Hey Everyone! I hope you all had a good week! You might be wondering why is the subject "Shady Grady" so i'll explain. This past week Sister Johnson and I called A LOT of people who have been taught in the past by other missionaries yet they stopped teaching them, but we have had some success. One was an old man named Grady. He is super kind and wants to continue to have phone call meetings to talk about the Gospel. Well we had our second call with Him this past week and at the end he said his nickname is Shady Grady that an old preacher gave him it because when he was younger he would jump around visiting so many different churches. One of the preachers confessed to him after many times of coming to his church, that he thought it was Shady. He nicknamed Grady, Shady Grady. So anyways kinda cool and kinda wack lol. He had a Book of Mormon but requested a bigger print one and on Saturday when we met him downtown on the square for our appointment.
Some exciting news: Riley and Graham are both getting baptized February 19th! They are the 10 year olds we teach and both of their dads aren't members. I absolutely love them! It breaks my heart because transfers are 2 weeks before there scheduled baptisms and I will be leaving the area (as President Needs has reminded us that I am leaving) I do feel so blessed to be able to work with so many part member families in the mission, including Rebecca from the area of Jackson and Emmalyn too! It has been so much fun being able to testify of the joy that Christs Gospel brings, including my experience with seeing my dad be baptized! We told them I won't be here and they were so sad and asked if I could come back for the baptism and I said I will come back to it! :)
Also, ALWAYS LISTEN TO LITTLE PROMPTINGS! On Saturday Sister Johnson and I visited a less active family until about 4:30 and we needed to be home by 5 (gotta love car shares) I was like let's see if we can try to visit someone who was taught in the past in this area too. (Sister Johnson was hesitant because of time but didn't say no) We looked and I saw there was an older couple who was taught in the past and said we could go by them and ask if they are interested again! So when we got to the door a man answered and said sorry he is talking to his son then said one second and shut the door. We waited, then a few minutes later he swung open the door and we told him who we were and he said his son is in an accident and can't talk right now but wants us to come back. Then not even a second later he popped back inside and grabbed a Book off of a side table and waved it and said "I have been doing my homework and studying a lot recently!!!"(guess what...it was a Book of Mormon!) We said oh wow and told him we will call him and set up a time to come back because he was in a hurry and he said yes please! Once we got into the car we looked at his past history that indicated that he and his wife were taught in 2019 during the beginning of the pandemic and have not had any missionary contact since!
This past week I was studying a talk called To Be A Follower of Christ by Elder Alfred Kyungu and it contained a quote that I love. "Let us have the courage to do what is right even when it is unpopular—the courage to defend our faith and to act by faith. Let us have the courage to repent daily, the courage to accept God’s will and obey His commandments. Let us have the courage to live righteously and to do what is expected of us in our various responsibilities and positions."
We need to have courage to do what is right even when it is unpopular. Whether that is saying sorry for something, sharing your testimony when others may not be a believer, or simply not following into the trends of the world that don't support Christs Gospel. I know that God loves us and I know that He is ALWAYS aware of the things we are going through. I want to invite you all to not give up on Jesus Christ! Keep doing what is right!
Pictures:
- Sister Johnson and I helping the Vaughns put their Christmas stuff in their attic
- Comp Date at Redneck Gourmet! (in downtown Newnan, GA)
- Morning walk!
-District bowling
- The sisters when they were in quarantine last week
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