Hola Familia!!!
If you couldn't tell by the headline, this week has been FULL of miracles!!!!! I almost feel like I don't deserve them,, that I need to work way harder. Haha, but we are working hard and being exactly obedient, and I know that brings miracles!!!! It is so crazy to actually be seeing them, now though, in such an obvious way, and I want all the missionaries everywhere to feel as happy as I do right now!!!!
Holy Cow you guys, I don't even know where to begin. Maybe with the Best :) So, Emily Clarke. We met with Emily Clarke, a walk in from last month in the Coral Reef Ward, on Friday, and she is so ready for the Gospel! She has already read almost all of the Book of Mormon, she is in Ether, and she knows its true!!! She met a member online about 10 months ago in a facebook political chat room and he said she sounded like a Mormon, and they started talking, and 6 months ago he sent her a Book of Mormon, and she has been reading and loving it ever since! She knows this is right where she belongs, and is so excited for her baptism on November 11th!!!! Everything we were teaching her she loved and basically already knew, it is going to be so cool to continue helping her progress towards her baptism. She is 43, divorced, and has a 22 year old special needs daughter (I don't remember what it is called, but she died in the womb and the doctors revived her) and super cool side story, the doctors told Emily that her daughter wouldn't be much more than a vegetable, but because Emily loved her so much, was so patient and took amazing care of her, she can eat and walk around and other things on her own! Isn't that amazing??!! Ah, she is basically already Mormon, it's awesome!!!
Then we went and were able to meet with Betsie, a former we accidentally (so inspired!)knocked into the week before, and she really wants to do what God wants her to do. She is so humble and we love her!!! She remembers the elders who taught her last December/January (we found her teaching record in the Area Book, ha) and they just lost contact with her because she was super busy. But she is awesome!!! So excited to continue teaching her, I felt the Spirit so strongly and felt so much love while sharing the Restoration with her, and what makes it even better, is I am so happy to be experiencing these miracles with Sister Chugg, because I really want her to have an amazing experience serving here in Florida as a sister missionary. She struggles with speaking the language, but she gets so excited when we see success, I know she will be an amazing missionary :)
We also had a sisterhood blitz (where all of the sisters in Miami South-me- and Miami Beach come together and we switched companions for an hour to go knocking) this last week, which was super fun. We all went to our house afterwards (we knocked in Coral Reef's area and we share the house with them) and ate dinner, it was so good! I have some pictures, the STL's decorated it really cute. It's just been an amazing week! Ah, the mission is the best!!! It's for moments like this that make every sacrifice, every effort, worth it!!!!!
I know this Gospel is true, and that it WILL change your life for the better, when truly lived! God loves us so much, He is waiting to bless us, just allow Him the chance and accept the Savior and His Atonement in your life!!! He has given us all we need to return back to Him, Our Savior paved the way, we just need to Follow Him!!! I love you all so much, have an amazing week!!!
Love,
Hermana Stokes
This is the table the STL's set up, we each brought something but they cooked the food :)
We did service this week and painted a members nursery, they are moving soon
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