November 10th, 2014

Dear All,

On Tuesday we had a RM (return missionary) Sister shadow us for the day. She works at the
MTC as an instructor to the new missionaries! She
told us she was observing how what they teach in the MTC helps us for
the mission field. I thought this was a perfect match for such an
observance because of my companion who still remembers well everything
she was taught and then there is me- that I am not so fresh ;P She just
observed and contributed to lesson as we asked her to. I saw God
blessing ME because throughout this otherwise somewhat intimidating
experience I was not overly concerned with how our day would go or
how it went. We were also blessed to have one of the most productive
evenings this week! I know that God is aware of those things that
bother us and He shows His love for us by helping us in the best way
possible!

That same day we stopped by a less active YSA named Jon and his three
other brothers apartment.  We hadn't heard much from them recently. Only
Jon and his active Brother Josh were home, the other two were at work.
We visit briefly and shared a scripture and our testimony about the
importance of scripture study and prayer, both acts of faith Jon is
struggling with. We schedule a time to meet again and left with a
prayer. As we walked out and on to our next destination I pondered on
this experience and with wonder recognized how much more open this
young man was to accept our invitation to read and pray. My heart
turned to thanks to God! His influence is working in this young mans
life and WILL change his life for the better if he lets it be so. I
have seen this many times throughout my mission, and I am amazed and
grateful every time! Allowing God into our lives changes our lives! I
know this is true!

We have for some time been trying to have a lesson with this sister
named Amber and her three wonderful daughters, whom we had been told
were not members. This past week we learned where her father and step
mother lived and went over to their home to ask if they knew if
she was even interested. He encouraged us to keep trying and told us
his daughter was a member, just less active. He told us he had talked
to his granddaughters about the missionaries and every Sunday he takes
them to church. They are growing to love going to church and have many
questions. He said it is prime time to set something up with them.
We are excited and still haven't been able to schedule anything
because of their busy schedules but we are not deterred.  From the
brief interactions we have had with Amber's daughters, who are the
ones who always answer the door, we have grown to love them and know
that when the time is right God will help it all work together, as He
always does!

We had a lesson with Arthur, one of our investigators, where we
discussed his reading from the book of Moroni this past week. He told
us he had just skimmed the surface in order to have completed the book
by the time we had our appointment and planned to dive more into it
for further study. We asked him about his impression of it so far. He
told us he has found it all 'scriptural' and nothing he has found goes
against the Bible. We discussed particular verses and the doctrine
from certain chapters he had questions about. We inquired whether he
had prayed about what he read and he said he had but had received no
answer thus far. We asked him about his expectations of an answer and
he described what we had talked about with the spirit being a small
voice, thought or impression and one that gives feelings of peace and
happiness. Through the whole thing we were happy to see he IS
sincerely inquiring and studying. We know he will receive his answer
because he has prepared himself and is pressing forward despite not
receiving an answer yet. He has great faith in Christ and the Bible
and is willing to exercise greater faith in asking God for himself if
the Book of Mormon is TRUELY the word of God. We are privileged to be
able to teach Arthur.

God is good!
Sister Sarah Meldrom