Good News! We got Transfer Calls this past Saturday and Sister Robison's staying for another transfer!! Whoo! And, today makes my 2 month mark for being out on a mission! Not very long, I know, but still exciting! We are saying goodbye to one of my dear, beautiful, and awesome STL's though. Sister Drummond's leaving Tupelo. She gave me her mermaid sweater as a departing gift. I love it.
A lot of really cool things happened this past week! I tried grits (hence, one of the reasons for the title) They were pretty good.
But, that's not the cool part! First story: We were out tracting a while back and met a lady named Mitzy. Well, a few days later we get a referral for a guy named Mike Walden saying he wanted a Book of Mormon. We go to the address and realize it's Mitzy's house and Mike is her husband! We meet him, sit down to give a lesson and he tells us all about how he had searched for Joseph Smith on the internet and found all of his information on LDS.org. This amazing man knows Joseph Smith to a T! He started watching the Joseph Smith movie and was so impressed that he requested for a Book of Mormon. What's so crazy is that when we had first met Mitzy we'd asked if her husband would like to join. She'd gone to the back room to ask and came back saying that he was watching the news. Meeting him he told us that he actually hadn't been watching the news, but listening to our lesson and reading the Book of Mormon online. When we gave him an actual copy his face lit up. We visited him again this past week and asked him if he'd had a chance to read any of it and he told us that he'd read the first three chapters and thought it was awesome! Miracle!!!
Second story: We were tracting on this back woods kind of area called Tschudi Rd. and saw this cute little green house. The lady that lived there is named Becky, she let us, we got to know her and Sister Robison and I invited her to be baptized. She grew up Baptist but has been attending the Pentecostal church down the road from her house for 2 years. She said that she enjoys the beliefs in God that they share, but a lot of things don't make sense to her like speaking in tongues and how they shout. So, we provided the information of the restored gospel of our Savior, Jesus Christ, to her and told her that we have a different way to receive the Holy Ghost and how wonderful this gospel is and that it will bless her life. She was really touched and expressed that desire to find her purpose here on earth and grow closer to her Heavenly Father. We showed her the movie 'Finding Faith in Christ' and it put us all in tears. I am so excited to keep teaching her and Mike and Mitzy!
Now, after having such an amazing week and finding out that Sis. Robison is staying, the Adversary has been really working on the both of us. He's been trying to get us down and feeling like we aren't good missionaries, inadequacy etc. This weekend I've missed my family more than anything, I made several mistakes and had to learn some hard lessons. So, of course the devil's gonna try to get me down!! But, as real as the adversary is so is my Heavenly Father, and He will pull me through anything! I've been telling Lucifer to Kiss my grits! "Get thee hence Satan!" He has no power over me! I'm a daughter of the Almighty God, and He's called me to the work! The same goes for all of you. Satan's going to try and stop you from being successful because he knows what you are capable of in furthering the work of our Heavenly Father in bringing His children back on the path of righteousness. Of course he doesn't want that! He wants us all to be miserable and to suffer and burn in hell like he will. Tell him to leave you alone! The Lord will give you strength in all things. I can testify of that.
I love you all, and I mean that. Individually. You are all such amazing examples to me. I hope your week is fantastic and that you stay strong in the Spirit of the Lord. With Christ all things are possible. And I leave that with you in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Love, Sister Michaela Mason
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