So, I'll start off with the miracle we experienced on Saturday! After doing our morning studies and getting ready for the day, we began to bike to our area around 10:15 or so (also still a 25-minute bike ride). While we were biking, we got a text on our phone about a referral, saying that someone named Brayden requested a Book of Mormon. Normally when you get a referral, it gives you all the details in your area book on your tablet, so we were planning on stopping at the church for WIFI, so we can have all the information on it. However, my companion and I were both impressed to just go straight to the referral, instead of waiting. We were kind of confused, because we didn't think a 10-minute stop to view the information would be a problem, but we listened to the prompting anyway. When we got there, Brayden’s older sister answered, and told us that he was sleeping and told us to come back after 12. So, we decided that we would come back after we went to lunch.
Here's a little back story on Brayden's family: When I first arrived in the mission field, 3 months ago, my last companion, Elder Siedschlag and I, had already knocked on their door because we knew that they are an inactive family with 3 unbaptized kids. The father answered, and basically told us that he didn't want his kids getting baptized anytime soon, and did so in not the most polite way. After that had happened, we were sure that we were never gonna knock there again.
Once we had sat down for lunch, and were gonna view the information of the referral, we realized that it was a ghost referral from over 750 DAYS AGO. So, based on the fact that the system somehow messed up, and still sent us a text, and the previous visit I had with their family, we decided that there was no way we would have still visited that family if we viewed the referral before visiting them. So, we thought, why would God send us there anyway? We found out later when we went back. The family was all outside when we got there, because they had just got home, so we talked with them a little bit, and got to know the family. We mentioned the fact that we had a message saying someone in the home wanted a Book of Mormon. They said that no one there sent that request, and that they weren't interested in coming back. We asked the father if anyone of his family might be interested in coming to church, and right as we said that, 2 of his kids, Brayden(9) and his brother(11), raised their hands and said that they were interested. The dad then said "well, if they want to be taught and baptized, that's fine with me" and the kids were super excited! We were so amazed at the divine power of the holy ghost, prompting us to go there in the first place, because otherwise we would have never found these kids!
My mission has brought me some of the greatest joys ever in my life, and experiences I have like these, just make it so much better every single day. I KNOW that God lives, and he loves and cares for every single one of us. He is always preparing the way for his sons and daughters to return to living with him again one day, just as we saw from this experience.
One more quick miracle, for whoever is still reading this! Saturday night our district decided to do a little musical fireside in a park, here in Clinton, and told members to invite all their friends. So, we had a really good time singing different hymns and songs, and had a really good turnout! Later that night, the sisters in our district invited a lady and her 5 kids, who were not members, to be baptized and they accepted! They felt the spirit through the power of music!
All in all, it was a great week, and it strengthened my testimony tremendously! I know this is the restored gospel here upon the earth and we have a living prophet today!
Thank you all for the love and support, hope you all have a great week!
Elder Greer
Utah Ogden Mission
648 West 700 North
Clearfield, Utah
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