I know what your thinking, "How is it possible?!" I am here to tell you that through the Lord all things are possible! I have gone the longest I have ever gone in.my.life without chocolate. You should be so proud. I even passed the little chocolate bowl in relief society without taking one peice out. It was rough but I lived. Only two more days and I will be half way through the month!! Keep praying for me!
Man we had a super awesome week this week full of miracles!
First miracle-
I sang in a duet (accapela mind you) with my companion for zone confrence AND in church!!! Whew it was a rush. That was my first time EVER singing in church. (in a group less than 30 people) The even bigger miracle was. EVERYONE LOVED IT!! Man it was awesome. Good thing i have a companion who has perfect harmonizing skills to sing harmonized with me no matter what note i'm singing :) That was awesome!
Second Miracle-
My companion only had gluten once this week and was only completely dead to the world for one day. Who knew gluten was so deadly. We had to stay in the entire day on saturday. At least it wasn't three and a half days like last week. No bueno. Oh and I got a lovely (I think much deserved) nap, while she was recouperating.
Third Miracle-
Brace yourselves for this one because I have been just dying of joy since it happened. So a couple months ago we were teaching these adorable little boys, Chris and Josh. Chris is 13 and Josh is 11. We started teaching them and their friends on the street once, last fall. Chris was the only one who wanted us to come back to teach him more. When we went to visit him we found out that his mother passed away when he was really young and when his dad got engaged again to a different lady, she passed away too. Now the dad is a complete alcholic and is wasted every time we go see them. It is a heart breaking situation. But chris and josh are the sweetest, nices boys I have ever met. I once asked chris if he ever prayed and he said, "Yes I pray every day. I taught myself how to pray." Oh man he is a sweetheart. We brought them to a halloween party and they loved it! A couple weeks later though the dad told us that the boys didn't want us to come back any more......I was broken hearted. It was so hard to let them go. I think it was extra hard because I have a 13 year old brother and I just see them as my brothers. That was the last time we saw them until this week.....We were going to see a potential investigator and I spotted chris walking across the street. He waved at us and I jumped out of the car to go talk to him. This conversation followed;
Me:"Hey chris!! How are you doing?!"
Chris:"Good, hey do you remember that mormon bible you gave me?"
Me:"Yes, the book of mormon?..."
Chris:"Yeah, I read it."
Me:"What?! You read the whole thing....The book of mormon!?"
Chris:"Yup, i read the whole thing!"
Me:........trying to process what just happened and then said...."Well what did you think about it?"
Chris:"I really liked it"
Me:"What did you like about it?"
Chris:"I don't know, i just liked the whole thing. It was all just so good."
Me:"Did you pray about it? What did you feel when you prayed about it?"
Chris:"I felt really good when I prayed."
Me:"Do you beleive that it's true?"
Chris:"Yeah i do!!"
OH my goodness that was the coolest experiance of my life!! A thirteen year old boy read the entire book of mormon in 2 MONTHS!!! He wanted to come to church but unfortunately the dad said that the boys weren't home. Chris said he would like to be taught again and he would like to come to church. Oh my gosh. I burst into tears after chris left. I was soooooooooo happy. I have been telling everyone who will listen about this miracle because it is soooooo cool! Wow, I can just feel that chris has the most amazing spirit ever. I can not wait to teach him again. I asked him about how his dad said that we shouldn't come back and chris told me it is just because they were so busy, but now we can meet with them again. I would really appreciate anyone who could pray that we could meet with these boys again and help them to baptism. Man they are just to precious. I hope everyone is having a great week full of miracles!!!!
I love you!!! The church is true!!!
Love sister jones
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