A Week of Opposition

Hey guys!  So this has honestly been one of the craziest weeks of my mission.  And guess what? I'm gonna be awful and not tell you a lot of it for two reasons. 1) I don't have much time to email. And 2) This is a week of post mission stories. ;)

So, first of all, it's the end of the month, so we had no miles for our car, so that made everything extremely stressful.  And everything important that happened this week was way too far away, and we almost didn't go to a lot of it because we didn't think we could, but because we trusted God, we received some incredible blessings.

On Sunday Sister Peck came up to us unexpectedly wanting to do everything with us this week, and we didn't know what to say to her because of miles, and we didn't know how things would go because she wanted to come see our investigator, Emily.  I haven't written much about her, but she's our top investigator right now, but lessons with her are interesting, so I haven't known what to write about her.  We were basically planning on laying down the law with her, and we weren't sure about bringing someone to the lesson, but in the last minute, we decided to take Sister Peck up on her offer.  So we got there, and instantly, the atmosphere was different, partially because we knew she'd read the Book of Mormon a lot recently, and Sister Peck was unexpectedly perfect for her.  She said everything she needed to hear, and then Sister Peck invited us all over for dinner on Sunday.

So, on Sunday after church, we didn't have miles to go home and drive back, so we had our studies at the church, and had a lesson with another lady we were questioning if we should go to, but ended up being perfect.  Then, we went over to the Peck's house, and had dinner with Emily and the the senior missionary couple, the Simes.  It couldn't have been better.  It was the turning point for Emily.  And what made it even better was when she texted us telling us how much she loved us and Sister Peck, and everything else like that! She doesn't ever say things like that, guys!

It was really incredible, too, because even though we weren't sure about taking Sister Peck at first, we saw her when the meal calendar went around, and she looked at it very intently, and we know the spirit told her to come see her especially considering she's moving this week, which is unfortunate, but it is what it is.  Guys, we're probably going to commit her to baptism this coming week.  This is what member missionary work is about. This is what following the spirit is about.  I know this wouldn't have happened without Sister Peck. She was our Godsend.  You don't know what God has in store when the spirit tells you to do something, but I can promise you, it's better than what you have in store for yourself.  I haven't even written half of the opposition of this week, but I'd go through all of it again just for Emily.  :)

Sincerely,
Sister Shelton

Guess who hit nine months!