Well, I have officially finished my first transfer in DC, can you believe it? Sister Sosa and I will be staying in Fort Meade a little bit longer :) Thank heavens because we have a lot of work still to do here. We have some great progressing investigators and have seen lots of miracles the past few weeks. One of which is Keith- We found him while tracting one day and got to teach him a little on his porch and give him a Book of Mormon, however he wasn't entirely sober.... When we came back for our return appointment he had his cold one and was again, not entirely sober, so retaining information on the Restoration was a little tricky. The highlight of Keith that lesson was when he told us, "Man i'll tell you what, I lit a couple joints, got in the zone and then read from the Book of Mormon and man... it was something. I felt it here (points to his heart) and here (points to his head) I mean wow it was like I was IN the story. You gotta try it some time." Is that what one would call a 'Spiritual High'....? He told us, "I may not really know what you're teaching me, but I do know that I feel something when you're here and something tells me I need to learn more." So we called him that week to set another appointment, and told him that because our message is so important, in order for us to keep teaching he needed to be completely sober and not under the influence so that the spirit could be present with us. And miracle.... HE STAYED SOBER! He hasn't been sober for years so it was really neat that he did that for us. We have now taught him several lessons where he has remained sober and really recognized the spirit. He even called us today saying that he read out of the Book of Mormon (not on the good kush) and it helped him feel at peace and "chillaxed" as he says, after a hard week. Missions - are - MIRACLES This week I really leaned on Ether 12. As I looked back on everything that has happened over the past few weeks and the miracles I have seen/been a part of, I have witnessed just how powerful faith can be. It is because of FAITH that we receive miracles. It is because of FAITH that we receive answers to prayers. It is through FAITH that we come closer to our Heavenly Father. It is because of FAITH we are able to find ourselves and happiness, because faith is the foundation of everything. There's a reason the rewards from faith are so amazing- if faith wasn't hard, it wouldn't be worth it. One little requirement to receive EVERYTHING in return, even the knowledge of our Savior and Reedemer, yet it's one of the hardest things to gain. Strive this week to have faith, TRUE faith as you get out of bed in the morning, really put it to the test. Find that faith through which miracles and joy is found.... Ether 12:6,12,27 <3 Love, Sister Montgomery [email protected]
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