This has been a great week full of more miracles here in Elkins. We took one of our investigators, Joyce, on a tour of the church on Friday and it was probably one of the most spiritual experiences I've had on my mission. We have been teaching her for a couple months now and she's really scared of new experiences and meeting new people and so we decided that if we showed her around the church before Sunday that it would help her get used to it. So we took her into the chapel and just ended up talking to her for awhile in there and she opened up about praying and asking God if this Church is where she needed to be and how she hadn't received her answer yet. We felt impressed to promise her that if she prayed right there right then that she would get her answer. And so she did...and we sat there for a couple minutes in silence after she said asked God again for an answer. Then we went to the back of the Chapel and showed her the baptismal font and Sister Mikesell started to ask her a question but she only got to "If you..." And Joyce said, "Yes! I will get baptized." It was such an amazing experience and when we were done showing her around we asked her if she received her answer from God. She told us that when she was standing at the back of the Chapel she got a chill down her spine, the same one she got when Bro Reams gave her a blessing a few weeks before, and she knew that it was God telling her that this was where she needed to be. I know that God answered her prayer that day in a way that she would understand and that this Church is truly where she belongs. I'm so excited for her and her journey back to Heavenly Father.
Us and the Buckhannon Sisters at the Philippi Chapel
On Saturday we went on Exchanges with the Bridgeport Sisters again. I was with Sister Anderson this time and we had a great time in Grafton, WV. Fun fact, she grew up by Everett, WA:) Pictures of the exchange to come next week. On Sunday we had another miracle. After sacrament meeting we were looking around and saw someone we had never met before and so we went over and introduced ourselves. She told us that one of her friends recommended our church to her so she came to see what it was like! She is sooo cool. We sat by her in Sunday School and Relief Society and she participated and fit right in! She told us that she should have come sooner! The ward did a great job welcoming her and she said that she'll be back next week. We got her phone number and hopefully we will start teaching her soon! The only problem is that she is moving to Virginia soon so we don't know how long she will be in Elkins.
One of Joyce's cats, Thomas.
FYI: Our mission office address that you can send mail to changed. It is now 839 Chestnut St. South Charleston, WV 25309 :)
Can't wait for another week here in Elkins! President told us in interviews last week that either Sister Mikesell or myself will be leaving after this transfer, probably me because I've been here the longest, so we're making this last bit of time together count! Today I hit 7-months out on my mission. I can't believe that I've already been out that long. A couple more months and I'll be halfway which is a scary thought! It's cool to see how much I've already done though and to be able to do so much more with the help of the Lord in these next 11 months!
Love you all and have a great week!
Sister de la Cruz
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