What a wonderful week it's been. Spring is trying so hard to come to Kirtland--it's in the 40s today!! But will probably snow again this week. It's coming, though! The birds are coming back/out, and I love to hear them sing. :)
The work is going GREAT. Oh man. I love this area, this ward, and this work so much. The work is hastening SO quickly!!!!! We honestly have no spare time in our area this week, because we have so many people to meet with. We're hopefully even going on splits on Thursday night if everything works out. I've wanted to do that my whole mission, and it hasn't happened yet--so I'm pretty excited. :) We have wonderful investigators and less active members that we're working with. Most of them are progressing really slowly, which has taught me a lot about patience and meeting needs--it's been really good for me. Something really exciting that happened last week was that Laura came to the RS activity with us! At first we weren't going to invite her because she is pretty shy and likes to stay home...but I kept feeling like we needed to invite her. So we did, and she came, and she loved it! Thank goodness for promptings from the Spirit to help us have a clue about what we should be doing. I'd be so lost without it. :) Another exciting thing is that we met a young man named Chaz yesterday, gave him our number, and later he actually called us! That doesn't often happen, so it's always exciting.
I went on exchanges with Sister Smith in the Kirtland North area, and we saw SO many miracles! She told me in our studies that a question I'd suggested for one of our lessons had actually been an answer to her prayers--I was so humbled and grateful! We were then able to use the answers and testimony building experiences she'd received in lessons that very day. One miracle was that we stopped by a less active member who wasn't home...but her sister was, and after talking to the sister for a minute, she let us in and allowed us to teach her! It turns out that she's a less active member as well, who is really struggling and in need of gospel light. The lesson we had wasn't planned at all, but was entirely led by the Spirit, and it was amazing to see her countenance brighten a little by the end of our lesson. I am so grateful for promptings from the Spirit, that the Spirit touches hearts, and that we could be an instrument in the Lord's hands to lift that sister that day. :)
We did service for some amazing members, and saw some amazing miracles--one was when we went to a nursing home to see if we could volunteer there. Turns out they're pretty starved for volunteer work, and they accepted us on the spot! They were really excited to have us, and the activities coordinator, Ann, was so cute and friendly to us. She kept asking us questions about why we're here and what we do--it was a great opportunity to share the gospel.
We had two great lessons with Kayla this week--she is starting to understand the Book of Mormon better!! Hooray!!!! Hopefully she'll be able to come to church this week or next--yay!!
We are going to be busy, busy, busy this week--I'm so excited!! I love missionary work, and I especially love teaching people and sharing the gospel. The Church is true, the Savior lives, and the gospel is the way to happiness! We talked about repentance in RS yesterday, and I liked this thought: "Repentance diminishes the distance between us and God." Each step or returning step brings us closer to our Heavenly Father, and the kind of joy that He has. His is the perfect training plan, and we get to learn and practice every day at home, church, in our families, and in everyday life. Practice makes permanent--make sure you put in your best work! I'll do so as well. I love you all so much!!
Love,
Sister Wygant
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