I love you all so dearly! Thank you for all of your support and
love. Missionaries tremendously feel it that is for sure. Missionary
work is going great! We are knocking doors, teaching investigators and
sharing our testimonies! There truly is no greater work than this.
This week I would like to share with you all my thoughts from this
week. Elder Rasband in General Conference talked about following
spiritual promptings and this week we saw one of those spiritual
promptings.
This week we had an experience where we had a lot of people and
places to go. It was Sunday after church and as the events of the day rolled out, we noticed that a lot of them were falling through. I
remember in our planning session during the morning, the last person we
had put on our list was a potential to try to visit. We had attempted
to go by a couple times before with no success, and this was going to be
our last time trying her for a while. We knocked and Deisy, the
potential, answered the door. I was pretty excited and glad that she
answered! First cause she has my moms name, she just spells it differently, and secondly, she was home! We were able to talk to her
and then set up a return appointment. Where she lives, is a neighborhood
where the majority of the people are African American. So we didn't think
that we were going to find many people there. Though, we thought we
should ask Deisy if she knew if any of her neighbors spoke Spanish. At
first she said no, but then remembered that there were two across the
street in a little hidden neighborhood. We were pretty excited so we
went to go try them! Long story short, we talked with a lady named Marta
who is from Honduras, which by the way is my favorite country behind
the united states. HAHA And we talked with her for about 30 minutes and
set up a return apt. That may be pretty normal for most missionaries,
and it should be. Thought for us, on this Sunday, Marta was the end of
many spiritual promptings starting during planning, talking with Deisy,
asking for referrals and doing what missionaries should do. I wouldn't say
I receive many HUGE spiritual promptings, though I know that the spirit
guides us with thoughts and feelings throughout the day and if they are
uplifting and good, they are of the spirit and we should follow them
"for we know not what lies in our path."
I am grateful for the constant blessings that I receive daily as
well as the opportunity I have to share my testimony with everyone!
Again, thank you so much for all of your prayers and thoughts! Happy Easter to all of you! And ill send you all my love from the great city
of Tallahassee :)
Elder Stonely
