Another Transfer, Email From Jenny Feb 6

Some pretty cool miracles happened this week :)

• A pre-missionary member we have come to lessons with us left us a treat on our door-step after a super exhausting day :) 
• An "eternal investigator" we work with told us she wants to put church first in her life :D
• We were able to contact a referral and they said they would like us to come back and teach them!
• Sunday :)

Sunday was a great day! A less-active member we have been visiting came to sacrament meeting! Her name is Mona Lisa :) yeah, pretty great right? Best part is that she is an artist and likes to paint :) Soy also came to church and even participated in the Gospel Essentials class that Sister Bitter and I taught :) We also had a short amount of time to tract and out of the 4 doors we knocked on, WE FOUND A NEW INVESTIGATOR! :) His name is Taryn, prayers are greatly appreciated. We went and visited Soy in the evening, and as we are walking in the rest home we get a call from Soy! He has never called us, so that was kinda crazy. We sat with him and he started crying out of gratitude for us helping him, and out of sadness for his 2 daughters that haven't visited him for 2 years. It is so wonderful to see the change that comes in people as they learn about God and Jesus Christ. That was just a very tender moment after a pretty crazy week with him.

Earlier that week, Soy became very concerned when we talked about temples. He had "church" and "temple" in 2 in completely different categories and thought we went to a Buddhist temple. We were pretty stressed for a couple minutes but we cleared things up and now he knows that our temple is God's house :) We also discovered we have to postpone his baptismal date because we need to contact Soy's guardian and make sure everything is okay legally. More updates to come!

It is amazing what listening with love can do. We had a lesson with a lady named Brittany at Starbucks. She is probably one of the nicest people I've met and after talking to her and hearing about all the trials she is going through, I am astounded at her positive nature. She has a 7 year old son that was depressed for a couple months because of some medication he was put on for his ADHD. They had to take him off of that and they took out a loan to put him on this brain balance program to help him cope with it (the program is super expensive). In the mean time, her husband lost his job and now she is the only bread winner for the family, while her husband is working side-jobs until he can find a solid job. Woah. We were able to listen to the Spirit and tell her exactly what she needed to hear at that moment and she sent us a text later that night telling us how she really needed those words that night (it had been a particularly hard day) and that we completely brightened her day :) Listening with love is so powerful friends, try it. You won't be disappointed!

Have a wonderful week!!!! Make good choices!!!!

Serving with a Smile :)

Sister Bradley

Awkward Exchange Picture :)

Pineapple Salsa? Heck yeah!!