Another week in my crazy, wonderful life!
Highlights of the week: we went back to Hartford for an Open House!!! I love love love going to Hartford. <3 Remember the success we’ve had there over the last few months? Well. . . this was the most successful Open House we’ve ever had! I love the outdoor display right in in front of people as they walk by, and the pure missionary work of street-contacting. There were so many miracles and so many different stories! I wish I could tell all of them and do it justice, but I’ll tell what I can. :)
It was slow-moving at first, but it got busier and busier! One woman Sister Cruz and I stopped on a bike couldn’t come it, but she knew we were from God. She was so sweet and committed to come to church on Sunday and bring her cousin. Elder McGurk is so bold, and throughout the course of the day, he committed 3 people to baptism!!! Can you believe it? President Miller stopped in to see it. We gave him a brief tour. He had to run, but he loved it. The Assistants came too, and after no success, they knelt in an empty classroom and prayed to be led to the one person they knew Heavenly Father had prepared. Right after that, they took an incredibly prepared man through the whole tour, and at the end, he had a baptismal date, too!!! (I have more details now.. . he actually showed up to church in a suit and tie and has read the Book of Mormon through Mosiah 12 now. Amazing.)
I street-contacted a lot, and was rejected and hit on and everything inbetween, but I gave a tour to some stellar kids and a pregnant woman. who FELT THE SPIRIT but was afraid to give contact info. :( And the Hartford Bishop came to see it for the first time. A bunch of member kids got really excited and handed out more pass-along cards than all of us combined (“Hey, sir, do you want to take a free picture of Jesus?”) One brilliant kid (9 or so) helped me contact this 15-year-old (like a BOSS) who went to get his friends for the tour. They came through the whole thing, and it was so neat! The picture I’m sending is me teaching this group of kids.
There were so many more miracles and stories I didn’t get details on. I hope you can tell how incredible it was, though! Christ knows His sheep, and they are numbered. :) At the end of the night, the final count was 61 people pulled off the streets on 35 tours, with 4 people committed to baptism and 2 dates. !!!!!!!! WOW. Never limit the Lord. It’s not about numbers, but it’s incredible to see how far we can reach, especially with tools like the PVC.
:) Saturday I went on exchanges with Sister Thompson again. But this time I went into her area! So I was back in Weston for a day, just like how I started my mission. Weird, right? It was really fun! I got to help teach an investigator and finally set up my digital mission account (I'll have to explain that one another time). We had dinner with the Mirandas. That was an adventure.
And yesterday we had 2 baptismal services to attend, nearly on top of each other! So first we ran to the Boston chapel and set up the Jesus Christ display in Portuguese, then we ran to Brockton and set up the Jesus Christ display in English. We attended sacrament meeting with them, then the baptism, then took down and ran back to Boston in time to catch the closing song of that baptismal service. :) The Elders had accidentally locked the iPad in the case without hooking everything up first, so they ended up using a different iPad and just playing Mormon Messages through our TV screen instead. Hahaha. I did warn them. Typical Elders. :) ;) Jk. They covered nicely.
Today we went to the Museum of Science and it was Sister Miller's birthday, so we went to the mission home for cake!!!! So it's been preeetty busy. :) I'll have to tell you more about the Museum next week. Just know that I appreciate everything you do for me--all the thoughts and prayers and love my way. The MBM is the greatest.
I love you all!
Love,
Sister Merkley
MBM PVC Missionary
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