Week 96: Great Scott!

We've had a great week
here in Chelmsford! It's been difficult finding

new investigators, but at the end of the week, the Lord truly blessed

us!



We had a really good zone leader exchange on Wednesday, and we saw

some miracles! Elder Jensen and I drove off to go tract a street

they'd decided on, but we typed the street name in wrong and ended up

on a street far out in the country. We thought it would be good to

tract, but we quickly found out it was a street where retired people

lived, so we decided to drive back to the original street we'd meant

to go to. As we were heading back, we realized that the car was

getting low on gas, so we pulled into a gas station to fill it up

again. As we were paying for the gas, we got talking with the cashier

and found out that he's from Romania and has a family. He's super

busy, but wants to come to church, so we exchanged phone numbers and

will call him once he's off work! The Lord works in mysterious ways! 

 We haven't seen Tina much this week since she's not feeling well, so

we're going to stay in contact and see how she's feeling later this

week.



Lisa and Scott have been doing super well! We went over to their home

on Thursday and had a great lesson with a youth from the ward named

Jack. Sometimes it was hard to control the conversation, but we were

able to do some How to Begin Teaching with them and asked what they

wanted to get from our visits. Lisa told us that she wants her son,

Scott, to be part of the Church because she knows how much it will

bless him. We set a return appointment for this Tuesday to come and to

begin to really teach him, so we're excited for that! Jack did an

amazing job fellowshipping him in that lesson! Having members present

in your lessons is SO SO good!!!


 

We also saw a recent convert, Darren, this week. He's usually pretty

hard to get a hold of, but we've started to see him more consistently.

He also came to church for the 2nd or 3rd time since I've been here,

so that was amazing! We're starting to see some progress with him, so

we're excited for him!



We had dinner with the Bigwood family on Thursday this week! I

remember going to their home a few times when I was here two years

ago! It was so cool to see how all their kids had grown up so much

since the last time I'd seen them! We shared a message based on a

video from Elder Bednar when he was in Reading, England in 2011. We

taught about how small things bring to pass big things, and we invited

them to start at the very beginning with missionary work by simply

praying for missionary opportunities. We'll be seeing them again this

week, so I'll be sure to take a picture and send it! 

 Sunday was a miraculous day! We hadn't found any new investigators up

to that point of the week, but we had 3 hours in the morning that were

open for finding, and it was a Fast Sunday, so we decided to really

stretch ourselves and set a goal to find 3 new investigators that

morning. We talked with loads of people and had some good

conversations, but our time was coming to a close and we still hadn't

found anybody. Elder Crowder told me that as we were walking, he said

a silent prayer to find a new investigator. A few seconds later, we

stopped a young mother, Rica, and had a great conversation with her.

It turns out she's a former investigator from around a year ago, and

she's interested to learn more and meet up. MIRACLE!! 

 Another reason why Sunday was miraculous was that Scott came! He was

dressed in a white shirt and tie too! Jack's family brought him to

church and sat with him. He seemed a little nervous when he first got

in, but Elder Lindsay was able to explain a few things to him before

the meeting began. It seemed like he was enjoying the testimony

meeting, and then he stood up and bore his testimony!!! It was simple

and powerful, and he even closed it in the right way too! And then we

had a dinner scheduled with Jack's family after church, and they

invited Scott to come along, and he came! We taught him about the

atonement, and he really enjoyed it! We are SOOO excited for him!!!



Hope everybody has had an amazing week! 

Love you!



Elder McOmber 



 Funnies of the Week:



When Scott was bearing his testimony, he leaned back to the bishopric

and said, "I just have a question, what are those people from America

called?"

Brother Wilson: "Uh, missionaries."















Roasted marshmallows after the Ward Missionary Fireside last night.













Fast Sunday Selfie!













The Terrific Trio!

Me

Elder Lindsay

Elder Crowder