We had another great week here in the NEK (Northeast
Kingdom)! Tuesday night we had an incredible lesson with David and
Torre. We taught the Plan of Salvation; it was probably the best lesson
we've had with them. The spirit was very strong. We got to paint a
barn on Thursday! Bro. Cubit's uncle has a barn up the road from us and
so he asked us to come and help. It was a lot of fun! We had dinner
with Sister Goodrich who is Brother Cubits sister and a lot of the Cubit
clan came too. This branch is very family oriented. It felt like we
were at a family reunion! We had a good lesson on the Restoration with
our new investigator LeAnn that night. She is really open to learning
more about the Gospel so we are loving being able to teach her. Friday
we had a really fun experience with Illene, who is a member that lives
just down the road from us. We normally see her on Wednesdays but we
didn't have time this past week so we told her we would definitely come
and see her, we just didn't know exactly what day. A little background
on Illene. She is in her 70's and is the sweetest lady ever. She isn't
completely there mentally, but she loves the church and the
missionaries. So we walked up to their porch and she was so excited.
She was saying how she had just thought about us and was telling her son
Norman that she thought we would show up today and as she was telling
him that we walked up. That just got her so excited so after our little
lesson we asked her to say the prayer. It was one of the best and
happiest prayers I have ever heard. I wish I could have her tone of
voice in the email but you'll just have to do your best to imagine it.
She said "Thank you for the missionaries we just love them so much, they
are so nice. I was just thinking about them and WOW they just show
up. That just made my day!" That prayer brought the biggest smile to
my face. She is so sweet. Saturday we had another one of those days
where you throw your original plans out the window and follow the
spirit. We were planning on going to Island Pond like we normally do
but we felt like we needed to go to the Stevens(Craig and Geri) so this
is Dean Stevens brothers family. Craig fell off a roof on Wednesday and
crushed his heel and broke three bones in his foot. We went over to
their home and were able to help around the house and also with building
the wheelchair ramp they are putting in their home. Angela one of
their daughters who is about 5 years old and is adorable would call us
the sister mishimerries. If that doesn't melt your heart I don't know
what would! Before we went to the Stevens home we were able to see the
Cerruttis. They just moved up here from Montpelier and Gertrude had
been taking the missionary discussions while she was there. The
Sandersons knew them so they came with us to visit them. They are
really great and we are going to start teaching her. Mo, her husband is
less active but he really wants to come back to church and knows he
can't come back fully unless his wife is with him. Sunday
was incredible! The Cerruttis and Danielle came to church so that was
wonderful. We got to teach the youngest primary class and it was a lot
of fun. We had dinner with the Stevens (Dean Stevens) Don't worry this
is still confusing for me too! He had invited his friend to come with
his wife to have dinner with us and have a Gospel message, but those
plans fell through. We still had a very spiritual Gospel message along
with a wonderful dinner and got to spend time with a wonderful family! I
had a really neat experience all day on Sunday.
It's really hard for me to explain through email how I felt but I'll do
my best! All day I had this burning desire inside me to serve the Lord
and the people in this area and it filled me with joy that I can't
explain. I just felt complete happiness and joy being a missionary and
being able to serve the Lord. I know that this feeling came because of
serving the Lord, and the great thing is is that you don't have to be a
missionary to feel this way. All you have to do is sincerely pray and
serve the Lord and I can promise you that you will feel the same
happiness. My testimony of prayer has greatly increased this week. I
realized that I was just in the habit of praying...which isn't
necessarily a bad habit to have, but I realized that they were losing
sincerity. I decided to change that this week and I can't even begin to
describe the changes the have happened for me personally because I did
so. God is listening and waiting to pour His blessing upon us, all we
have to do is sincerely ask.
I love you all and hope that all is well!Sister Dixon
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