Well today is a beautiful day! Four days this week we've been above 0 C! The sun feels amazing and helps with missionary work. Lots more people are out and about. It's such an amazing place out here.
It's tremendous how often things can eb and flow.
Last week we were driving home from a meeting and planned to go home and pack. Suddenly while we was driving we had a distinct thought about one of the potential investegators we had never met. Her name is Aminata so I knew I didn't come up with the name in my head on my own. We would shortly be home and her house was a 5 minute detour but we decided to go and see her.
We knocked on the door once and no answer came. Knowing we felt impressed to go to so we knocked once more, this time a little louder.
We heard a frightened voice on the other side of the door say "Who is it?!" We replied "The Missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ." She hesitated, asked again, and we replied the same way. She opened the door and invited us in.
She was on the telephone but there stood Aminata. We discussed religion with her briefly and she told us she was Muslim but also a little christian.
We bore testimony of the Book of Mormon and gave her a free copy. She told us she and her son would be willing to meet with us the following Sunday.
We returned and taught them. Near the end I felt impressed to extend a baptism committment. Aminata replied "I would like to set that goal to be baptized."
My heart jumped! What a tremendous miracle. I have lately been working to follow the spirit more fully and this experience was a testament to me that we were following the promptings from a higher source.
Since that meeting she has informed us that her husband who is in London told her not to believe the book. She replied to him "you don't know anything about the book of mormon!" Their verdict in discussing it was that when he comes here they will learn together.
Though the date for baptism will not work I have faith that they will accept the gospel at a future day!
I love the joy I feel when we see miracles like this!
I miss you all very much and apologize that once again there are no pictures but maybe I will just have to buy an SD card reader.
I love you!
Elder McCarty
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