We Had An Amazing Miracle This Week

Dear Family,

This week has flown by! It has been full of ups and downs but for the most part has been great! Thank you for reminding me about those blessings from my patriarchal blessing. I have often turned to it for guidance while trying to improve upon my abilities as a missionary and a companion. I know the guidance given there will be a big blessing for me.
 

The missionary work this week was great!! We were able to teach 17 lessons which is pretty good for this area! We have some really good investigators. I think I told you about James.  He is very humble and really wants to change his life. He is having a hard time with smoking, but is still trying his best. We have a few investigators who are pretty close to baptism once they overcome smoking cigarettes. We are teaching a lady named Christa, she is awesome!! Every time we teach her I learn something new! She has some very good insights and ideas on the things that we teach her. She Is ready to be baptized. We had an amazing miracle this week! There was a lady who has been less active for years that came back to church today!! We have been teaching her for the last 3 weeks, trying to help her attend church again. Not only was it a miracle that she came to church but it is a miracle how we found her! A few weeks ago, the first counselor in our bishopbric was at the church alone doing some work. He has about to leave but he felt the prompting to go back and do some more work. After thinking about it for a while he finally went back into the church and obeyed the prompting. Once that work was completed and he was about to leave again, the phone rang. It was a lady named Sandra, who told Brother Davis that she was less active but wanted to see the missionaries again. After that, he gave us her name and asked us to contact her and we did! Three weeks later she was at church. What a miracle. It reminds me of Moroni 7:33-37ish that says that it is by faith that we can see miracles. I know that is true!

It sounds like Y'all had a great week! It is funny how you are talking about the North Carolina slang. Ive never heard any of those words that you asked about, but there are some very funny words and phrases here. Their whole way of talking is very different. It sounds like Ali is working hard on her personal progress! I too know that Heavenly Father loves me because of my reading in the Book of Mormon. Bri, that is awesome that you are the sterling scholar!! You are way smarter than I ever could be. Do you think Bri will serve a mission? Josh, I cant believe you are almost 16... How are you liking High School? Jax, from what Ive heard, you haven't changed a bit, which is a good thing, because you are awesome! I am really jealous that you were able to do the Live Nativity again. I think that is one of my favorite traditions to participate in that. Congratulations Kirk on your mission call!! That will be a fun mission down in Texas and you will be a great missionary!

I love you all. To answer some of your questions, I had not previously thought about the call on Christmas but I doubt we will be able to skype. Ill keep you updated. Ill answer some of those other questions in another email. I love serving the Lord:)

Love, Elder Mortensen