Hey y'all,
My new companion is Elder Teare and he is super awesome. He is from California and apparently loves to soak so it will be pretty classic this transfer haha. We are both determined to go for it though, so the peeps at LSU better watch out :) As we were walking passed the fraternity and sorority housing, which let me tell you is ludicrous (I have never seen that many of them anywhere else. Gotta love LSU! Geaux Tigers!), I thought about starting up a fraternity and calling it Mu Beta's and maybe selling some Hawaiin meats, part time of course :) Am i right?
Anyways, not a whole ton of time today so I will just share a few miracles with ya. WE had a lot of success in finding which was great!
On Wednesday right after transfers, we went over to Free Speech Alley and talked to as many people as we possibly could. We started talking to this guy named Brandon who told us that he had been looking for a church to go to and just feels like he has no idea how he can possibly find out which one is true or not. We shared with him a bit of the restoration about prophets and how Joseph Smith encountered this same problem. He seemed interested in how much he related to the prophet Joseph Smith.
I find it so fascinating that the young Joseph Smith relates so easily to most everyone that are true seekers. I believe that was part of our Heavenly Father's plan so that ALL could find this restored gospel if they were fervently seeking. We gave him the Restoration pamphlet and then met with him again on Friday morning. The lesson went super well! It was so amazing to see some of the scriptures I had been studying come to mind as we answered his questions. He told us that he had been having such a hard time getting answers to some of his questions, because everyone he ever asked would just tell him not to ask too many questions or it would cause him to doubt his faith. As we used the Book of Mormon to answer many of his questions it made it so much easier to give him a copy of it and invite him to read it as well. We committed him to read Alma 32 and are planning on meeting with him again this week. What was crazy though was that before we had completely finished our lesson with Brandon one of our other investigators that we had also met at Free Speech Alley, Kane, came up to us. It was kinda funny transitioning from one lesson to the other, but it worked out! I don't think I have ever had back to back lessons in that way before :) It was awesome.
Miracle:
Elder Lopez and I were able to go on an exchange here at LSU and as we were going he mentioned a girl named Heather that he had tried to meet with Elder Jensen last transfer. It was kinda random, but we kinda changed our route and headed to see her. It turned out that she was just getting back from class when we got there and we came at the perfect time. Total inspiration. We taught an amazing lesson with her and found out her Aunt is a member up in Mississippi. As we were about to give her a Book of Mormon we realized neither of us had one... since I gave two out early that day with Brandon and Kane. What are the odds haha? It was raining hard too, but we told her that we would run home and grab one and bring it right back to her. So we totally ran back in the pouring rain and brought her a Book of Mormon. It was so worth it!! She was so happy to see us come back and was probably surprised how dedicated we were to get her a copy :D We bore our testimonies about how incredible it is and how we wouldn't have gone to such an extent unless it was something special. It was so cool. That same night we tracted into a girl named Debbie that as soon as we introduced ourselves as representatives of Jesus Christ she immediately told us that she hadn't been to church in a long time and wanted to come back! We didn't even say anything about church, we just introduced ourselves. It was super cool.
Everything is going well here at LSU and I am loving the area. I hope y'all have a fantastic week! Stay prayed up! Love y'all
Love,
Elder Wilson
