August 16, 2021: Tire Gauge

 I learned that not a lot of people carry tire gauges. I also learned that you don't need a tire gauge when there's a nail in your tire. Sometimes you've just gotta see the problem for yourself instead of relying on the "(!)" alert the car gives you.

"The sweetest experience I have felt in life is to feel a promoting and act on it and later find out that it was a fulfillment of someone's need. I always want the lord to know that if he needs an errand run, that Thomas Monson will run that errand for him", Thomas S. Monson. This quote spoke to me the morning I met Sharron. I LOVE acting on spiritual, out of the blue promptings. It helps my 'full-send' self reach it's full spiritual potential. 

How easy it would have been to just stay inside our apartment and "Facebook find" Saturday night. But I felt a need to drive to a street, park, and walk up a street. Just as we were walking up the street I paused and had the thought to look at my phone to see if any members lived nearby. BOOM! Found one. A single, 60 year old woman named Shannon. We walked up to her apartment and hesitated. I saw there were little boy shoes and toys by the front door. I thought, "Surely this couldn't be a single old woman's house, we probably have the wrong address"... WHEN an older woman poked her head around the corner and said, "HOW'D YA FIND ME?". She quickly introduced us to her grandson and ushered us inside. She told us that she was raised as an atheist as well as anti-Mormon. The spirit changed her heart and she was baptized into our church in Utah! She explained that when she moved to Alaska, the church members were different and she stopped attending church. Fast forward to this year, she has been praying and praying for God to send missionaries to her home. She just adopted her almost-8-year-old grandson, Kadan. She knows that the only way Kadan will have a love-filled life is through the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She bore testimony of us being sent by God to her today to turn her life around to get back on track. 

To think that a simple act of being focused on my purpose, the spirit, and Gods timing, brought us to this spiritually thirsting family is miraculous. As we left she cried, thanking God for sending Angel's to her home. We walked out in awe, reflecting on the experience we just had. 

I've come to realize that every time I say the phrase "should we?", it means we most definitely should. We drove by this house with a garage sale sign up. I drove past it and said, "should we talk to them?". Debating on whether or not to, I pulled over and decided we should. We met Patty and Cheryl! Who were old ladies needing help moving a dresser. Patty who is a non-member, told Cheryl about our missions and how we are Angel's sent to earth to help people, whether they are members of our church or not. Patty bore powerful testimony of us with tears in her eyes for how we helped her friend and how we are literally god sent helpers. Cheryl then informed us that she self referred herself to our Facebook page and never heard back from them! We told her that we were an answer to her prayer and were there to help. SCORE! I'm glad I acted on my "should I?" prompting. 

Look up. Reach out. Touch hearts. 

Choose JOY,

Sister Rex

Pics:

-CARROTS

-Shauna, who says she has a talking cat

-lunch with my fav oldies, Dejuan &Sharon

-Mama Rojo squad (Rio)

-Alaska State fair

-Judging sheep wool