An Incredible Week!

Well team, it's been an incredible week.

Tuesday evening, M was texting us about how excited she was. She said she had been smiling, laughing, praying, and crying all day. She wanted to sing, but was sad 'cause she didn't know our hymns yet. When we saw her on Tuesday, she had already read most of the Gospel Principles manual she had gotten on Sunday. She showed us the remains of her cigarettes she had torn up when she read about the Word of Wisdom (we hadn't even talked to her about it yet.) She set a date with us by which she will be prepared to be baptized. She will be ready either way, but may or may not be baptized, because her husband doesn't want her to get baptized. So now we are praying really hard. If anybody needs something to fast for this next Sunday, that would be a great option.

Later in the week, we had an appointment with a gal named P. We'd scheduled on with her before, but she missed it 'cause she was in Lafayette with her Grandma who was in the hospital 'cause of cancer. We'd stopped by one evening two weeks ago--she wasn't home, but her dad was waiting for her in his car in the driveway, so we told him about the Restoration. This time when we went back for our appointment, she was not home, but her fiance R was. We taught him about the Restoration. When we were discussing the situation later that evening, we were wondering if she was dodging us. Then we got a text from her saying that she and R were sincerely considering coming to church this Sunday. We set an appointment with them for Saturday, but they missed it 'cause her uncle died earlier that day. Satan must be working overtime.

Saturday, we met these people who invited us in and allowed us to teach the Restoration. And then they came to church on Sunday. They really wanted a Book of Mormon, so the elders brought one to them after church. We're meeting with them again tonight.

Earlier last week we met an old man named D. He told us we could talk to him whenever, but he didn't know when his wife would be home. We didn't think much of it. We saw him again on Sunday, and set an appointment with him and his wife for last night. His wife wasn't there, but his daughter and two of her teenage kids were there. We had an awesome and hilarious lesson. The three younger folks were listening intently. I would say something like, "The most important thing is---" and then D would interrupt: "where'd you say you lived?", and the three others would yell at him. Then we'd try again, and at the climax of the statement he'd interrupt. Without fail. Soooo funny. But the lesson went really well. The mom and the teenagers were intently focused the whole time (which was really something for the 16 year old boy who was uber surprised to see us sitting on the couch when he came out of his room.) All three of them committed to be baptized if they came to know the message was true.

Also yesterday, we had a zone conference with Elder Perkins, of the Seventy. It was a great meeting. But one of the greatest parts was talking to the missionaries in South Bend who told me that K (a lady who we'd been teaching) got baptized on Sunday :D

On Sunday, we had 5 people (that we are teaching) come to church, and it was purdy exciting. Good things are on the rise in Lebanon.

Hope everybody has a great week.

Sister Bowen