October 12, 2015

Hello again! Another week has flown by. I cannot believe how quick Mondays come around these days. Time is flying by too quickly! But it is such a blessing, because it means we are working hard and seeing miracles! This week was such a good one. I LOVE BEING IN A TRIO. Sister Carter was the perfect addition to mine and Sister Wilkins's companionship. She is so sweet too! She has been out for about 8 months now and is from Chicago. And she needed to be ere in Pampa. We needed her and all the people we work with needed her. It is seriously the best thing ever. And this week, everything exploded (in a good way) here in Pampaland North! Tuesday we picked up Sister Carter in Amarillo and headed off straight to a lesson. And we've been so blessed ever since.

Megan, our investigator, finally has a date set! She will be baptized on the 14th of November. She is so ready, so excited, and so prepared. She literally amazes me with all the knowledge she has! And even after studying for over a year, she is just as excited to be baptized today and she was when she first learned about the gospel. And even more excited to be sealed to her new husband!

Tim is doing well. He accepted an invitation to be baptized on The 13th of November. But he is really struggling to fight off temptation. We meet with him every day, trying to help him. The Lord even blessed us to meet someone who needed a younger guy to do some work, and Tim really needed a job! Huge blessing! So please pray for him!

Andrew is a new investigator. We weren't sure how solid he was. But randomly this week, he called us and told us he needed us to come over. We had no idea why, but we went over, and he shared an experience about how God told him that it is time to change. And he preceded to ask to be baptized! So exciting! He is reading, working on the word of wisdom, and came to church! He may be moving to Waco in a week, so sad, but he plans to study with missionaries there too!

Finally, Tricia. Our lesson the first night in Pampa with Sister Carter was with her Tricia. I can't remember if I have mentioned her yet, but she is amazing. She is the wife of a recent convert names Miah. He is seriously so converted and so solid. She is very involved in her current church, but she knows that this church is Christ's restored church on the earth. Like, she KNOWS that it is true. Sh is just really scared of what will happen if she converts, because her church preaches a lot of anti Mormon material. Anyway, to make a really long story short...all transfer long, as I would read my scriptures, phrases similar to "thousands were converted unto the Lord" kept standing out to me. I couldn't figure out why, until I mentioned it to Sister Wilkins, and she started recognizing it too. It would come up every day. We were searching and praying to know, and finally one day, the spirit taught us what it meant! Reading over the chapters of Alma 17-24, you find the story of the sons of Mosiah and their missions. The first son goes to teach King Lamoni (Miah). Ammon serves him and eventually gets to teach him the gospel. Lamoni is converted and baptized. Later, King Lamoni's wife (Tricia) comes into the story. She sees what has happened, and with time, becomes converted as well. Once she decided to take that step, her entire household and their city become converted. THOUSANDS converted unto the Lord, because of the faith of 2 people. Later, Ammon goes with King Lamoni to help his brother get out of prison. On the way, they meet King Lamoni's father (Miah's dad), who is sooo against the conversion of his son (true in Miah's story too). But, after time, Aaron, Ammon's brother is able to teach King Lamoni's father. He then becomes converted. Then his wife. Then their households. And then all the 7 cities and towns that he reigns over. THOUSANDS. This was a spiritual smack in the face. Tricia is literally the key to bringing thousands unto Christ. AMAZING. So if that story makes no sense to you, sorry, I'm typing quickly. But I could not believe it. Then, to make the story even cooler, we went and shared this learning experience we had with Tricia. She was amazed. Miah was amazed. They proceeded to tell us that when Miah was first baptized and Tricia came to church with him, the bishop mentioned to her that she could bring thousands with her if she came to choose what she knew to be true. AND, when Miah and Tricia were setup, the woman told them that she didn't know why she felt prompted to set them up, but that the Lord told her they had an important job t do together. Seriously, the spirit was so strong in that lesson. Things were unfolded unto us that none of us knew were part of the story. But the more we taught, the more we saw that the Lord is working so much here in Pampa. I am so excited to see where this goes! Tricia even came to church this week. She left her church in the middle of it to come to ours. It took so much courage, but she did it! Please pray for her. There is so much pressure on her, and the devil knows all that she has the potential to do. He's fighting hard, but we will fight harder! Miracles, conversion, and truth is happening here in Pampa--I love it!

This church is so true and the Lord is leading our lives so much more than we know! Love you all! Have a great week!

Hermana Peck

p.s. There were so many frogs here this summer that got hit by cars Literally, when we ride around on bikes, there are dead frogs everywhere. Whoever invented the game of frogger must have lived in Pampa.