Hi everyone!
Transfer calls were today! The results are in! After 4 1/2 months in Eagan, I will be leaving Eagan to go serve in Brainard, Minnesota which is North of the Twin cities in the Saint Cloud zone (the most northern zone except for Duluth). Not even near as cold as the Duluth zone but a little bit chillier than the cities. Its definitely a "sticks" area but i hear AMAZING THINGS about the area. There is already a baptism set for Nov. 5th in Brainard. Every missionary told me that i can expect MANY miracles there. It is a very successful area. I am very excited!!! My new companion will be Elder Johnson. He is from Arizona. He is one transfer younger than me. Strange enough however, I will be "greenie-breaking him. That means that this next transfer will be his first transfer after his training. I will be his "mom" (in missionary terms). Basically, your trainer is your dad and your greenie-breaker is your mom. I can't wait for a MAGNIFICENT transfer in a great area!
Oh! and my current companion, Elder Black will be training a new missionary! He'll be a dad!
So unfortunately this has been such a slow week but we did teach a few lessons. We taught a "lost sheep" named Kerry. A lost sheep is a less active member who moved and the Church has no idea where they are. Elder Baker (my dad) and i found her. We talked to her about church. She left because she never came to church for the right reasons but she doesnt recognize that. Basically, she came to church just to socialize. She sees church as a formal get-together. We are trying to get her to come back. She said she would! but now its all up to Elder Black and his companion, whoever it may be. Sergio Sanchez (LA) came with us to Stake Conference. He is progressing soooo much. He is probably my favorite person that i have worked with in Eagan. I will miss him and i will always stay in touch with him. I'm really hoping that i can go see him and his family be sealed in the temple for time and all eternity. I pray that i may receive the opportunity to see them receive the amazing blessings of an eternal family.
No more lessons this week but there is a miracle that i would like to share with you about following the promptings of the Spirit ALWAYS. It will also be my spiritual thought. Just last night, Elder Black and I were tracting and we weren't having much success. It was about 8 pm which is a very ineffective time here because people go to sleep not by the time but by the light. When its dark, everybody is asleep. However, Elder Black received a strong prompting to go street contacting around the northern part of Eagan which is pretty much all shops and businesses. We were walking on the one street and this man is pulling out of a parking lot and he sees us. He then yells: "Hey are you guys missionaries?!" We said yes and he then replied: "Walk over to the parking lot. We need to talk." Elder Black and I were thinking: "This will be either an anti-LDS or it will be a miracle." He came and said that he is a member of the church that fell away when he was 18. He expressed that it was time for him to come back. He wants to feel the peace again that comes from the gospel. He said that he is also trying to talk to his fiancee about getting baptized as well. That gives us a reactivation and maybe even a baptism!!! unfortunately i won't teach him other than this Tuesday but i know that he is in good hands. I almost got emotional walking away because it was such a precious experience. The Lord has lead us to this man and his fiancee. Elder Black and I knew that street contacting would be ineffective for 8 pm yet we followed the prompting and look what happened. The Lord helped us find that one lost sheep of the 99. How great is the joy in heaven over the one sinner that repents than the 99 just people who need no repentance!!! We experienced this joy and there is no expression adequate enough to describe it!!! I testify that as we ALWAYS follow spiritual promptings, even if it doesn't make sense, miracles WILL happen. Maybe not right away, but trust in the Lord because he has a purpose behind every prompting. As you do this, I PROMISE that you will be blessed over time to be able to recognize the Spirit easier. I leave you this testimony and promise, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Love Elder Mower
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