This week was so good!! We really saw so many miracles. This email is a little long, but the stories in here are so worth it!
Olivia was baptized!! It worked out so well. She is one of the most incredible people I've ever taught on my mission. We had a few lessons this week preparing her for baptism but she is already so prepared. She has a boyfriend on a mission and she had always wanted what he and his family has. Her parents are very against it, but once she moved out to college she came and found us.
Her baptism day was so special. Her boyfriends family drove about 6 hours to be here for the baptism, and her boyfriend was able to give a talk and watch over zoom. The spirit was so strong and she was so happy.
A huge miracle that happened this week was with our friend Christopher. He has an insane story. He was left homeless at 17 years old, and he was living on his own. He went looking for food and shelter, and found a group of people willing to let him in. These people ended up being part of a cult, and he was stuck there. He was stuck with them for a few years, and while he was he started to look for "the truth", and for God. He told us he knew that only Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ could help him. He had searched through SO MANY churches, and then one day, two missionaries here in Lubbock showed up to the house he was stuck in.
They went because one of the guys also living there had requested a missionary visit over Facebook. The guy that requested the visit wasn't interested at all, but Christopher heard everything and started talking to them. The missionaries passed him off to us, and then somehow Christopher broke out of that house and ran away! So once he got out, we had an awesome lesson about The Restoration. He was so happy and told us it makes so much sense.
In our second lesson about a week later, we were talking to him about how to know what is true and what's not. He cut us off and told us he's been reading The Book of Mormon every night for 20 minutes and he knows it's true! So we put him on date for October 22nd and he couldn't stop smiling he is just so happy. He prayed with us and thanked God for finding the truth, and then on Sunday he came to church and bore his testimony! He told the whole ward a little bit about his story, and then testified that he knows he found the truth in this church and in The Book of Mormon. SO COOL!!
We were praying for miracles a lot this week, and then some sisters called us saying they have a friend they just put on baptismal date for October 29th, and they're passing him off to us! His name is Mike and he is super cool. Another huge miracle this week was that Christopher, Mike, and Caden, three of our friends who we're teaching, were able to come to Olivia's baptism! Christopher and Mike are on date, and Caden is working towards it. It's so amazing to see the Lord answer our prayers!
We also met with our friend Omar this week. It's been awhile since we've seen him, but he told us he wants to be baptized, but he has some habits he wants to break before that. Pray for Omar!
Sorry for the real long email, but this week was incredible! My testimony of Christ and of His church grows daily. I know He lives and I know this church is true! It has to be! I love yall!
Love, Elder Ryan
Elder MacDougall
Olivia
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