Hello Everybody!
Sorry I've been M.I.A. for a few weeks... Last Monday, everyone who is leaving within the next 6 months got to attend a trip down to Virginia to the Arlington Cemetery. What a special experience. It is right outside of our mission, so it was really special to be at the Arlington Home which overlooks DC! I'm seriously in the coolest mission you guys. Anyways, life has been pretty crazy lately. Sister Spendlove and I have been working so hard and seeing so many miracles. I feel like I don't often talk about the people we meet or the little experiences we have so I'm going to tell you about just a few! - Two weeks ago, we were walking back to our apartment for lunch when we saw a dog that was being walked right in front of us limping badly. Me and my little animal heart broke in half, so we started trying to contact the lady to see if her dog was ok. Naturally, she spoke not one lick of English, but when we looked down, the dog had laid down and his paw was in a pool of blood! We realized he was limping because his paw was cut so deeply.... I could not bear to leave the little doggy because the owner was trying to make him keep walking. So, I offered to carry him.... lol! He was a huge lab that had to have weighed at least 90 lbs., so, Sister Spendlove and I picked him right up and switched off every flight of stairs (because of course she lived all the way on the fifth floor). The poor pup just laid on us like a little baby because he was in so much pain :( But we got him home safely, fixed him up and managed to get the lady to check out mormon.org! I've never felt like such a missionary, ha ha! - Bob is one of our investigators we have been working with for a while now. He is from China and seriously so awesome. He is reading the Book of Mormon and the Gospel Principles book every day! He came with us to the Visitors Center yesterday for “Why I Believe,” and loved it. He has had a hard time committing to a date to be baptized because he "just doesn't feel good enough." So, we had a little lesson yesterday showing him his worth and how Christ expects everything BUT perfection out of us when joining the Church. I shared with him Moroni 8:8 "Behold, I came into the world not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance; the whole need no physician, but they that are sick." I love that verse. The healthy are not the ones who go to the Doctor asking for help; those who are in pain, who are sick, broken and weighed down are the ones that go. Christ, and His Gospel, are the ultimate source of healing. He is the most qualified Doctor. He knows exactly how to heal us, and that's exactly why He asks us to come. Come with your broken heart and your contrite spirit. Come with your imperfections. - Now for our miracle baby: John! I could write for hours about how miraculous John has been in my life. Wayyyy back in the day, I was welcoming people into sacrament in the White Oak Chapel. While standing there, a boy walks in wearing all black, chains around his waist, gages in his ears, piercings on his lip and a tattoo on his face. I will never forget the moment I saw him; I felt so much Christ like love for him. He came up to me and said, "Hey! Some missionaries met me at work the other day and told me I should go to church. Am I at the right place?" The biggest smile came across my face, but was quickly turned upside down when I found out that he was on the West side and would be working with the other sisters. Well, he ended up disappearing, and 8 months later here in GYSA we get a referral from the White Oak sisters saying, "we found this guy in our phone. He sounds YSA, you should call him!" So, we did. You will never guess who I saw sitting in McDonalds waiting to meet this referral.... you guess right, it was John. The moment I saw him again and it clicked, my heart wanted to burst. We have been working with him now for over a month. He is the most progressing investigator I have ever had on my mission. I say that because he has changed his life, so truly and so dramatically, for the Gospel. He wants this more than anyone I have ever seen. He always tells us that he is going to cannon ball into the baptismal font, ha ha! He is preparing to be baptized on the 27th of this month, and I could not begin to express my excitement and love for that day. John, if anything, was meant to change MY life. I always knew that the Gospel changed lives, and I had seen it..... but not quite to the extent missionaries imagine. He texted us the other night and said, "thank you." we replied, what for? And he said, "Everything." My heart could burst at how true I know this Gospel is. It quite literally changes lives, in every aspect of the word. It fills hearts that have been empty and torn beyond measure. I am so eternally grateful for the opportunity to witness so many miracles, so many sacred events that change other’s lives; especially with how much it has changed mine. Love you all dearly! Prepare for an overload of pics next week... we will be going to the city! XOXO, Sister Montgomery
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