Well Friends and Family what a wonderful week it was! I truly do love my mission and I love being on the front lines in the Lord's battalion with the opportunity to see miracles every da1y! Because this was one of those weeks where everyday there was a big miracle!
Wednesday-Hanover:
We went to a little town called Hanover, PA where the stereotype is that everyone is catholic or gay, and it was true. But we still were able to see some big miracles, one of them was right after we taught a lesson. We were walking to our car and I heard some Spanish music playing out of a car, so of course I B-line it over to the car and start talking to this guy. Then another guy pulled up and got out and started talking to us as well, and he tells us that he is talking to one of our friends on Facebook, and it turns out to be he is talking with Elder Bethers. But Elder Bethers is covering an entire Stake for Spanish right now, so he lives like 30 mins away from Hanover. But what was cool is that we were able to give him a Book of Mormon and tell him that Elder Bethers will talk to him more about this! Just placed in our path!
Thursday-Lancaster:
I got to visit my good ole friend Allan! If you remember him, he was the youth that I taught everyday when I served in Lancaster. But we stopped by and oh man it was a good lesson. We taught him the Doctrine of Christ, and told him by not being baptized there was no way for him to make it back to God. Then we talked a little more and he was getting more and more excited, and then he looked down at his phone and said, "How does August 1st sound for a baptism?" We both looked at him and said, YES!!!!!!!!!!!!
Friday-Lititz:
This was a fun exchange, because I got to take a missionary who has never worked outside before and teach him how to knock doors/street contact. And it was a blast.... after the first door. We didn't even get to the first door and the lady answered and said, "NOT RIGHT NOW!" And then proceeded to slam the door. I then turned to my companion and said Welcome to the mission! But we didn't let a little rejection get us down and we went and knocked on another door and no one answered, but there was a man working outside across the street so we went and talked to him. Turns out he wasn't interested at all and kind of hates the church, but we still asked him for a referral, and he just pointed at a random door and said, "Have you knocked that one yet?" The answer was no and so we went! And it was literally a miracle! Her name was Tina and she completely opened up and said that she was wanting to grow closer to God, because she didn't know her purpose in life. So we taught her a little and invited her to pray and they are going back soon! Asking for referrals work!!!!
Saturday-Baltimore:
We were able to do a Spanish exchange and oh man, it was so much fun! I have definitely missed the Spanish work, so I enjoyed it all I could for that day! But we got back to the apartment at like 8:58pm due to just a massive rainstorm that came out of nowhere. But I felt like the night wasn't done yet, so we started calling random people on Facebook, (they had accepted our friend request, but we have never talked with them, but we just call them off of messenger, really random and awkward right?) but this lady named Melissa answers, and it was exactly what she needed. We offered to say a prayer with her and she told us how she was going through a custody battle and needed God's comfort. So we prayed and then after, she was like "How did you get my number?" We told her we didn't actually have her number, but instead we just called over messenger, and she told us thank you so much. And then she proceeded to cry and tell us that it was her first weekend without her kids, and how she was so grateful that God reached out and touched her heart through us. She then asked us if we could call in a couple of days and pray again and share some scriptures! Straight miracles from being diligent and not ending the night early!
Now onto the title of the email. For the first time in my life I got pulled over.....
Nothing bad happened. He just told me that my back lights weren't on, which is strange because I haven't touched the lights in a long time, just left them on automatic. But now I can't say Never Have I Ever been pulled over by a cop :(
Keep going strong and remember to stay Christ Centered
Elder Jorgensen
