Hello hello all!
To begin, MIRACLE STORYTIME!
Saturday night I was inviting basically everyone to like the new Idaho Pocatello Mission facebook page. I was basically just going through and inviting everyone that isn't serving here with me as a missionary. So if you got an invite, that's why, and if you haven't expect one soon. I got to about the J's and a guy from High School responded to my invite to like the page by messaging the page and asking "what is this?"
Now I really didn't know this guy well. I went to high school and knew him enough to be facebook friends, but we never talked much. Like I'm not sure we actually ever talked at all. I messaged him on messenger though and gave a quick explanation of what the page was and why I was inviting people to like it.
The conversation quickly went to religion, and he told me he recently moved to Arizona and was actually looking for a church to go to on his day off- Sunday. He expressed that he's felt very alone since his move and that it's been hard meeting people and finding his way around because he knows no one there, besides his co-workers. I took the opportunity to invite him to church Sunday, (this was all Saturday evening) and he agreed!
He sent me his address, and I found the nearest ysa ward for him to attend. Then later Sunday morning he even messaged me about what he should wear! I contacted the bishop to let him know he would be coming, and sent a referral to the missionaries. Long story short, he went to church Sunday, stayed all 3 hours, went to the ward's break the fast, and is planning to meet with missionaries this Saturday.
So basically, facebook is definitely a tool God has given us to use as missionaries. I think I doubted it's uses before, but Heavenly Father has a purpose for it. That was probably the most miraculous thing that happened this week, just because it was so incredibly unexpected. I never would have thought that would come from inviting someone to like a facebook page.
In other news, Michael dropped us again this week. We were expecting it though if I'm honest. It was pretty heartbreaking, but our last lesson he was incredibly arrogant and so quick to challenge us on everything. He brought up all these issues and talked for like 15 minutes on random side tangents each time he spoke. It felt like he came with the idea that he didn't want to give up some things he knew he needed too, and was there to justify why and show us why he was in the right. It was pretty draining to be in that lesson honestly. He responded to a message we sent on Sunday and politely told us he wasn't interested anymore. Maybe someday, but it didn't feel like I could do anything more for him.
Ending on a better note, we got to teach Fernando again!! He is such an awesome guy! He's really ready to listen to us and think about what we've taught him. He is from Dubois, where all the fires were happening. So he's been crazy busy the last week, running back and forth from Pocatello to Dubois to help with the fires & clean up. His family is all right though, their house was close to a fire, but didn't burn. I'm excited to continue teaching him though, he's pretty sensitive to the spirit.
We also got to participate in a Youth Conference with our Mission President. He asked Sister Wilson and I to come do a musical number. We sang "Brightly Beams Our Father's Mercy". I don't have a recording of it yet, but we'll do it again and I'll make sure to record it for y'all(:
I hope you all had a fantastic week! I love you all, I hope you're looking for the miracles Heavenly Father is working in your lives!
Love ya,
Sister Jensen
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