Thursday, February 26, 2009

It is so cool how the Lord directs us

My new address is 7311 e southern ave mesa az 85208 and it is 6 miles down the street from my last apartment. They just split the area so I’m only covering 3 wards one building now so its really nice. Everything is going really good here this has been my best transfer in the mission. my comp is Canadian been out 13 months and is district leader and way cool. We have been working really hard and having lots of fun. he kind of reminds me of Daniel Jones so its awesome. But yesterday was probably the best day ever. We taught a bunch of lesson to members and got our ward mission leaders fired up and got a bunch of referrals so that was sweet. Then we talked with a lady who has a daughter who needs to be baptized and she has been too scared to meet with the missionaries and we are in the process of setting up lessons and she wants to get baptized in march so that’s awesome. Then we had a lesson with the Bullocks an elderly couple. He’s a member, she's not and they want to get sealed but have some problems with tithing and she wont pray but he finally set up a appt. to meet with the bishop and she is moving forward so they are steppin it up. Now here is the cool part: so it’s a way busy day we didn’t have time to go to dinner so we got out of our lesson with the bullocks at 8:30 and were riding home and we were just going to eat and call it a night but we decided to turn down a neighborhood and see if we could talk to some people and the first dude we saw was in his front lawn with his dogs he was a nice guy and then his wife pulled up and started freaking out. She asked us if her sis sent us there and we said no and she called her sister up and told her what had happened, cuz they were just together and they discussed how she needed a blessing to stop smoking, and we were there! so that was awesome. she is a member the man she has been living with for a long time has been looking for a church and reading the bible and praying a lot and had come to the conclusion that they needed to be Mormons and they need to get married and get financially organized and stuff so we said we could help them with everything and get things going. We gave her a really good blessing and are meeting with them this weekend, so that was awesome. its so cool how the Lord directs us. but anyways we are pushed for time once again so i love you guys so much, keep doing good, love you
elder knaphus

3 comments:

Julie said...

Great story! Isn't it great to share in the spiritual experiences that these guys are having. I love and miss them.

Mandy said...

stories like that make me so happy. good job posting mom! and i love the pictures and want to see more of them

Brad Neff said...

Directing us is only half the story. Britton being ready and willing to follow the spirit is the other half. Aren't missions fabulous?!