January 19, 2015 "Do whatever it takes to be a member"

Another week of driving around! Life is crazy here but things are great.  We went up to tzaneen for monday and tuesday and I was able to go on exchanges with elder Smith-holley.  He is doing so well and it is just great to see how mission has change him in an amazing way.  When people say mission is not for me then I think to myself they really don't know what they are thinking....  I see all these missionaries together and some who have made major mistakes in their lives but yet have changed through the atonement and are now disciples of Jesus Christ.  Without mission I know that I wouldn't have the perspective on life and my purpose here on this earth if I never came out. 

As far as missionary work this week it was really difficult.  I am still learning the area yet trying to lead it with my new comp.  Also school started back up this week so we had to cancel a lot of lessons due to not being able to have a male with us when we teach females.  But we had a great miracle this week!! I see this kind of miracle after a week with little success but with a lot of diligence.  We were at church and a new face showed up and we introduced ourselves and he said that he came to visit and that he wasn't a member. we were so excited at this and so we were right next to him the whole time.  In our investigator class he said that the night before he started thinking that he needs to change and start living the way that God wants him to live so he call his brother who is a member and said that he needed to take him to church tomorrow.  So his brother picked him up and he told us that he will do whatever it takes to be a member of this church and that he would like help in changing his life.  This is such an amazing miracle and I know that it would not have happened if we would have decided because things weren't going our way to quit.  I am just grateful the Lord trusts me and my companion enough to bring such a prepared person into our lives! 

LOVE YOU ALL!!!