! And also,
I don't think that it's a coincidence that we had just decided this morning
that we were going too fast for her. Dad, it reminds me of that one time when
were on Trax and we only had time to get 1 ticket (because the originals had
expired) but we got on anyway and you were like, "We will just buy one
when we got to the end) and I was freaking out because I thought we were going
to get kicked off. And then the police people or whatever came on and checked
everyone's tickets and when they checked yours they didn't even notice and we
didn't get kicked off! And then when we got to the end of the line you still
just paid for the ticket even though you didn't have to and you were like,
"God must have blessed us because he knew I was going to buy the
ticket." And that's just like this! He knew we would fast for it and so he
blessed us!!! We are going to do a fast of gratitude that we found her now!!!
Miracle #4: So there this lady named
Brandi we just started kind of teaching and we have been having a lot of
contact with her daughter, Jasmine. And she just loves us and she came to
mutual once and this week she wanted to come again. Unfortunately they
cancelled mutual because of the cold (and they cancelled
school....#thisistennessee) but we told her to come to the church anyway and
SHE DID and we taught her the restoration and gave her a BOM and she read the
introduction (as of yesterday) and she's just awesome!!!!!!!! She is just so
open to us!!!
Miracle #5: So Saturday we were texting
Jasmine and we were telling her how we were walking or something and she calls
us up and asks if we want to go to Walmart with her and her mom and so we do
and we walk in Jasmine points at this lady and is like, "Oh look there's
my aunt Tasha!" Okay, background: Brandi's sister is Tasha and she is not
a member but is married to a less active and we have been trying to get in
contact with them for forever!!! We had them on our prayer list that we would
just be able to get in contact with them and guess what? WE MADE CONTACT!!! At
Walmart!! All we really did was introduce but hey, we asked to get in contact and
we did! I guess we need to be more specific!!!!!!! But anyway that was so
crazy!!!
Here are other miracles (don't need as
much explanation):
Miracle #6: A less active in my last
area went to church!!!!
Miracle #7: We had 2 investigators at
church yesterday
Miracle #8: We got 3 referrals from 1
member!
Miracle #9: We almost accomplished
every one of our goals this week or got beyond it
Miracle #10: This has a really long
story behind it but I'll shorten it: Ashlee's mom lives in Crossville and Sister
Sumbot asked her if she wanted to learn from the missionaries and she said yes
so we sent the Elders over there to meet with her but every time she sets up an
appointment it falls through. We really wanted her to learn so that she would
go to church so that Ashlee could go to church with her while she was there. So
then last Monday they had an appointment set up and they actually got into to
see her!!!! She has been reading Ashlee's copy of the Book of Mormon (and so
has her boyfriend) and they were so excited to get their own!!! They both have
been reading it every day since last Monday!! On Thursday they were going to
take a church tour and forgot but they called up the Elders and later that
evening at like 8:30 and asked if they could still do it and so they did and
they were super excited to come to church!! They were but then they both got
really sick so that didn't happen but it's been a crazy miracle with that this
week!!! We have been a big part of it because we have been kind of their
communication with Ashlee's mom, Tyra because they don't have cell phones or
something like that and so we have been setting up all appointments and stuff.
Oh it's just so crazy.
There have been so many others but I
just don't have time to name them all and there have been so many I just can't
even really remember them all!!!! Wow. Obedience really just does bring
miracles!! Exact obedience!!!! Well, I'm out of time so I gotta go!!!! Love
y'all tons!!! I was going to give y'all a spiritual thought because I hadn't in
a while but I will next week - plus I think this was spiritual enough!!!! :)
Love you!!!
Love,
Sister Myers
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