Sister Pugmire: April 25, 2016

So THIS past Saturday was my two month mark for being set apart, for real tho...again, time is so messed up on a mission.This Wednesday will be my two month of entering the MTC.

We had some really amazing experiences this week. We had the baptism of Terri Matthews. She has been the most golden investigator. The Lord prepared her so much. She was ready to go by the first time I met her. She later confessed to us that baptism is something that had been on her mind, weighing heavily, before she met us, but she didn't know how to be baptized. She was so humble--willing to learn--and so receptive. Because she has been so sick she could literally meet any time under the sun so it made it easy for us to get members to appointments with her. (**If you didn't know, missionaries need to have a member present at every planned appointment, so if you haven't already, ask them when you can come with them!**Because it stinks canceling an appointment because a Church member canceled.) All we had to do was show up and teach the lessons to her and answer her questions. She was so ready. Wouldn't it be great to say that because of my own skills she was brought into the fold, but I know it was the Lord and he just used me. I think with any investigators we find such success with it will be the same, throughout my mission. I'm thankful He did, and I don't know why He's chosen to bless me so much, but He has.

We also had a cool experience tracting. We ask everyone we meet, "How has faith in Jesus Christ impacted your life?" (Because everyone in Indy has a faith in Christ, duh.) We get some cool answers. But by far one of the coolest I have heard so far came from Aiden. He is 13. He has been to any church about 4 times in his life, all recently. He gave one of the most powerful expressions of faith with his answers I've heard. He had never heard of the word apostle, of the word new testament, but he wants to follow Christ. We came back to visit him and teach the REstoration of the Church, and he said he had a dream. A dream in which he was in heaven helping God teach people, and that Jesus was teaching his family. He said that he was helping God direct people in entering the pearly gates, and telling them which "cities" to go to. We have never even BROUGHT UP the Plan of Salvation. Pretty incredible. He said he knows God will help Him in the afterlife, and we told Him God wants to help him here too.

I know God will help you if you seek Him.

And I love you, but Jesus Loves You Best,