Hi everybody! This week was full of HUGE ups and downs. Some miracles though, I will share with you! We had about 30 minutes to tract on Friday afternoon. We felt good about an apartment complex, and the second door we knocked on, a man named Nick answered. He let us in, and said he was in the army and had just barely moved in about 2 days before. We sat on the floor and talked to him about his beliefs and attending church, and we taught him the first lesson. He accepted baptism! It was so amazing! We gave him the Book of Mormon, and he was excited to read it. In his prayer at the end, he thanked the Lord for revealing this new path that he finally found. We visited him the next day, and he had been reading. He also came to church and really enjoyed his time there. What an amazing miracle!
We've been teaching Miguel for a few weeks now. He came to FHE last week and was having a pretty bad day. We talked to him for a while and he said he felt so much better coming to meet these wonderful people, and how nice everyone is to him. He told me he has slammed the door on Mormon missionaries so many times, and now he feels so bad. One time, he said he answered the door completely drunk, and threw up all over the Elders on his door. Then he said, "Yea, that was definitely the lowest point in my life." I laughed so hard! I think he didn't expect that reaction, but I told him that those Elders had a great story to bring home, so its okay. He has really opened up. That night he read in the Book of Mormon, the next day we met with him and he told us he knew the Book of Mormon was true. We were totally shocked! (Unfortunately, he still won't commit to baptism) but the real miracle here is that every time we meet with him, he opens up a little more each time. Its amazing to watch him change his life, just in these few weeks.
Church on Sunday was a miracle. Two different members brought friends to church. We set up return appointments with both of them. It was so exciting to see people in the ward being supportive and welcoming and really diving into missionary work! It was a truly amazing day!
Another miracle was we met a lady named Susan. We taught her twice, and then had to transition her to the Elders, because we can only teach YSAs. But It was incredible! The Elders committed her to Baptism and she is so completely solid. She asked us if there were any activites where people get together and sew or cook or do service projects because she loves all those things. We were like, WELCOME TO RELIEF SOCIETY! :) It was awesome. She is living with her fiance though, so we're fasting and praying that all will work out for marriege before March 20th. I have full faith it will, I've seen it happen a few times in Pueblo! I'm so excited for her!
I won't share as much about the downs, but we did get dropped by some investigators we were working with. It was painful, and hard to do, but I learned some really valuable lessons in it. Another down was some of my struggles with Portuguese, however that discouragement has been lifted from working with a member here who served his mission in Brazil. At first meeting with him just stressed me out, but the last time we met, I felt uplifted and ready to really study and prepare for Brazil.
I love you all so so much! Thank you for your letters and support and love! I hope you all have a wonderful week!
Te Amo!
Sister Pratt
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