Hello Beloveds,
How has everyone's week been? It's booming here in Baltimore and the days are going by quicker and quicker because we are so packed each day!
In my small time being a missionary I can definitely see that the Lord gives us miracles each and every day! Every single day there are miracles, all we have to do is just open our eyes and recognize them! This week we had 2 big ones that I want to share with y'all.
1. So ever since I got here we have been teaching this couple and they both have a super strong desire to be married. My second lesson with them, the girlfriend had a dream that she was going to be baptized in white in the baptismal font of our church!
So they are super super elect people, they just have a couple of things they need to get in order before they can get baptized, and it has been really hard on them, because they know what they have to do, they just can't get the paperwork and other things that are needed.
But we called our Mission President to talk about what we can do to help them and he said he will think about it. In the mean time we had a lesson with the couple and promised them that if they would exercise their faith they would receive miracles. They both came to church the next Sunday, showing their faith, and then the miracle happened.
We get a call from our mission President the following Tuesday and he says that he has been praying and pondering about their situation and he feels like now is their time to be baptized. So he told us to get their information and he will talk to the mission president in Honduras and try to find a lawyer so he can help them! We shared this with the couple and they now have a new found desire to start keeping all the commitments we extend and hopefully they will be able to be baptized this next transfer!
2. We have been really focusing on making daily goals of people we can find. One day this week we had a super set lesson with this one lady who told us to come over and then made sure we were coming! So we thought that we could find 6 that day, because we knw there were a lot of people in that house. But we go at 8:15 because that's when she told us to, and she wasn't there. So we had 45 minutes left in the night and still had to find 6 people. So we look to the house to the right and there was a little Latino girl waving to us through the window and we knew we needed to knock that door. So we said a prayer to confirm our prompting and as soon as we said amen this huge car pulled up and people starting getting out and going into that house. We were able to catch one of them and we got invited in to share a message. There were 5 people in the house, but one left before we could share a message, but it was super powerful and the spirit was super strong and we have another appointment with them next Saturday! 8:30 miracles baby!
Funny Moments:
1. One of my companions has been here for 5 weeks now and still has yet to see a rat. And he's been wanting to so bad, and this week he got his wish. Just a little bit closer than we would've liked.
We were walking home one day and heard some noise coming from a trashcan. I thought nothing of it and then right before we got to the trashcan a fat rat darted right out of there and ran right in between my legs! But there was another in the can so my companion pulled out his phone and started recording and finally the other rat scampered out of the can and we got it on video! Love the rats!
2. Two fights almost broke out on the bus this week! The first one was super early in the morning at like 7:30am, so I don't know why they were so feisty, but it could've been really bad. Good thing it was the stop for one of them, because they were going to throw hands on the bus.
The second one was a wheelchair getting on a bus and so they had to clear one front section and so people were moving and it was an already crowded bus, but there was one mom who was sitting on the other side with her baby and her stroller, and she couldn't move. But one guy was heckling her for not moving. But the wheelchair got on the bus and all was good, but the guy was was still heckling the mom. And then he said something and they whole bus went, "Oooooo!" And then the mom stood up and took her earrings off and was literally going to punch him. But the bus driver stopped the bus and told the man that it was his stop. So the man was being a jerk and was slowly making his way off and was standing by the edge not getting off, so another guy came from behind and literally shoved him off the bus! The man went flying! #ilovemarylandbuses
3. We were walking to a lesson and this lady comes out of nowhere booking it shouting, "Hey white pilgrims how's it going!" She then walked with us to our next appointment talking faster than an auctioneer. And talking about whatever came from her mind. I don't know what kind of drug she took, but she's an example of why I say no to drugs. But it made me laugh so hard!
This week has been flying by, but it has been such a blast. It's crazy that we only have one more full week of this transfer and we find out transfer boards this Saturday night! We're praying for a fourth in Baltimore!
Elder Jorgensen
Pics:
1. Watch out big time rush. There's a new boy band in town. The B'more Boys
2. Best bumper sticker ever!
3. Forks up
