Miracles

Wednesday, July 4

Happy 4th of July! It may have been a holiday, but that didn't stop us from doing the work here in the Roseville, California Mission! Sister Withers and I packed our schedule full of visits, lessons and service. It was an amazing and productive day! We even saw miracles happen. One cool thing that happened has a bit of a story behind it.

Sister Withers and I have such a love for our investigators... we really do. There is one investigator though that has become very special to us. He is almost like an Uncle or a Dad or something. Mark is his name. Teaching him has changed the way I view my work as a missionary. Well... A week or so ago, Sister W. and I found out that Mark was moving. We search and searched our area map to try and find the street he was moving to... no success. A few days later we were driving and we drove past the street. (It was just across the street from our area.) We were devastated, but knew that Heavenly Father had a plan and that we need to follow that plan, even if we didn't want to. We called the Elders and informed them that they were getting the best investigator ever. And that is where the story leads to today's miracle.

Today we got a text from the lucky elders. "Guess who we just ran into on our way out of the house today?...Mark! We totally saw him and sue on their bike ride and they talked to us!" With a smile on our faces, sister withers and I knew right away that none of these experiences were coincidences. Mark needs those wonderful Elders. And those wonderful Elders need Mark. We may not always understand the why. But that is where faith and obedience come in. I know that Heavenly Father has his hand in every day of our lives. I have learned this even more as a missionary. What gratitude I feel to have the knowledge of a loving Heavenly Father.

Sister Withers and I are continuing to become better and better friends. I know that she and I needed each other on this mission. I also know that this is a friendship that will last beyond our days of Name tags and bicycles.This friendship is much more eternal than that. I love my dear friend, and I love the work I am being trained for with her.