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West Lafayette, IN, 47906

Sunday, September 5, 2010

"Miracle After Miracle"

Alright so not to beat around the bush or anything but this week was jam packed with miracle after miracle and it was all because of the Simplified Curriculum.
1. We went to teach this potential investigator with a member for the first time and we get there and sit down and she starts to tell us that she didn't read the pamphlet we gave her, and that she was going to stick with her church (7th Day Adventist). It went silent and we sat there and then we started to testify about the Book of Mormon and how it is true and that there is ONLY one way to find out if it is true and that is to read it, pray about it, and especially have a sincere heart and real intent and then and only then will someone get an answer. After we finished saying this we asked her again if she would have the faith to try and she said: Yes, and afterwards we proceeded to have a powerful lesson. What I loved so much is that had this happened and I had not known of the Simplified Curriculum I don't know what would have happened and she very well could have been lost as an investigator.
2. We had planned first thing in the morning to go and to try a potential investigator and as we were walking we passing by Trine University. I know that there is a member that works there who is from Sturges, Michigan who is trying to help us be able to proselyte on campus there. So I had this thought to go and see if he was there because school just started again. So we get to his office and he isn't there but as we were walking back down the stairs he was coming up so he told us to turn around and go back to his office so we could talk. As we are in his office he told us that he is going in to be tested for Prostate Cancer and he is a newly wed and as most people do, he wants to live a little longer, so he asks us for a blessing. He received a beautiful blessing. The blessing was amazing but here is the small simple miracle that made this all possible: after the blessing he told us that on his drive he had been praying for help, guidance, and comfort and that as he was parking his car he saw us walking in the front doors of his office building. I love how it really is "by small and simple thing that great things shall come to pass".
3. We had a Less Active that we needed to find and the problem was that he lived in an apartment complex and we didn't have a phone number or a apartment address to go off of so we said a prayer and we started to do what we do best: tract. We tried one building and it didn't feel right so we went to another and the first door that we knocked on was him and he was happy to see us. We found out that all he needed was a ride to church and he could come but he had an electric chair so we went back the next day and someone had given him a walker out of nowhere.
love Elder Nelson

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