Hello Dear Ones,
I really wanted to tell a story to you all last week but forgot to. So you know our investigator Dean, the golden, superstar. Yeah so he had this dream back at the end of February but he finally told us about it. I want to share it with you because it just shows how God knows us all individually and what our concerns are, what we need, and in which way we will best understand.
When Dean had been praying to know who Heavenly Father was he had been really concerned with who he was, or if he really heard him, or how prayers worked (like going up in bubbles etc.). But after Dean had prayed and he went to bed for the night he ended up having a dream. In his dream he was sitting there with his dad who had passed on and also Jerry McGuire (the muscian, cuz Dean is a muscian and really relates to him and looks up to him). In the dream Mr. Jerry was God. And so Dean was sitting there talking to him and asking him all sorts of questions. One of them being "How will I know this is real?" And God/Jerry gives a chuckle and says "Cuz your daughter will be wearing purple socks in the morning!"
Weird right! No! God loves Dean so much that he wanted him to know this was true. In the morning when Dean woke up and he was sitting there eating his breakfast his daughter walks out of her room. When he looked down he saw that she was wearing this big poofy purple socks! So he says to her "You are wearing purple socks!?" And she says, "Yeah, my feet got cold in the night!"
Dean knew that it was real. He was just itching to tell us and it was such a sign to him that God was listening. And I know that it is true because I know that I have had my own questions answered in very personal ways as well. God is amazing and he loves us and really speaks to us in individual ways that he knows we will each be able to understand.
Further, this week was super good. We were able to have some lessons with some really good potential investigators and last night we invited a lady named Debbie to be baptized! She has been coming to church activities a few times the past couple of months because one of her friends that she works with is a member and when we taught her the first lesson the spirit was so strong. When the invitation was extended I just knew that this is the reason I am out here! To see her and others countenance change when they hear the truth about the gospel of Christ. And the best way to put it was in Debbie's own words that she felt "enlightened!"
It also just proves how important members are to the work. Because with out her friends example and inviting her to activities we never would have been able to find her. :)
God is Great, God is Good.
Love,
Sister Beames
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