Answered Prayer

Answered Prayer

D&C 123:12 For there are many yet on the earth among all sects, parties, and denominations, who are blinded by the subtle craftiness of men, wherebythey lie in wait to deceive, and who are only kept from the truth becausethey know not where to find it.

So lately our mission president has been really focusing on the promised blessing in the scriptures that people have been prepared. We've been praying really hard to find them, and lately I feel like Heavenly Father really has been leading us to them. Back when Sister Harston was here, we were leaving an appointment to a less active family and she felt we should approach this one man on the street. We started talking to him and two more people joined us outside of the tindahan. I felt particularly drawn to the last arrival, but we wrote down contact information for all three of them. With Sister Racaza we made plans and returned to the third arrival--Gerry. He wasn't home, but his sister, Nanette, invited us in. We taught her for the second time last night. She's been reading the pamphlet we gave her and waiting for our next visit to receive the Book of Mormon. She realizes she needs to read that to find out if the gospel is true and if Joseph Smith is a true prophet. It was a normal lesson about the Book of Mormon in the way it was taught, but her responses were so different. And her prayer that she gave at the end was so sincere. She commented as she was reading verses from the Book of Mormon how she felt, and the Spirit was strong. She admitted there's something missing in her religion, and we were able to promise her that what she is missing is in the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. On the tricycle, as we rode to our next appointment I really felt the Spirit testify to me that this is the promise being fulfilled of finding prepared people. And there was another earlier this week, too. I met the husband back when Sister Roper and I were finding two transfers ago. We were in the right place at the right time, and saw him again. His wife was home, too, and she said she invites all missionaries in, but there was a difference in our sincerity as we shared. She was excited to start reading the Book of Mormon, too. God keeps his promises. And He takes care of each of us, but we have to do our part and pray for those experiences to happen. It's like Elder Ballard's talk on the small, but important contribution of each honeybee. He talks about service, but we can apply this to asking for missionary opportunities... "In your morning prayer each new day, ask Heavenly Father to guide you to recognize an opportunity to serve one of His precious children. Then go throughout the day with your heart full of faith and love, looking for someone to help. Stay focused, just like the honeybees focus on the flowers from which to gather nectar and pollen. If you do this, your spiritual sensitivities will be enlarged and you will discover opportunities to serve that you never before realized were possible." Words from an Apostle. It's real.

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Sister Cope