Goats..?

Hello Friends and Fam!

 

The miracles continue on here in Mountain Grove!  This place is incredible. The work is moving forward!

Monday : a goat jumped on our car.

Update on Vicky!  SHE IS SO PREPARED.  She is a miracle. She is exactly what Sister Merrill and I needed.  We had a lesson with her and the whole time the spirit was so strong it was unreal.  We walked in and didn't have much time.  We asked how her Book of Mormon reading was going, she had read all the way through 1 nephi since a week ago! We asked her if she noticed a difference in her life since reading it.  She told us her desire to smoke is leaving, and she isn't smoking as much now. Miracle #1.  Then we started teaching her the Restoration of the Gospel.  The lesson went well and she said she agreed.  We were out of time, and we had been praying about a date for baptism for her.  We were not leaving without asking.  So we told her that and she got this crazy look on her face and it scared us.  She said, "I had a dream about the 21 of February.  I had a dream that i had to go to church but then i looked at the calendar and saw it was a Saturday and i was really confused.  Now i know why i need to be there.  I need to get baptized that day. MIRACLE #2.  Then somehow it got brought up that she wasn't really married to Kennith and that she had to get divorced from a different man first.  We asked her if she thought it would be a problem, and she said, "I will go to the lawyer tomorrow and get the papers." MIRACLE #3.  Then we asked kennith if he would be willing to get married.  He told us that he has wanted to marry her forever. MIRACLE #4.  Then she got a blessing to help her stop smoking.  Most powerful blessing ever.  In it she was promised that she would join the church and bring the gospel to her whole family and she would be an incredibly powerful missionary. It was unreal. 

 

The next day, we called and asked and she got all the divorce papers done and she told us her mom is interested in the church. The blessing is already coming true.  I am in the middle of a miracle and i cannot believe how touching it is.  I know that it is no coincidence that i am here at this time.  I feel so priveledged and grateful for this opportunity to be in Mountain  Grove. 

I spoke in sacrament meeting this week on the Book of Mormon and missionary work.  They go  hand in hand. As i have been reading i have really been focusing on the Christ-like attributes that are displayed and have applied them to my missionary work.  I don't really remember the talk, but i guess it went well! (: It was terrifying.  Then all the boys sang called to serve.  It was so powerful!  It really made me ponder the importance on why i am on a mission.  Why it is important to me. And why i love the Gospel.  It was a really reflective Sunday.

This week we have been really focused on the Book of Mormon.  We have been sharing it with everyone! I know that by reading the Book of Mormon, it can change your life more than anything else.  I know that the blessings and promises contained in the Book of Mormon will come true as we seek them out and do our best to follow God's every command.  I love sharing the Book of Mormon with people.  I love following the examples i have learned from it.  Our president always tells us, "Unlike the prophets in the Book of Mormon, we are not called to die for the Gospel. We are called to live for it."  I am striving and trying my very best to live FOR the gospel.  To follow it as exactly as possible.  I love the  Book of Mormon and i love being a full time missionary.  I couldn't imagine doing anything else. 

Love you all

 

Love,

Sister Ritter

Pictures:

1) A goat on our car

2) Sister Merrill is adorbs!