Family and Friends,
What an amazing week it has been! It was even better because it was Pizza week (aka Zone Conference week). It was a lot of fun but 2 zone conferences a day for 4 days in a row takes a toll on you. But it was definitely a spiritually enlightening experience.
But we had a rocking week as well out on the streets. On Monday we had dinner with Viviana and Raul and it was a little awkward... we got there right after they had a little argument and the spirit was not there at all. It was a weird feeling, but then we had dinner and talked about the spirit and taught them the Gospel of Jesus Christ. And as soon as we started bearing testimony the spirit came in and I could just feel a difference in the room. The spirit is amazing.
We also had some really good exchanges this week. We were able to go back out to Hagerstown and do an exchange with them. We went out to a knocked a trailer park (those are the best, really fun people) and we had a super successful night. Then at 9:02pm we were heading out and we saw a man chilling in his house without his shirt on, so we had a green light to go and knock it. And as we knocked it this girl opened it up (who also wasn't wearing it shirt) and she gasped and slammed the door shut. Then she came back with a shirt on and the dude came around with a shirt on too and said, "We have shirts on now, come in." So they just let us right in and we sat down and had a really good lesson with them. Just a miracle knock
We also had a one of the most spiritual lessons I've had in my mission. Our instruction in zone Conference was on how to invite and point out the spirit to help our friends have a greater desire to come unto Christ through baptism. And it really works and changes people. On Saturday we were out knocking doors and we got a text saying that someone wanted to talk with us. So we called her up and she talked about how she felt different when missionaries prayed with her and she has been trying to chase that feeling. So we set up a lesson for that night at 8. And then at 7:45 it started pouring, and the lady cancelled the lesson. So we decided to rip her a call and we pulled off into just the grossest stairwell ever to teach the lesson. There was like hair all over the place, spiders everywhere, and mold upon mold. But we gave her a call and started talking about the love God has for her and she expressed how she didn't feel worthy of His love. We read some scriptures and then asked her how she felt and she said she had joy and peace and had the feeling she was searching for. We told her that was the spirit and that he teaches the truth, and then we asked her what God was trying to tell her at right then, then she broke down crying over the phone and said, "that he wants me to return to Him." And then spirit then came in super strong. So testimony gained, the spirit can be felt at anytime and in any place. It can be felt over the phone in an atrocious stairwell.
There is joy in the Gospel, there is Joy in Christ. Come unto him and experience it
Elder Jorgensen
