Hola!!
First I'm going to share my stupid selfish miracle.....we
were at Krogers getting groceries and I was staring at the organic drink
section as I always do because I would much rather drink my calories than eat
them :) Well, I was staring at the kombucha selection wishing that I had $5 to
blow on one when I looked down and there was a box that said "Take one-
they're free!" And do you know what it was?? Kombucha! Verbena Rose
flavored- yum! As I looked in the box my heart dropped because it was
empty...but wait...there was one hiding in the back left corner! I know that
Heavenly Father loves me :) haha...
This week we had exchanges which is when we trade companions
and area for one day- so Hermana Stricklin went to Clarksville with cute Sister
Gibson and Sister J. Johnson came to Hopkinsville for the day! It was a day
full of MIRACLES!!!! We ended up finding two new people who are interested in
the gospel and have appointments to go back and see them this week. One of them
is a woman named Maria who's from Mexico and her husband is from there as well-
from Villahermosa!! I freaked out because it made me miss my brother SO much!
It was great that Trevor served his mission there because I was able to talk to her about
the ruins there which led into a conversation about the ancient Indians that
lived there- which are her ancestors- which then led into the account of the
"white man" that appeared to them. It was so neat to explain that we
had a record of that! The Book of Mormon! We opened up 3 Nephi 11 with her and
she said she was so excited to read it. I love the Book of Mormon for so many
reasons! Later that day we were just stopping by our friend Khori's store to
say hi before we had dinner and we met a man named Mark who said that he had
seen the church's commercials in the 80's and ordered a Book of Mormon but they
never sent him one! He was so excited when we handed him one right in that
second! He said he was going to read from it and we're going over tomorrow to
visit him! We had a fun dinner with Patriarch Fears-he is such a character! He
asked us to share Books of Mormon with both of our waitresses and as we talked
about what the book is the other member there Brother Bodkin chimed in and
added his testimony- it was so cool! So we made two MORE friends who were super
excited to read the Book of Mormon! Miracles everywhere! After dinner we
stopped by a recent converts house who has been having a hard time putting some
things behind her to get to the temple and we read from Alma 36 together and
the spirit was SOOO strong. She had a daughter pass away when she was just a
toddler and we all could feel her presence there as we read and talked about
the power of Jesus Christ. It was one of the most beautiful experiences that I
will never forget. I am so grateful that through the gospel of Jesus Christ and
because the authority of God and temples have been restored to the earth, we
truly can see and live with those we love again after this life. I love how the
gospel connects us to those that have passed on.
Last but NOT least, that night we went by to see our friend
Jesus. He had called us earlier that day because he was sad. When we went over
he let us know what was going on- he had to push some people out of his life to
do what he knew he needed to do. I immediately thought.....is this going where
I think it is going......and it was :) We read from 2 Nephi 31 about Christ
being baptized and our need to follow His example and afterwards the Spirit so
strongly impressed me to ask him about baptism. Mind you- I was with Sister
Johnson who does not speak spanish so she had no idea what was going on! I
invited him to baptism and he said yes! He said that God has guided him a lot
this past week to making this decision and he knows it's what he needs to do.
We set a date for his birthday in April! It was such an incredible evening! I
am so excited for Jesus- he has been meeting with the missionaries since last
summer and had a baptismal date at one point but didn't make it. When I
mentioned that the adversary would be working really hard on him from making it
to the baptismal font he said that he knew. He talked about how the adversary
had done that a few months ago when he originally planned on getting baptized.
I was so amazed by Jesus' faith and by his ability to recognize the influence
of God and the influence of the adversary in his life. He is such a great guy.
We're also teaching all of his roommates and when one of them, Fermine, found
out about his baptism at our next visit, he said that he would be getting baptized
some day too! I love being a missionary!!!
I am so grateful to be here. When I first opened my mission
call, I was like....Tennessee Nashville Spanish Speaking?? But I have learned
that it is not about the place but the people! I love the people SOOO much!!!
Sharing the gospel is something that brings us SO much joy and so many
blessings! I hope you take time this week to share your testimony with someone
and help them come closer to their home with their Heavenly Father!
Also, if any of you have any friends or family that I didn't
know previously to the mission- feel free to give me their names on Facebook
and I can try getting to know them and sharing the gospel with them in some
way! I love online referrals :)
I hope you all have a magical Disney kind of week!
Hermana Knight
My little friend Maranda was baptized!
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