Ice Cream Truck Miracles

Hey everyone! This week was another really good week. We had Zone Conference and we saw a ton of miracles.

     On Tuesday, we had a couple great lessons. First we taught this lady named Melanie. She is so sweet. The spirit was super strong as we talked about The Restoration and specifically Joseph Smith and it just testifies to me every time that this gospel is true. She was super sincere and really understood and wants to know if our church is true. But something she said that I loved is that "Jesus always kept His eyes on the Father." Such a cool way to look at it! Keep God and Christ the most important focuses of our lives!

     We had an awesome lesson with a family, Malerie, her husband who only speaks Spanish and their son Gerardo. Malerie told us her sister and mom passed away in the last 2 years. She has been desperately trying to figure out what the plan is for them and for her. We started teaching the plan of salvation and she loved it. We didn't get to the where we go after we die portion, but we will this week. She can't wait to hear it. As we were leaving, their 14 year old son Gerardo asked us "Why did Jesus have to die?" SO COOL! We gave him Mosiah 3, told him to ask God, and told him we'd talk about it next time.

     We taught our friend jaylon who is on date for the 29th. It went super well, and she had this moment during the lesson where she realized how important the restored gospel is. She looked at us and said "I was just that lucky that I found the only church who could baptize me." She is doing super good!

     I was on exchanges with Elder Weaver and had some cool miracles. First, we felt prompted to knock on a random door, and she answered and says "I was wondering when you were gonna come by!" She's a nonactive member, and her husband and kids aren't members! Then a little bit later, this ice cream truck stopped and gave us free ice cream and then asked when they could meet with us because they want to find a new church family!

     We then had an awesome visit with our friends Dove and Valerie on Friday. We talked a lot about the Saviors promises to give us rest, peace, comfort and so on. They talked about how sometimes those can he hard to find and Val talked about her issues with vaping and how she's tried to stop for 2 years now but can't. We had an amazing discussion about the Savior's power, and the way to fully access his power and grace is through the Restored gospel. It was really powerful and they both are on board! 

     Another cool thing. We were walking in a neighborhood and this guy sitting in his truck rolled down his window to talk. He's only 20 and his name is Angel. But he proceeded to tell us that his mom passed away in the last year, and he's been looking to find God to feel closer to his mom. Like what! So cool! We testified about Christ, and specifically the plan of Salvation. He is stoked and we're meeting with him again this week. 

     Anyways, those were the highlights of the week! It's so cool to see all the amazing people that God is preparing. Love yall! Talk to ya next week!

Love, Elder Ryan