Hello everyone! This last week has been super exciting! Last Monday we had a mission wide zoom meeting with our mission president regarding Covid restrictions being lifted. We are basically fully back to normal! We can do so much more now, than we used to, even from just a couple days ago. Say goodbye to those stupid masks that never did anything from the beginning haha. We no longer are required to wear them anywhere or in any meetings we have. Thank goodness!!! We now are allowed to tract again and do personal contacting out in the streets! THAT IS HUGE! I'm not a huge fan of knocking doors but I love to PC! (Personal Contact) Although, we have done a decent amount of tracting this last week and I can say that I have actually missed it! Haha. It has just been so nice being outside and walking down the streets and trying to talk to anyone we can! We are now allowed to have meals with members as well so that is pretty awesome. I'll definitely get to know this branch pretty well before I go home.
I had a really awesome experience this last week. It started on Tuesday, which was the first full day that we were back to normal and allowed to essentially do everything that we did before covid. So, we planned to stop by some people who had previously been taught by the missionaries before us. One house in particular that we stopped by the person that we were going there to see didn't actually live there anymore, but someone still answered the door and we asked if so and so lived there and she said no. Well, I then asked her if she would be interested in hearing a unique message about Christ and I briefly explained what we believe. She said that she would be interested to learn more and hear what we had to say. So, we set up a return appointment! Fast forward to Friday, the day we had a lesson with her. We made it to her house and her husband answered the door and he comes out and starts talking to us for a bit. We get to know him and then we asked him if he has heard of our church or anything that we believed. To my surprise he hadn't heard of our church before. Which honestly was a good thing haha, most people out here who have heard of us already have a negative connotation about what we believe. Anyway, Eden, who is the lady we met on Tuesday comes out and joins our conversation on the porch. Elder Church and I hadn't planned to teach the restoration right then and there, but the spirit prompted me strongly and that is exactly what we needed to teach them. So, that's exactly what we did. Now I have had a lot of pretty cool experiences on my mission but I think this one is in the top 5. The spirit that was present in this lesson was amazing. I felt like the words coming out of my mouth weren't my own, it was most definitely spirit led, there was things I said I usually would never say on the first lesson but I did. I can especially remember when we taught the first vision, Eden told us that she got the goose bumps and actually started tearing up. She also mentioned to us after we explained the Book of Mormon that she always was curious about the people in the America's during when Jesus was around if God had just abandoned them. She told us that this answered her question right then and there and told us that she is very interested and will read the Book of Mormon.
It’s hard to really put into words to explain how cool of an experience it was. The reason I tell this story is to paint the picture that we need to have the spirit with us at all times. If I didn't have the spirit with me that day I would not have been able to teach them what I did. I have noticed a tremendous difference in my life when I have the companionship of the spirit. I invite you all to find ways to invite the spirit into your lives more frequently. I know it sure has blessed me!
I hope you all have a wonderful week!
SENT IT FOR THE LORD
ELDER HILBURN
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