Soooo cool story: On Tuesday
we were doing everything we could to get a hold of T______ to make sure
we were still good for our appointment... 6 calls later we decided we'd
just go and pray that she would be there. (Since the wreck she's relied
on her sisters to take her shopping which makes her dependent on their
schedule which is always really hard to nail down, not to mention her
phone is shaky at best). So we went trusting and hoping that all would
turn out well. T______ lives in... the humbler part of town which also
means there are a few more... shady characters in her neighborhood. One
of these said characters is The Creeper in the Car. That was his
official title until Tuesday.
He lives in the Apartment next to T_______and was always in his car
smoking something watching us... sorta scary, and I guess I never had
the guts or the feeling to approach him.... Until Tuesday.
T______ wasn't home so we walked back to our car, ever in the gaze of
the Creeper.... When all of a sudden Sister Bradford calls out "have a
good day sir!" In a bit of shock I look at her and think what is she
doing???? She said "He's a son of God" and then as we were about to get
in the car he called out to us. "Who are you gals? I always see you
coming and going like you have important things to do... What are you
here for?" Instantly I was humbled. This child of God had been there,
waiting, the entire time we had been teaching T_______and never once had
we reached out. Always afraid. We immediately repented and went over
and began to talk with him about why we were here, our important work,
and left him with a Book of Mormon and a mormon.org
card and invited to read it, testified of the truthfulness and
blessings that we've witnessed and he said he'd talk to his girlfriend
to see if we could come over some time to teach and that he'd be in his
car... I don't know if there was a change in his countenance or in my
eyes but I say, he looked different by the time we left. His name is
C_______ and his girlfriend is D______. The next time we went to see
T______ she wasn't there but we were with a member and went to talk
to C______ in his car again. He had MILLIONS of questions and they were
good ones too. We talked outside his car for about 1/2 an hour just
speaking about the gospel, our standards, the differences between
Baptist, and LDS churches. The Spirit was soooo strong, he said he'd
pray about it and is reading the Book of Mormon. His Girlfriend won't
allow us to teach her.... so we'll keep going and having car
conferences. :D So ya, everything happens for a reason. Trials are
blessings in disguise. :D I love this gospel, I hope this letter was a
little better than last weeks. :D So many stories I could tell, but I'll
just leave you with this one since it's awesome. Oh!!! Brother De______
is praying about a Baptismal Date!!!! As well as this Sunday,
Sister S and Brother V who haven't been to church in a really long time
came!!! After T______ and Q_________ were baptized, they came and helped us rake
leaves at Brother V_______'s house, apparently it made an impression. The work
progresses. :D :D :D So glad to be a part of it!!! Love y'all and hope
everything is going well with you. Hope to hear from you soon :D
Sister Foster
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