Miracles Happening in Pittsboro!

This week has been a little rough, but amazing all at the same time!

 

Miracle #1: I guess the first miracle is that I'm not getting transferred and neither is Sister Hunt! 3 straight transfers of no change! So excited!

Miracle #2: Last Monday after emailing and running errands Sister Hunt and I finally went and got our hair cut. The interesting note about his is that we have been wanting to do this for about a month now. We have been saying every week that we were going to get our hair cut, but it has just never happened for one reason or another. We finally had a day that we could do it. So we went to a Great Clips that we randomly (or inspirationaly) spotted while driving to an appointment a few days before. While we were paying after getting our hair cut, there was a man, Josh, standing behind us. Before we left he asked us what church we went to because he had heard us talking about it and he saw Jesus Christ on our name tags. We talked to him for a few minutes and we gave him a mormon.org card with our number on it and he gave us a business card so we could text each other and send him the address to the church building.
 

Miracle #3: Tuesday we had an appointment with Sarah at Sister Butler's home. It was really good for both of them. We talked about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Spirit was there and we were able to invite her to be baptized and we settled on March 1st. Sarah is getting baptized in a few weeks! We are all so excited and she is so ready!
 

Wednesday we had a Zone meeting and it was so good! The missionaries here really are amazing. I love learning from everyone! There are a lot of changes this transfer to our Zone, The Durham Zone, and many will be missed.

 

Miracle #4: On Friday we had exchanges and I went up to Chapel Hill with Sister Merrill and we had a really great time! We taught a lot of lessons and I definitely learned how to rely on the Spirit because I knew nothing about the people we were seeing, but was still able to help them in one way or another. This gospel is true! And it can help anyone and everyone no matter what!

 

Saturday we had a few good visits and lessons as well. But the biggest miracle happened just yesterday.

Miracle #5: Sunday we got a text from Josh telling us he was coming to church but might be a little late because it was going to take longer to get there than he thought. He showed up right before the sacrament started. And Sarah also came to church. Sacrament Meeting was perfect for their needs! It is amazing how speakers can be inspired to speak for someone they don't even know or who they didn't even know would be there for the first time. It was just all perfect. The Branch we are in is amazing too! Everyone was talking to Sarah and Josh and inviting them to different things. Sarah is so happy every time she tells someone that she is getting baptized. We had our dinner appointment, the Spencer family, invite Josh over to their home for dinner as well and he came! We had an amazing lesson with him about the Restoration and his beliefs and experiences. Josh has been so prepared for this gospel and he already has amazing faith and the greatest amount of love for our Savior. Now for the sad part... we found out he doesn't quite live in our area. We will be turning him over to the Elders in Chapel Hill soon, but luckily with facebook we can keep in touch and everything. And we will be able to go to his baptism, because I know he'll get baptized.
 

That about sums up my week. I have really found myself this week and relighted my desire to be here and to do this amazing work and help people come unto Christ. I know I'm here for a reason and I love it! I love all these people! I love our Savior Jesus Christ! The Atonement WORKS! It is REAL! He knows everything we are going through and how to help us and make us even better than before.
 

Have a great week my wonderful family! And Happy Valentine's Day this week!

Love,
 

Your smiling missionary,

Sister Shurtz