Hey Y'all
Another week down here in good ol' Peechtree City Georgia! I accidentally made the mistake of telling ya'll the wrong ward I was going to. I told you the stake instead! oops! I serve in the Flat Creek Ward. Sorry for that!
The picture above is of Sister K, Me, and our awesome friend Sister Hughes who left today on her mission to California! She has blessed so many lives, especially my companions. She will be an amazing missionary!
I have yet to have much southern food. However, our ward mission leader and his wife make us food every week, and this week we had Brunswick stew! It was AMAZING! Best stew I have had in a LONG TIME. It has like three meats in it too! Chicken, pork, and Beef I believe. How crazy is that?! I am determined to get their recipe so I can have it when I get home from my mission.
In further news, this week has been crazy! We had a great time though, going out and serving the Lord. Our first lesson with the Mr. Harvey and his family was great. His wife, although Buddhist, was very respectful and sat down with her husband while we taught our first lesson. Mr. Harvey has a strong testimony of the atonement already, which is fantastic! He said he would TRY to read the introduction to the Book of Mormon, but he seams skeptical of it. He goes to the World Changers church, and believes he has been saved. Mr. Harvey has an incredible background, though. He was a gangster at one point, but after going to Jail, he decided to turn his life around. He read the bible and was baptized in his church. You can really see how much he loves Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ in his testimony.
We love that Mr. Harvey has a strong testimony, but he also believes that he has already been saved and baptized. We asked him that if he found the BOM to be true, he would be baptized by priesthood authority and he said no. . . We have a lot of work. But I'm looking forward to seeing him baptized. One thing that my teacher taught me in the MTC is to look at every person as though they are dressed in white. I am really trying to do that, and hopefully it will work. I would love for Mr. Harvey to be baptized, he would be an amazing convert and his life would be so much better. We have another appointment with him this week, where we will teach him about the restoration. Keep the Harvey family in your prayers!
Cleo was diagnosed with Lymphoma this week. This is her third time. Please pray for her well being. She is so close to baptism. She agrees with everything we say, but has yet to pray to ask God if what the missionaries taught her was true. We think she knows it is, but is afraid to hear the affirmation, because that means a big change in her life. I really hope she prays, and that she is baptized.
Thyrus is another investigator that Sister K has been working with for a while. I met her for the first time last week. SHE NEEDS TO BE BAPTIZED!! I know that if she prays and reads the book of mormon she will be baptized. We have powerful conversations with her where the spirit is so strong. Her problem is that, even though she is 40 she acts like she is 20. She parties every weekend at least and really doesn't want to accept that she is getting older. Thyrus has gone though so much in her life too, that she feels she is not worthy to accept the Gospel. We tried to get her to come to church as well, and she didn't come, which really disappointed me. Pray that we will know how to reach out to her so that she understands her importance in the sight of God.
The rest of the week was pretty ordinary. We tracked a lot, which was fun. We also got a few referrals. We have one person, his name is Eric, who always gives us referrals. We love him so much! He as the cutest triplets ever! His testimony in the gospel of Jesus Christ is amazing, and he even served a mission. He talks about it to us all the time, and he keeps updated with church news. But there is only one challenge with Eric, he is in a gay marriage. I LOVE ERIC! But he doesn't come to church. We just don't understand him. But we go and visit him every week to talk to his nanny, Tracy. However, Tracy does not seam interested in the Gospel, which is unfortunate. Please pray for this confusing, but amazing family.
I am so grateful for being out here on a mission. I know that this is what the Lord want's us to do and he will keep us safe and guide us to those he has prepared to learn the gospel. In my studies this week, I read about the 3 Nephites for a less active with questions. It was way cool! One thing that stuck out to me was that the Nephites will be missionaries and serve with us to bring more to the gospel. in 3 Nephi 28:29 it says: "And it shall come to pass, when the Lord seeth fit in his wisdom that they shall minister unto all the scattered tribes of Israel, and unto all nations, kindreds, tongues and people, and shall bring out of them unto Jesus many souls, that their desire may be fulfilled, and also because of the convincing power of God which is in them." What an amazing promise that is! I would love to see someone who was prepared by the 3 Nephites to be baptized.
You all are amazing! Have a great week, and email me back if you wanna talk! I love reading emails!
Y'all's southern bell,
Sister Welch
PS - The Atlanta Georgia Mission has a facebook page. Check it out, there are some pictures of Becca there.
These pictures are of one of the many tree lined streets and a couple of homes in the Fayetteville area.
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"Wherefore, stand ye in holy places, and be not move until the day of the Lord cometh. For behold, it cometh quickly sayeth the Lord. Amen"
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