Hermana Megan Stoor

This week everything was so much better. We have had several struggles throughout this change, but this week was really really good. My companion and I are starting to work together again and of course, that makes all the difference. We were able to find some really good investigators this week. Yesterday, we had a unforgettable experience for me. We were contacting in an area that we found this last week and a woman came to the window to see what we wanted. When she saw who we were, she said that she didn't have time to talk and started to turn away. We told her that we just wanted to share a pass along card with her and return another day. With the attitude that she didn't want us to come back, she said just tell me now what you are here for and stood firmly in the window. So, I started to ask her a few questions to get to know her religious background and what she really needed to hear. She shared with us that she was Catholic but didn't go to church all that often. We then asked her why she had chosen to be catholic and she shared with us her feelings about Mary. After a few more questions that we asked, she then started to share with us that she didn't attend church because she did not like the way the the Catholic father preaches. She was later able to share with us that she felt that he was not worthy of his position in the church. I was amazed by the way that the Holy Ghost guided us through inspired questions to know what very quickly what her need was and how we could share with her the Restoration of the gospel. We talked about the authority of God and how He had only commanded the people that they should listen to His apostles because they were the only ones in authority to teach. We then shared our testimonies of a current prophet of God on the earth and the look on her face changed. We mentioned to her that we knew that God had sent us to her door because she had been chosen to receive his true gospel. She shared with us that she had been feeling desirous to congregate in a church and had decided to go to an evangelical church, but something had been impeding her. She accepted to read and told us that it was because she really wanted to know. And when we told her that we wanted to go back another day she said of course you can. It was amazing. We could have just shared quickly the pass along card and left, as she didnt show interest at first, but now I see that God had been preparing her and our efforts were worth it. I am excited to work with all that I can this week and to find more of these chosen investigators. I love being a missionary. I am so so grateful for my testimony of the gospel and am so thankful for the opportunity to keep sharing it. I have to admit, I am so so so sad that my time here has almost come to end, but something I have come to understand is that my call as a missionary never ends. I love this gospel. I love my Savior and I will be his disciple forever.
Love you all so so much, and I will see you a few short days.
Hermana Stoor

We had LOTS of splits this week....my favorite...a morning split with my best friend Hermana Romero while her companion went to San Salvador. It was a great surprise!