Lots of Miracles!

Sorry I didn't write last week!! Not that anyone noticed but my parents haha. But I'll cover both these last weeks here. Quick update, Elder Macdonald is getting transferred and I'm getting Elder Beesley for my last transfer! It'll be a dang good time.

    So an update on our friend Jaylon. We've had to move her baptism date twice now. It's been a nightmare. She like barely answers the phone ever. She doesn't answer back. She doesn't answer the door. It's been so hard. But God is still helping us. One time we showed up at her house right when her husband was giving her a new puppy, so we tagged along with him and got inside haha. We had a great talk with her and she seemed totally normal and on board. Then she went Ghost mode again.

    Then, just this last week, Elder Mac and I ran out of water. So we went to Walmart real quick and we ran into her there! She again seemed totally normal, and seemed to be all in about baptism, and even started answering the phone! Then she didn't show up to church and wasn't home for our lesson and isn't answering again. So please pray for Jaylon!

    We found a new guy named Cornelious. He's in his 20s and he already has severe asthma and needs an oxygen machine. His mom just passed away this last year, and he's got no other family besides his grandma. We had an amazing lesson about how we can help him connect with his mom, but more importantly with Jesus. He loved the idea and wants it bad. He wants more peace and comfort. We gave him a Book of Mormon, and then we scheduled another appointment.

    When we went back, his girlfriend Shaey was there. Cornelious said he had read The Book of Mormon chapter we gave him twice, and Shaey said he's been so much happier and nicer since then. So cool! Shaey wants us to start teaching her too, and she wants them both to come to church!

    We had an amazing experience with this lady named Melanie. We taught Melanie the Restorarion about a month ago. She seemed sad and in a little pain when we first taught her and we haven't found her since then. We stopped by this week, and she answered, and seemed SO HAPPY. She had surgery in the time we hadn't seen her, and she seemed like a different person. We asked if she had her copy of the Book of Mormon, and her eyes LIT UP and she goes "I've been studying it!" It was so cool. She said it's the same as the Bible to her. Even though she read the awful war chapters in Mormon haha. So we gave her 3 Nephi 11 and she is stoked to study it.

    Another cool one here haha. We got a referral from a guy named Pedro. We went to his home and its this awful, run down tiny shack. I sadly instantly judged. He opened the door and there was a nasty stench, and he invited us in and it was a mess. I sadly kept judging! I thought okay let's just get in and out, but then he started talking. He said his brother had just died, and that he feels guilt for his death. Along with that his last conversation with him was an argument. He saw our ad and that, "I need to be happy like that." So we sat there, and testified to him of the Savior. That He lives and He loves him. We talked to him and he said he had the chills and felt so "warm inside." He wants to come closer to Christ! It was awesome and a great lesson for me. Christ is EVERYONE'S Savior. It doesn't matter who they are, what they look (or smell) like or what they've done. He died for us all!

    One thing to throw in is please pray for our friend Patrick. He has overcome so many issues, and he's had some other things come up. We don't know exactly what's going, but he's struggling. He was planning to get baptized on the 28th, but please pray for him! Love yall! Talk to ya next week!

Love, Elder Ryan