Wow! Wasn't that such an amazing General Conference???? I'm so happy. :) That's exactly what all of us needed!
We had this one day simply stuffed full of miracles. I think I mentioned Tammy and Sam--the Brazillian member referral? Well, we met with Tammy. She is AMAZING. So prepared for the gospel. Her whole family is just READY to hear and accept it! We taught her the Restoration, and there as rarely been a lesson where I have felt the Spirit so strong! :) I was crying as I testified of the impact the Book of Mormon has had in my life, and when I looked up, she was crying too. She told us of how she had been searching for something like this for so long. And brave Sister Lima extended a baptismal date to her our first lesson. :) She accepted!!!! It was so wonderful! I can't wait to teach the rest of them!
The Spanish Elders gave us a media referral to hit up in Woonsocket, so we went there. Personally, I'm not a big fan of media referrals. I've had some nasty experiences. But we go because if there's a slight chance they're genuine, it's worth the risk! :) We knocked on the door and found this sweet young woman who had just gone through a crazy surgery. Gave her the Bible she requested, slapped a Book of Mormon in her hands too, testified for good measure! :) She's great. She really wants us to come back so we can teach her more about Christ. Yes!!!! And then we went out with Danielle! I love her. She came with us to find a less-active member. Turns out this less-active, who really wasn't too interested in us coming by, lives with her cousin and her cousin's daughter, who ARE interested in us coming by and hearing our message! Through a series of events that could only have been directed by our Heavenly Father, we were able to go in and testify of living prophets and General Conference! So that was pretty neat.
We had a ton of appointments scheduled for the rest of the week. Most of them fell through last second. Again. So we did a lot of stop-bys! :) :)
General Conference was crazy! Carla came with us to the church to watch it on Saturday, and of COURSE things didn't get set up in time and we had technological issues, so we ended up watching Session One on an iPad. Five of us crowded around this little thing. Lol! But the Spirit was there, and we're sooo blessed to have access to it at all. That's what's important. I loved Conference soooooooo much. It inspires me to do better. Let it re-play through your house this week or something! Because I would if I could!
Can't wait for Carla's baptism! She's a star!
Gonna have to end it there. I'm sure I'm forgetting something important, but we're out of time! I love you all!
Oh, and we're moving across the street tomorrow. We haven't really started packing. It's going to be a loooooooooong day! As for the address to write me. . . um. . . I don't think anyone is moving into our new place, so we should have access to that mailbox awhile longer. You can write to the mission office, too, though! I'll let you know next week what the new numbers are. But it's still going to be Crossing Dr. in Cumberland. :)
Thanks! I love you!
Love,
Sister Merkley
MBM Missionary
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