HELLO!!!!
There have been so many miracles. The Lord is so blessing the Daytona Ward. I love
being a missionary and doing this work! This has been by far the coolest
transfer. We are starting to get on the same page as the auxiliary leaders,
especially the bishop and the work is going UP!!!!! I wish you could all be
here and see it happen first hand. My words for the miracles don’t do it
justice. Stick with me and I will give you a little glimpse of what this week
has been like.
Starting with Sunday. Sunday's have always brought big
miracles, this Sunday was no exception. All the people that came to church last
week were not in attendance this week. We worked hard all week to have them
come again, but agency is still very real when deciding whether or not to keep
the commandments. We did have Carole there (Gayle’s mom) She loved it of
course. The best thing is member referrals because they have the instant
fellowship. Love it!!! At the end of the 2nd hour, one of the bishopric members
pulled us out to meet two people that were with him. Patrick and Sarah.
MIRACLE!!!! Here is their story. Sarah is looking for a church but didn't know
where else to go. . . Patrick lives with her, Patrick just got out of jail. His
jail mate is a member. We will call him. . Bob. We don’t know why Bob was put
into jail, (he is currently there) Bob did missionary work! Hahahaha We can't
go into the jail to teach. . So send in a member. (Not really it is bad) but in
this case that is what happened. I still can't stop laughing about it. Anyways.
Bob talked to Patrick about the church, Joseph Smith and told him to go to
church. And well. . . He came to church. They both LOVED the last hour. We went
over there a couple hours after church and taught them the Message of the
Restoration. They wanted to Book of Mormon. It was powerful. Let me tell you.
The Holy Ghost is the ultimate teacher and He was there teaching both of
them!!!!! We were moved by the spirit, and invited them to be baptized. .
Patrick can't right now and he knows that. Sarah can, but doesn't feel worthy
enough she said "I want to be like you two girls with the light of Christ
and the knowledge that you have." Gayle was there with us and understood
what Sarah was saying. So she helped her understand that she will get there. We
have been studying and learning this our whole lives and she is just starting.
It was a really cool lesson!!! Next week you will get more updates! They are
SOLID!!!
Another Miracle. There is a member. . We will call her
Kiki. She is married, and her husband is not a member. . Gold Mine! We have
been meaning to go see her and meet him but our week was so busy we had no
time. Well the Lord knew our good intentions and He provided. Kiki's husband
came to church with her. So we meet him. We went back after the Sarah and
Patrick lesson. They weren't home so we were leaving a note on their door. Well
I was taking way too long to write the note . . . perfect. . They got home
while we were still standing in front of their door. He had been meeting with
Elders in Chicago and now that they live here. . Whammy!!!!! Yesterday was just
a miracle day for us in the North. . Even the Elders in the South. They had 10
gators at church. Two full families!!! It is amazing how the gospel, the work
that we are involved with just makes us so happy that we "celebrate"
for other missionaries that are around us. We get so excited when they people
they are working with come. We all know of each other's gators, and we know of
the efforts and hard work. We love seeing the fruits of the Elders! It is so
great to get support. We all have great respect for each other. All four of us
are like family. I will send a picture next week of us four.
Carole is still set to be baptized on July 7. Our Hindu
friend Joyce did not come to church therefore she has to have a new baptism
date. We are still working with Gerald and Pat, they didn't come yesterday. We
taught them this week the Word of Wisdom. It was very positive! The spirit
needs to do the rest of the teaching. We are also working
with another part-member family. The dad is a member and
coming back to church. His wife and three kids are who we are trying to
talk to. Her heart is not really soft at this time, but all she needs to do is
meet us, instead of going to the park when she knows we are coming. . Lol. Pray
for her, I don’t know her name though. The McGregor Family.
Thursday. . This is cool. We had a member driving us to an
appt. The Person wasn't home . . . we love back up plans. We got a media
referral text a few hours earlier. So we went. The women, Diana, answered her
door. Looks at us and without hesitation "Please come in." Doesn't
even ask us who we are. . Our names. . "Are you Diana?" we ask.
"Yes yes please come in and sit." Powerful lesson!!! She just moved
back here from Iowa. She meet a Mormon there . . . long story short. . We come.
The spirit is strong. . Tears in her eyes as we are testifying! We are about to
invite her to be baptized. . . HER PHONE STARTS RINGING!!!!!!!!! REALLY! Ugh!!!
And she had to answer it! It was her doctor. . (She is in remission for thyroid
cancer) so she had to answer! But the opportunity for the Lord's invite was
gone! Satan! We are seeing her tonight. . Hopefully, her mom and dad are in
town so we don’t know how busy or not she will be. . . Pray!
That is all I can tell you this week with the time that I have
to email you all. I love you all so much. Thank you for your letter's this
week. I think I will have time to write you all back but don’t mark my words on
paper. I hope you all have a great week. . The last one in June. . Can you
believe it!!?? I sure can't where is the time going!?
I know without a doubt that this is the Lord's true church
on the earth today. I read today in my studies "We are sent here to
succeed" and that indeed the Lord will not let us ruin this work. . . I
love it so much.
Sister Walborn
and I. Don’t we just look happy!!! Indeed we are!
President and Sister Hall at our apartment for interviews! It was so
awesome to have the Priesthood in our home. He even left us with a blessing. It
was a very special treat to have them in our home.
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All My Love!
Sister Shannon Durr
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