Staying in Bedford

Hello everyone-


So Sister Page and I did not get a transfer call... we will be together for at least another 6 weeks! I'm happy that we didn't get a call....

So this week was interesting. Tuesday we got a new investigator!!!!!!! Yay!!!! He is an older man, lonely, sad, and depressed. We tracted into him two weeks earlier, and gave him a plan of salvation pamphlet. We asked if we could come back and see if he had read it. So we went back last Tuesday. He was excited to see us... but still sad and depressed. Background on him.... 5-6 years ago, he got hit by a car on his front lawn. Because of it, he was unconscious for 2 months. His body doesn't function like it used to, and he can't do ANYTHING that he enjoyed doing before. He lives alone, and is really bitter about the whole thing. He believes there is something up there, he hopes there is, but he doesn't know. He is really negative too. The first time we met him, we talked to him for like 45 min. It was a good talk, but he didn't seem to listen to anything we told him. This time was sort of different. When we walked up, he was happy to see us like I said. He told us we had been looking up and down his road, hoping we would come back. He had read the pamphlet, but didn't remember what it said. We talked to him more about forgiveness, the Atonement, baptism, and a fresh, new, happy start that the gospel can and WILL bring him if he accepts. He then said, "You can come back next week, we can go inside and talk." We set up a time, and told him we would bring a member with us. He was fine with that. It was amazing to see the change that has already occurred in him, just in the 2 short visits we have had with him. We are SO excited!!!

Wednesday we had another miracle with a less active (inactive) family. They AP's had met them a couple weeks earlier, and she said she wanted all 4 of us missionaries over for dinner. We went over, and it was fun. We got to know her some, and then the Elders taught a wonderful lesson on faith and trials. Then she asked for a priesthood blessing. She said that she hadn't asked for one since her had her first son, 18 years ago. It was so amazing. They spirit was strong. The Elder who gave the blessing told us the next day at district meeting, that that was the first time that he had given a blessing, where the words just came to his mind. That they weren't his words. Ah, the spirit was so strong there!!!!! She asked us (S. Page and I) to come back on a weekly basis!! That was really cool!

Friday afternoon-Saturday night I was on an exchange in Derry, NH. I was with S. Stradley, who is one transfer a head of me. Our greenies were together here in Bedford. It was fun, because S. Stradley had just served for 5 weeks with S. Gaggini, so we had something in common. We had a lot of fun, and we saw some miracles.

The first thing we did on Friday was stop by a potential investigator that they had. She let us in, and we talked for a little. She was really feeling the spirit, but because she isn't used to it, we think it scared her off. She said a couple times, "If I were more religious, I would totally be a Mormon. They are so happy and positive about things. I like it a lot." That was really cool. We were able to answer a lot of questions for her. We had a couple of other good stop Yb's and visits. I also got to paint a ceiling. (I'm glad grandpa had me paint for him.... so that I sort of knew what I was doing.) :P

Saturday night was transfer calls... we didn't get one! Yay! Sister Hatch didn't get one either.... we will be together on our year mark.... YES THAT IS RIGHT, OUR YEAR MARK. It is next week!!! CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday we met a really cool mom and her 18 year old daughter. They welcomed us right in, and we taught them a little about prophets. We got their information, and they said we could come back and follow up with the pamphlet we left them. We were excited about that.

We are finally starting to see things pick up after 6 weeks of hard work!!! This next transfer is going to be exciting. Now that we are semi settled, we know how we both work, and we are seeing some miracles happen!!! Bring on the year mark, bring on the miracles!!!!

Love, Sister Rankin