Warning.. lots of great things happened this week so this email may be a bit long.
-we were able to have a lesson with Kendall this week! We took a recent convert who has such an amazing testimony and it was such a cool lesson. The spirit was so strong the whole time! Kendall told us that she knows the book of Mormon is true but she wants to get baptized with her other daughter and husband if she does. She doesn't want to split the family. Also she told us that she is moving at the end of this week to arizona:( we didn't think it would be that fast so we are super bummed. She is so awesome and it's hard that she is moving but I know God has a plan and this must be what she needs. She also came to church again this week so that was super awesome! Also, Sunday morning as we were getting ready we got a call from a random number.. the area code was a 435 number so I was super confused as to who would be calling us from Utah.. we answered the phone and turns out it was Kendall's daughter alandra who is a member!! We were so shocked and didn't even know what to say. I think she found our number online and called us to say thanks for teaching her mom. She said what a miracle it is that she agreed to meeting with us. We told her that she told us that she believes the book of Mormon is true and she said what a miracle that was too because 2 months ago she didn't even believe in God. She also asked if we would arrange for missionaries in Arizona to help her move in so hopefully we can get that all figured out. We still can't even believe she called us! It was super cool.
- we also met another lady named kinda constantinecu. We were coming into our apartment one night and she was moving stuff from her car to the entrance of the apartment. We passed her as she was walking out and I had the thought to stay and offer our help. When she walked back in we asked if we could help her and she agreed! We helped her carry stuff to her door and then asked if we could come back and teach her. She said yes!!!! So we went back a few days later and turns out she is from Romania!!! I thought Ted would love That! She wants to come to church and hopefully we will get to teach her again.
We had supper with the temple president and his wife. They were actually the mission president/wife a few years ago! It was super awesome. They gave us lots of help and suggestions on how to improve our teaching, finding, and just be better missionaries:)
-We had zone conference this week!! It was super great. We got training on the gospel of jesus christ and we talked about how as we continue to repeat the process of the gospel of jesus christ it is like a spiral staircase, rather than a hamster wheel. with every turn we get higher and higher, closer to our heavenly father!! I loved that! We also talked about the book of mormon and the importance of it in conversion. I definitely have a testimony of that. Kendall is living evidence!! As soon as she started reading and praying about the book of mormon she started to change and become converted. It is still a process of course which is why we need to continue reading it every single day!! We also watched these super cool videos on mormon.org.au about the power of one verse. Go check them out!!
-Also, we got smart phones!! It is super weird. I will admit, I was very nervous about getting them but they showed us the things we will be able to do on them and I really think it will help to accelerate the missionary work, if we use them wisely of course! It will teach a lot of self discipline! I am not as nervous anymore I hope to see miracles with them.
-After zone conference we went to go stop by a potential investigator. We parked and were about to get out of the car when sister gatten stopped me. I was in the middle of telling a story so I was oblivious to what she was seeing but there was a guy in the street yelling and swearing and walking around. I am pretty sure he was drunk. Sister gatten locked the doors and he walked up to our window and looked in and started yelling. We just kinda sat there not knowing what to do... He eventually walked away and we were able to get out of the car but it was kinda scary! I am glad that sister gatten was paying attention and had the prompting not to get out!
-I messaged an investigator from warroad to see how things were going and she told me that she was getting baptized!! That was a HUGE miracle. It was a part member family and she was very catholic and set in her ways but she said after a lot of prayers and tears she has decided that its what she wanted to do! I think that I was one of the first people she told because sister knight said on sunday at church she walked up to her and told said, "I told bayli I was getting baptized" CRAZY!! Super huge miracle though!!
-There was also an investigator that got baptized this week. He was a referral to us from our bishop so we started teaching him but then we had to turn him over to elders in a different ward because he lived in their boundaries. That was super neat to be a part of it though! The week we set the date with him I set a goal and prayed to Heavenly Father that we could set a date with someone within the week who would get baptized in february. My righteous desire was granted! Just in an unexpected way since we only actually taught him two lessons.
-We were tracting last night kinda by the university of regina so there were quite a few YSA people. We knocked on the door of a house full of guys and we gave them our card but they didnt seem super interested. 5 min later we got a call from one of them who was in the washroom when we came. He said he wanted to learn about jesus christ so we started talking to him over the phone. A few minutes into the conversation he siad, "To tell you the truth I just thought one of you was cute.." So which one am I talking to.. Hahaha kinda of a funny experience. When we asked if we could send boy missionaries there to teach him he said no. That was a bummer.
-Also it has been a bit warmer the past couple days. only like -7 so we got out our lighter coats!!!
-For pday we have been playing pickleball in the morning with the senior couples and some other older guys!! It has been super fun! Reminds me of st. george! And I am actually learning the rules. There is a lot more that goes into pickleball than you think! We also went to a trampoline park today which was fun! I will send pics!
I think that is about all that happened this week! Sorry this email was so long!! Looking forward to another great week!!
I included this picture of the elders because I think he looks just like Tristan
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