God is doing a Marvelous work and a wonder here in presque isle. We are teaching 17 people and actively teaching 14. (The 3 others would like to keep taking the lessons but work gets in the way ;-;). But as for the other 14, they are all doing so great. Especially Robert.
So last time we were teaching 13 people... which means we found 4 more people this week. That includes a young women named Grace, a women named Michaela, and Dan's wife, Vera and his sister, Danielle! We are so busy its stressful. Like planning this week and trying to figure out times to meet everyone that fits their own schedule is fun and stressful. But it's a good stress and God is helping us every single step of the way. It's kinda weird and different teaching more then finding. And it's got its pluses and minuses. I kinda miss meeting different personalities, but at the same time when teaching you learn so much about them and in each case you can see them as the lord sees them. (But with teaching it's a little easier haha)
But something I have noticed is that I need to be more bold. I have found that I develope relatively quick friendships with those we are teaching which is super good, but I found that because I don't want to lose them or offend them, I don't necessarily say that "this is the true way and your wrong or its not relevant." For example, we don't believe in rote prayers (saying the same prayer over and over again) so instead of saying that God doesn't like rote prayers, he wants to hear what is in your heart, I would beat around the bush until I finally say that that's not the way, or they infer what I'm trying to say. But no need to worry, I've learned quite a lot! It's just something I'm repenting on!
But anyway this week was nuts! At the end of p day (from 6-9).we had 3 lessons! One with Lisa, Gordon, and dan and his family! And it is so satisfying to have 3 quality lessons in 3 hours esp. When they are relatively far from one another! Then Wednesday came around and we really wanted to have dan and a few others come to the church tour (we have decided to publish a event and have a church tour every 2nd and 4th Wednesday every month at 6:30 (because then if no one comes we can digital find for a half hour and then help with mutual)) so to make sure dan would come we swung by his place to see but he couldn't his lizard was sick. And we were like, come on man! God will take care of your lizard for an hour plus your family can watch over it. Nonetheless we were disappointed and he could see that. So we went to the church to see if anyone else would come, but no one came and it was a bummer. then we remembered that trek was this week for the stake so there wasn't any mutual double bummer, so since we were close to limestone we decided to see if Nestor was around. And in short his pride is getting in the way of everything. Hes to prideful to see that God is working on him and his life and when He gives answers hes just lost. So until Nestor humbles himself, yeah. :(
But that morning we had district council in edmundston! It was pretty sweet!
The next day we get a text from dan at like 8 am asking where the church is and he found it and told us that he could feel the spirit and power of the church. And we were like yes! How long will you be in caribou we can give you a short tour! But he was on his way home by the time we asked. Turns out that he brought his lizard to the vet in caribou and decided to check out the church! So that was an awesome way to start the day! And we ended up finding one other guy who is interested, but he was sick and we didnt get his name. Nonetheless we will check up on him later! We also saw Rebekah and Brandon and they are doing great. Rebekah has had some solid questions that really dont matter, but they are fun to answer. Apparently there,s a Facebook page that has a bunch of "mormon ladys" that pretty much gossip and complain about their husbands and share warped perspectives on some scriptures that has no backup. So yeah..
Then Friday came around and man was that a busy day! The sisters in edmundston wanted the booth supplies so we where going to meet them halfway and deliver it to them, but the got in an accident and since we where only a few minutes away from Stacy's, we gave them to her to hold for them. And they are both ok! We then went to do some service for the micmac farm and they had us pick blueberries!!!!! Definitely snacked on quite a few, but not as much as elder hatch. And dont worry we got permission. We then had a dinner appointment with Jacob and got to learn about his mission experience so that was fun! We then had a lesson with Gordon and brought brother Smith with us and in the discussion learned that they might be related. So that was a cool miracle. After that lesson we skirted over to Dan's and picked up is wife vera and sister danielle! We showed them the temple tour of the rome temple and man that was so so good they absolutely loved it. Then at the end of the lesson we asked if they both wanted a Book of Mormon and they said yes!
Then on Saturday we stopped by a referral we got named Michaela (like mckayla) and delivered a bible told her that we helped people grow closer to God and set up a time to meet with her next week! We also planned exchanges for this week and that was stressful, but it's going to be so great! But no spoilers y'all will have to wait till next week.
Then Sunday was great! Brandon came to church and we picked up a new person named Grace! She came a few times before, but we asked If she would like to take the discussions and she accepted! The lesson we had with her was kinda fun but I'll get there. And then after church we had an awesome like straight awesome lesson with robert. This was the 2nd time we meet with him and man hes got so many questions and we have all the answers. So we bounced from like 10 different topics and the spirit was there so it wasn't crazy. We started with a video that relates to his background and from there went to confession, prayer, baptism, restoration, prophets, and a few others but I cant remember and he absorbed all of it. But back up a few minutes and we knocked on his door. And then again. And then again. (We called the day before to confirm) then we called him. While dialing elder hatch said a quick prayer and he walked up and opened the door. The spirit taught and as we were leaving he tells us to wait a second and "I've got to be honest with you. When you knocked the first time I heard you but something didnt want me to open it and then you knocked again and had that same feeling, but then I felt a urge to open it. And man the devils trying to stop me from meeting you."
So in connection with elder hatch's prayer. Prayers go a long ways and could be the tipping point for someone
A lot more happened, but I promised to talk about Grace's lesson. So here we go
So she is on her way to college in a few weeks, and her parents are strong practicers of another faith so we were a little spooked, but turns out they were gone but her sister and friend where there so that was cool. The first words her sister said were "so are you going to try to convert me?" And I just said no, but the holy Ghost will. I kinda wished I just winked instead, but hey. The first few minutes was ice breaking and showing her friend and sister that we aren't robots and actually have experiences and that people do get converted. Especially when it includes helping people who have struggled with suicide. That opened her eyes. But we taught the Gospel of Jesus Christ and it was pretty good.
Anyways love yall and your prayers are answered just be sure to have them!
Elder Dahl
Presque Isle, Maine
United States of America
Presque Isle, Maine
United States of America
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