January 11, 2021

Big Miracle

Well this email just like the title says is all about a SWEET miracle from the week. So I'll get right into it. We do a lot of work on FB obviously, and a lot of that involves joining local facebook groups and then friending people from it and then tryin to send them a message. Yes it's kind of awkward and yes i get left on read a lot, but high school prepared me for that lol. SO. We were sending requests to people and I sent one to a lady and really didn't think twice about it. Well about five minutes later she had sent me a message asking how i found her and why I sent her a friend request. I explained I was a missionary and part of one of the same FB groups that she is, and asked if she wanted to hear a message. Well she goes on to tell me she watched The Chosen which led her to the facebook page where she learned it was filmed in Utah. Somewhere she saw all the hate our church was getting and that intrigued her so she decided to do some looking into the church. And she did some looking. She told me she had always wanted to reach out, but she was never sure if she could just show up or if she needed garments first. Yes she knows about garments already. She also told me how she felt like we were supposed to connect on that day and she would love to talk to us. I couldn't believe what I had just read! My comp and I were just BLOWN away. So naturally we set up a lesson for the next day which was Saturday. It was seriously an awesome lesson. She told us she used to study with the j dubs and how it felt like something was missing but that changed when she learned about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. Let me tell ya it is not often that you find someone this prepared. She has watched lots of youtubers to find out about the church and so she knew all about the temple and the ordinances that go on there. She talked about a video of the endowment she came across and she started it, but then told us she turned it off because it "didn't feel right yet." I mean cmon guys you can't make this stuff up! So we had another lesson with her yesterday and put her on date for Feb 14th! I'm so excited and still just SO blown away by how prepared she was for us. It's experiences like these that are just a testament to me that this truly is God's work and this is the true church of Jesus Christ. I wish I was a better writer, but unfortunately those genes went to Courtney :/ I wish I could tell you all more about it, but just now it was flipping awesome! She came to church yesterday too so yeah. that's the miracle for the week.

Happy January 11th! 

Warmest Regards, 

Elder Nixon